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« Reply #690 on: June 23, 2015, 22:21:41 »

I found this announcement by fgw particularly perplexing:

MAI (Maidenhead station) to PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) on your route: 07:17 will have 3 not 5 coaches - an unusually large passenger flow.

How does increased demand lead to a reduction in carriages?
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« Reply #691 on: June 23, 2015, 23:16:03 »

I found this announcement by fgw particularly perplexing:

MAI (Maidenhead station) to PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) on your route: 07:17 will have 3 not 5 coaches - an unusually large passenger flow.

How does increased demand lead to a reduction in carriages?

Increased passenger flow elsewhere maybe?  Huh
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« Reply #692 on: June 24, 2015, 05:51:51 »

......or just one unusually large passenger, flowing?  Undecided
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« Reply #693 on: June 24, 2015, 09:18:54 »

Why would "overhead wire problems" lead to short formations on FGW (First Great Western)?
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« Reply #694 on: June 24, 2015, 09:27:38 »

Stop / start in from Burnham at the moment - "congestion caused by signalling issues at Ealing Broadway" and we'll be "slightly delayed" into Paddington.   

No great shakes (could be much worse) but another interesting morning ... with congestion into Swindon and several stops inbound from Rushey Platt - due the the 05:17 Gloucester to Southampton hitting an "abandoned" bicycle between Kemble and Swindon and then blocking the bay; better that than hitting a person ... and reminds us just how the waves of one incident spread so far and wide.
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« Reply #695 on: June 24, 2015, 10:24:53 »

Stop / start in from Burnham at the moment - "congestion caused by signalling issues at Ealing Broadway" and we'll be "slightly delayed" into Paddington.   

I've been getting texts all morning about various problems, the latest as of 10am is
"Due to signalling problems between Ealing Broadway and London Paddington trains have to run at reduced speed on the London bound fast line.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 45 mins or revised. "

...due the the 05:17 Gloucester to Southampton hitting an "abandoned" bicycle between Kemble and Swindon and then blocking the bay;

Ah thanks for the information. That would explain why my normal hop-on at RDG(resolve) was so AWOL (Absent Without Leave)
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P00898/2015/06/24/advanced
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« Reply #696 on: June 24, 2015, 10:49:26 »

Stop / start in from Burnham at the moment - "congestion caused by signalling issues at Ealing Broadway" and we'll be "slightly delayed" into Paddington.   

I've been getting texts all morning about various problems, the latest as of 10am is
"Due to signalling problems between Ealing Broadway and London Paddington trains have to run at reduced speed on the London bound fast line.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 45 mins or revised. "


Arrived 32 late in the end ... everyone standing at the door waiting to get off and a lady at the back loudly saying "excuse me please - I need to get off here"  Wink
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« Reply #697 on: June 24, 2015, 10:54:04 »

Cancellations to services between Ealing Broadway and London Paddington.

Due to signalling problems between Ealing Broadway and London Paddington trains have to run at reduced speed on the London bound fast line.

Impact:
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 45 mins or revised.
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« Reply #698 on: June 24, 2015, 11:55:19 »

When I was at Maidenhead earlier there was an issue with the 7.41 Bourne End train departing from platform 4 so it had to be taken out of the station and back into platform 5..

Then the 7.45 departure to Paddington got stuck at a red signal just outside Maidenhead for no obvious reason.. The 7.49 stopper was brought into platform 2 and left ahead of the 7.45 even though it stops at more stations (which made the 7.45 really slow) and according to twitter the 7.49 didn't stop at Taplow to the surprise of everyone waiting there..  All a bit of a mess really.. And looks like it got worse later on too
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« Reply #699 on: June 24, 2015, 12:26:48 »

Regarding both last night's and this morning's problems at Ealing, is it not possible to instigate any sort of diversionary service via Greenford East? I remember from when I was commuting in 1989, following the derailment of a Class 50 at West Ealing an emergency service was quickly instigated which involved a diversion via Hanwell/Drayton Green Jcts and Greenford South/East Jcts. However I seem to recall that for some reason (possibly to do with track or signalling) the FGW (First Great Western) Class 57 specials last October weren't able to use the Hanwell/Drayton Green line as originally planned?
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« Reply #700 on: June 24, 2015, 12:46:43 »

That's a good question, BBM.  Route knowledge is the main reason as only the Paddington crews sign that route (and even then I'm not sure they all do).  Obviously it would be a much reduced service, possibly three or four trains an hour each way, and often with a fatality by the time you've organised something meaningful the lines have re-opened.  Yesterday's sad events took longer than normal due to the nature of the incident though so it might have been worth it in the end.  As with Foxhall and Reading West diversions they are potential get-you-out-of-the-s*it moves and personally I think it would be better if more crews signed them for just such an example.
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« Reply #701 on: June 24, 2015, 13:27:22 »

Yesterday's sad events took longer than normal due to the nature of the incident though so it might have been worth it in the end. 

Just as an aside, what time did things start back up last night?
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« Reply #702 on: June 24, 2015, 15:11:47 »

The first train that stopped at Maidenhead left Paddington about 9.. It probably wasn't the first departure though..
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« Reply #703 on: June 24, 2015, 19:02:02 »

I received a text alert from First Great Western at 07:00 this morning, informing me that,

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NLS to BRI» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains) on your route:
08:13 will have 2 not 8 coaches - a person hit by a train earlier.

Train stock still out of place overnight, apparently.  Undecided
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« Reply #704 on: June 24, 2015, 20:44:52 »

The High Speed Train (HST (High Speed Train)) involved wouldn't have been back in service...


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