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Author Topic: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014  (Read 1255378 times)
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« Reply #1050 on: December 17, 2015, 08:37:46 »

........well I've never seen this one before!!!


08:12 London Paddington to Reading due 09:12

Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 5.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.

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« Reply #1051 on: December 17, 2015, 08:42:04 »

Appearing regularly on Chiltern this past few weeks....possibly wheel flats at this time of year?
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« Reply #1052 on: December 17, 2015, 11:51:10 »

....another new one! (.......Conductors Xmas party last night perhaps?)  Wink

12:34 Redhill to Reading due 13:54

This train will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train conductors.
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« Reply #1053 on: December 17, 2015, 11:53:58 »

I got a journeycheck email referring to problems with the overhead wires....the first of many, no doubt!
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« Reply #1054 on: December 17, 2015, 12:06:27 »

I got a journeycheck email referring to problems with the overhead wires....the first of many, no doubt!

......did it mention a delay of several years?  Wink
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« Reply #1055 on: December 17, 2015, 12:15:18 »

I got a journeycheck email referring to problems with the overhead wires....the first of many, no doubt!
This train will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train conductors.

Are you sure they are not both about the same problem?
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« Reply #1056 on: December 17, 2015, 12:24:14 »

I got a journeycheck email referring to problems with the overhead wires....the first of many, no doubt!

......did it mention a delay of several years?  Wink

It certainly appears to be giving HEx major problems as the service has been completely suspended since around 10.30 this morning.
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« Reply #1057 on: December 17, 2015, 12:51:48 »

I think the delay reason scripts may have been altered/expanded.  I'd never seen the 'more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time' message before, but have also spotted it being used by Arriva Trains Wales today.
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« Reply #1058 on: December 17, 2015, 13:01:05 »

I think there has been an update.  Seen reports quoting the lack of a driver or lack of a train manager today rather than the generic "staff shortage". 
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« Reply #1059 on: December 17, 2015, 13:07:34 »

Good to see a more honest and detailed set of scripts.
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« Reply #1060 on: December 17, 2015, 16:20:18 »

I'm currently at EAL (Ealing Broadway Station). Heathrow Connect unit 360201 is sitting in P4 going nowhere. Announcer is saying that due to a signalling failure all PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) trains are leaving from P2 and there's no Greenford service at the moment.
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« Reply #1061 on: December 17, 2015, 16:29:57 »

I got an update this morning saying that a train would have 2 rather than 5 carriages 'due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time'.
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« Reply #1062 on: December 17, 2015, 16:42:49 »

My phone lit up at 16:00 [ the start of my evening peak alerting window ]. Alas...
Hopefully things will be back to normal-ish for the commute.

Following urgent repairs to the track earlier today between Slough and Langley all lines are now open.
Impact: Train services running through these stations are returning to normal but some services may still be delayed by up to 5 mins. Disruption is expected until 17:00 17/12.

Due to a fault with the signalling system between Ealing Broadway and London Paddington the London bound relief line is blocked.
Impact: Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 45 mins or revised. Disruption is expected until 16:55 17/12.

Due to urgent repairs to the track between Stapleton Road and Bristol Temple Meads fewer trains are able to run on the Bristol Temple Meads bound line.
Impact: Train services between Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads are returning to normal but some services may still be delayed by up to 60 mins or revised. Disruption is expected until 17:00 17/12.
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« Reply #1063 on: December 17, 2015, 18:15:06 »

Black Thursday! Unseasonaly hot weather?
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« Reply #1064 on: December 17, 2015, 21:14:45 »

Wrong type of mildness?
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