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« Reply #990 on: October 26, 2015, 09:03:32 »

Bobm Maidenhead is correct for Padd bound Passengers. If the up Relief  is out between Maidenhead and Slough trains can't stop at Burnham no platforms on the Main Lines, they could stop at Taplow on the Up Main but the step up to the train is deemed too high and the platforms 1 & 2 are now locked off. So you go back to Maideheaed on the Down Relief from both stations. Passengers for Burnham and Taplow from Maidenhead and all stations West go via Slough.

If it's the down Relief it's the other way round. Passengers for Maidenehad go to Slough and passngers from Slough and East go via Maidenehad.

If both Reliefs are out "Hard Luck"
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« Reply #991 on: October 26, 2015, 09:07:29 »

I was thinking for passengers already on a train wanting the two stations, they'd have to circulate via Slough.
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« Reply #992 on: October 26, 2015, 09:43:47 »

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your perspective!) on this occasion everyone at Taplow wanting to head up to London was told to go to Maidenhead around 0645 as there was nothing stopping at Taplow.........we waited on the platform at Maidenhead for the train.....which then stopped at.......Taplow!

I tweeted GWR (Great Western Railway)/Ollie who I know was arranging for the message to be changed.

........always an interesting experience on the platform at Maidenhead with its regulars "Tube style" formation based on where they reckon the train doors will be!!! (.....but they often forget the bit about "letting customers off the train first")  Cheesy
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« Reply #993 on: October 26, 2015, 19:03:51 »

Why would anyone get off at Maidenhead?  Grin
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« Reply #994 on: October 27, 2015, 08:35:44 »

Why would anyone get off at Maidenhead?  Grin

There's very little to recommend it to be honest, although it does have the oldest continually used football stadium in the World (Maidenhead Utd, York Road) if that's your sort of thing, and a smattering of half decent pubs.
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« Reply #995 on: October 27, 2015, 11:17:26 »

Why would anyone get off at Maidenhead?  Grin

Why, to have my lunch at the Waterside of course..... Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #996 on: October 27, 2015, 13:38:02 »

Why would anyone get off at Maidenhead?  Grin

Why, to have my lunch at the Waterside of course..... Cheesy Grin

I wish I could afford lunch there! (or the Fat Duck/Hinds Head down the road!)  Grin
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« Reply #997 on: October 31, 2015, 10:48:10 »

The Maidenhead Advertiser of 29th has a couple 3 railway related pieces.

The one relevant to this thread is 28 days lost to rail signal failures.

Main point that were 40,637 minutes of delays between Padd and Reading, from Jan to Aug. Caused by 221 failures. 184 mins av!

This compares  with 2014 with 46,164 mins from 292 failures. Av 158 mins.

They then go to say what you could have done with the time. One that struck me was  fly to New York 58 times.

I'll post the othes under Electrification of TV Branches and Crossrail.
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« Reply #998 on: November 02, 2015, 17:46:54 »

There are delays out of Paddington again tonight. The Reading bound relief line was closed earlier due to signalling issues (again). It looks like it's all open again now but I expect it'll take a while for the service to get back to normal again
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« Reply #999 on: November 02, 2015, 18:29:22 »

Yep, I got the 1715 from Paddington which crawled along snail like to Burnham, still here waiting for a connection to Taplow....best part of an hour, not a single announcement or apology from the driver. I'm assuming he's one of those still waiting to be painted green.
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« Reply #1000 on: November 02, 2015, 18:58:24 »

not a single announcement or apology from the driver.

The only excuse for a driver not to apologise (and give a reason if he/she knows) is because the train is running under cautionary signals (i.e. single yellow or double yellow), or braking for a station.  That can sometimes happen when trains are moving but it's very congested. However, in the case of your train this evening it looks from the running schedules that it was 'on greens' all the way from Ealing where it was 16 minutes late, before terminating at Maidenhead 13 minutes late, so there was no excuse for not making an announcement.

A points failure at Acton West is being listed as the reason.
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« Reply #1001 on: November 02, 2015, 20:30:40 »

I'm just catching up on Chris Tarrant's train ride through Cuba, which puts this all into a certain perspective. ("What time is the next train?" "Tuesday. Maybe.")
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« Reply #1002 on: November 02, 2015, 20:47:15 »

I'm just catching up on Chris Tarrant's train ride through Cuba, which puts this all into a certain perspective. ("What time is the next train?" "Tuesday. Maybe.")

...........I didn't know First Group ran Castro's trains?

.......at least I could have a nice cigar whilst I waited!
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« Reply #1003 on: November 02, 2015, 20:52:33 »


.......at least I could have a nice cigar whilst I waited!

An avenue of pleasure long closed to me. I have smoked nothing except salmon, not even tobacco, since Sunday 12 May 1991.
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« Reply #1004 on: November 03, 2015, 06:35:46 »

.....another day.....


Alterations to services between Slough and Reading 

Due to a problem currently under investigation between Slough and Reading the Reading bound slow line is blocked.

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Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed by up to 20 mins or revised. Disruption is expected until 09:00 03/11.
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