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« Reply #2445 on: January 22, 2018, 21:37:03 »

 Have the wires at Hayes been upgraded or are they still headspan system from HEx electrification?
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« Reply #2446 on: January 22, 2018, 21:52:36 »


On UK (United Kingdom) Rail forums, GW (Great Western) Electrification thread, it is reported that 387 pantograph carbon damage might have been traced to the Hayes bay - hence the block on electric trains today. Anyone know more?

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« Reply #2447 on: January 22, 2018, 22:22:25 »

Have the wires at Hayes been upgraded or are they still headspan system from HEx electrification?

Its a bit of a hybrid much of it is still Mk3 headspan, however the Route have been doing upgrades at critical places like S&C (Settle and Carlisle ) (junctions)

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« Reply #2448 on: January 23, 2018, 06:46:30 »

OHL (Over-Head Line) at Hayes still knackered this morning, now this too

Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Ealing Broadway
Due to a fault with the signalling system between London Paddington and Ealing Broadway trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 10 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until 09:00 23/01.
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« Reply #2449 on: January 23, 2018, 14:54:10 »

turbotuted  Cheesy.
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« Reply #2450 on: January 23, 2018, 16:07:48 »

As expected, the message has been revised to cover until the end of the day
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Alterations to services between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington
Due to damage to the overhead electric wires at Hayes & Harlington some lines are blocked. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Train services between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington have been revised.
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Due to overhead line damage at Hayes & Harlington, Platform 5 is closed to electric trains. This means the Hayes Shuttle electric services are running with diesel trains today, formed of 3 coaches.
Last Updated:23/01/2018 13:56

At least they've not cancelled them! Reducing stops on the busier local services seems to be their default option during disruption Roll Eyes
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« Reply #2451 on: January 26, 2018, 08:10:43 »

Morning

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Delays to services between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington
Due to a fault with the signalling system between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines towards London Paddington.
Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed by up to 15 minutes. Disruption is expected until 08:45 26/01.
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« Reply #2452 on: January 26, 2018, 08:12:30 »

I'm crawling along on 1A70. It's been a lousy morning commute this week.
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« Reply #2453 on: January 26, 2018, 09:26:01 »

I'm crawling along on 1A70. It's been a lousy morning commute this week.

It's been pretty lousy all month!  Sad
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« Reply #2454 on: January 27, 2018, 11:55:16 »

Yesterday was another bad commute.. 8.02 MAI (Maidenhead station) to PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) too full to get on.. 8.06 cancelled.. 8.11 an impressive 2 coaches.. Well done on that one GWR (Great Western Railway).. I opted for the 8.16 stopping service as I didn't fancy being stuck in delays because of this in a cattle truck... Got to work half an hour late..Ho hum...
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« Reply #2455 on: February 02, 2018, 06:39:14 »

Another end of week present

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Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Ealing Broadway
Due to urgent repairs to the track between London Paddington and Ealing Broadway trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
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Passengers from Acton Main Line wishing to travel towards Ealing, Slough and Reading are advised to catch a service to Paddington and circulate.

Passengers from Paddington wishing to travel to Acton Main Line should catch a service to Ealing Broadway and circulate.
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« Reply #2456 on: February 02, 2018, 09:11:35 »

... advised to catch a service to Paddington and circulate.

An interesting way of expressing the intention of passengers doubling back.
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« Reply #2457 on: February 02, 2018, 10:22:44 »

Railways are terrible for using weird language. Took me years to even work out what the hell "alighting" was!
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« Reply #2458 on: February 02, 2018, 19:47:13 »

Railways are terrible for using weird language. Took me years to even work out what the hell "alighting" was!
Or vestibule!  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #2459 on: February 02, 2018, 22:11:12 »

Took me years to even work out what the hell "alighting" was!

What you do to alamp isn't it?
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