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« Reply #1575 on: January 04, 2017, 16:26:13 »

17m 18c is at Dolphin Junction.  That's between Ealing and Slough, so nothing to take task about.
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« Reply #1576 on: January 05, 2017, 08:19:40 »

Very slow running into Paddington this morning. This is due variously to a points failure at Ealing, a track safety inspection and a broken down train, according to gwr twitter.
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« Reply #1577 on: January 05, 2017, 09:49:12 »

I was on the 7.17 Maidenhead to Paddington HST (High Speed Train) and we came to a halt rather sharply somewhere between Iver and West Drayton I believe. Apparently there were sparks seen on a train in front so the signaller stopped all trains and sent our driver to investigate.. That's what we were told anyway.. That delayed us by about 25 minutes in the end
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« Reply #1578 on: January 05, 2017, 15:21:32 »

"Cancellations to services at Oxford
 
Due to a fault with the signalling system at Oxford all lines are blocked.

Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed by up to 30 minutes. Disruption is expected until 15:45 05/01."

Ho hum...
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« Reply #1579 on: January 05, 2017, 15:33:55 »

"Cancellations to services at Oxford
 
Due to a fault with the signalling system at Oxford all lines are blocked.

Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed by up to 30 minutes. Disruption is expected until 15:45 05/01."

Ho hum...

Seems to be getting worse.

Due to a fault with the signalling system at Oxford all lines are blocked.
Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed by up to 45 minutes. Disruption is expected until 16:45 05/01.
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« Reply #1580 on: January 05, 2017, 17:13:14 »

No particular problem when the 15:22 Paddington - Great Malvern went through at 16:20. We were held for 8 minutes north of the station, but that was waiting for the single line at Wolvercote.
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« Reply #1581 on: January 05, 2017, 17:31:15 »

No particular problem when the 15:22 Paddington - Great Malvern went through at 16:20. We were held for 8 minutes north of the station, but that was waiting for the single line at Wolvercote.

Northbound seemed largely unaffected. It was southbound and Marylebone services that suffered delays and some cancellations. The 1522 PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains):GMV was held up by the usual knock-on effect from the 1322 Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street arriving late at Evesham.
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« Reply #1582 on: January 08, 2017, 11:52:19 »

More weekend joy..............

Cancellations to services between Hayes & Harlington and Ealing Broadway


Due to a safety inspection of the track between Hayes & Harlington and Ealing Broadway trains have to run at reduced speed on the line towards London Paddington.
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled or delayed by up to 15 minutes. Disruption is expected until 23:00 08/01.
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Network Rail engineers have discovered some minor damage to a rail on the London-bound fast line in the Southall area. A speed restriction of 20mph has been imposed by engineers to ensure trains pass the site of the defect safely. The defect is due to be repaired after the close of service this evening.

With the slow lines closed between West Drayton and London Paddington for planned engineering works, all London-bound trains have to pass through the speed restriction. This is causing congestion to build on the only remaining open line towards London.

Some alterations to services and cancellations may be necessary to thin out the service over the affected section of line.
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« Reply #1583 on: January 08, 2017, 17:02:22 »

Sadly it gets even worse:

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A person has been hit by a train at Ealing Broadway, services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed. This is expected to continue until 18:15.


Customer Advice:

If you are a Great Western Railway customer, you may use your ticket on South West Trains and Chiltern Railways services via reasonable routes and also CrossCountry services between Banbury and Basingstoke.


Heathrow Connect services are not running, you may use your ticket on London Underground Central and Piccadilly line services.

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« Reply #1584 on: January 08, 2017, 17:48:53 »

Sadly it gets even worse:

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...you may use your ticket on London Underground Central and Piccadilly line services.


Only until 6pm when the strike starts...  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #1585 on: January 09, 2017, 08:53:28 »

A landlip at Stroud this morning (according to Twitter) caused the cancellation of some services into Paddington.
And a broken down Heathrow Express unit outside Paddington delayed my experience of the tube strike by a further 15 minutes Wink
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« Reply #1586 on: January 09, 2017, 08:59:59 »

Biggest problem at Paddington was the failure of a Heathrow Express unit which blocked the exit road at Old Oak Common preventing empty HST (High Speed Train) sets getting into the station.

The 05:18 to Swansea started at Swindon (using the High Speed Train (HST) which couldn't get to Cheltenham because of the landslip).
The 06:30 and 07:00 to Bristol Temple Meads were both cancelled.
The 07:30 ran
The 08:00 was delayed leaving Paddington by half an hour and left just ahead of the 08:30.

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« Reply #1587 on: January 10, 2017, 14:37:40 »

Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Ealing Broadway

Due to a fault with the signalling system between London Paddington and Ealing Broadway some lines towards Reading are blocked.

Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 15 minutes or running non stop between London Paddington and Hayes & Harlington. Disruption is expected until 16:30 10/01.

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Due to a fault with the signalling system on the slow lines at Acton Main Line, Network Rail engineers have had to close the Reading-bound slow line to effect a repair. This closure is only anticipated to last around 30 minutes, but for this period of time trains will not be able to serve stations between London and Hayes.

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« Reply #1588 on: January 10, 2017, 15:22:33 »

slow lines at Acton Main Line, Network Rail engineers have had to close the Reading-bound slow line to effect a repair.


They should know better  Grin Grin
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« Reply #1589 on: January 10, 2017, 16:32:03 »

As somebody who lives in the South West, on the few occasions that I travel into Paddington I am surprised at the lack of lines into Paddington when compared with say Waterloo. I am not sufficiently knowledgeable of the nature of the lines to/from Paddington but wonder would it be feasible/possible to increase the number of lines between Paddington to say Reading from 4 to 6?
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