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Just to add to the joy, according to the GWR▸ twitter feed there is no ticket acceptance in place with Chiltern or South West, so the Waterloo Reading/Windsor fallback isn't an option, or Chiltern to Oxford?
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« Reply #2686 on: May 15, 2018, 17:23:32 » |
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It wont be that bad, because according to the GWR▸ website there are only "minor disruptions".
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #2687 on: May 15, 2018, 17:27:41 » |
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Just to add to the joy, according to the GWR▸ twitter feed there is no ticket acceptance in place with Chiltern or South West, so the Waterloo Reading/Windsor fallback isn't an option, or Chiltern to Oxford?
One could see the temptation to go via Chiltern or South West, and claim that one had been told this was OK. In your particular case though I would not try this after posting on a public forum. |
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #2689 on: May 15, 2018, 18:29:49 » |
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I got a whole load of notifications about cancellations just before 16.30 again. All the Twyford and Maidenhead fast services gone. Was there a go/no go meeting just after 16.00 or did GWR▸ just not bother telling anyone until just before the rush hour? Even if they're getting late notification from Network Rail I think most companies would have a plan or maybe managed passenger expectations throughout the day?
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« Reply #2690 on: May 15, 2018, 18:38:01 » |
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I got a whole load of notifications about cancellations just before 16.30 again. All the Twyford and Maidenhead fast services gone. Was there a go/no go meeting just after 16.00 or did GWR▸ just not bother telling anyone until just before the rush hour? Even if they're getting late notification from Network Rail I think most companies would have a plan or maybe managed passenger expectations throughout the day?
Those fast services were cancelled long before 1630, certainly the 1749 & 1819 were gone before 1530. |
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« Reply #2691 on: May 15, 2018, 18:48:25 » |
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I got a whole load of notifications about cancellations just before 16.30 again. All the Twyford and Maidenhead fast services gone. Was there a go/no go meeting just after 16.00 or did GWR▸ just not bother telling anyone until just before the rush hour? Even if they're getting late notification from Network Rail I think most companies would have a plan or maybe managed passenger expectations throughout the day?
Those fast services were cancelled long before 1630, certainly the 1749 & 1819 were gone before 1530. Well that ruins that theory then  Guess i've just been unlucky with the alerts. |
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« Reply #2692 on: May 15, 2018, 19:18:21 » |
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The 18.59 driver this evening was particularly witty in his announcement outside Acton, inviting any passengers with an engineering or operations background to submit a CV to ‘runtherailwayproperly.com’! When staff morale is that low it says a lot! On the other hand, the humour makes the inevitable delay a smidge better...
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« Reply #2693 on: May 15, 2018, 19:35:34 » |
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Just to add to the joy, according to the GWR▸ twitter feed there is no ticket acceptance in place with Chiltern or South West, so the Waterloo Reading/Windsor fallback isn't an option, or Chiltern to Oxford?
One could see the temptation to go via Chiltern or South West, and claim that one had been told this was OK. In your particular case though I would not try this after posting on a public forum. Quote from GWR is that there is no acceptance via Waterloo/Marylebone because "although there are cancellations there are still services running" (out of Paddington) - seems to suggest a change in policy during times of mass disruption? |
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« Reply #2694 on: May 15, 2018, 20:31:26 » |
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The 18.59 driver this evening was particularly witty in his announcement outside Acton, inviting any passengers with an engineering or operations background to submit a CV to ‘runtherailwayproperly.com’! When staff morale is that low it says a lot! On the other hand, the humour makes the inevitable delay a smidge better...
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« Reply #2695 on: May 15, 2018, 21:21:49 » |
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Just to add to the joy, according to the GWR▸ twitter feed there is no ticket acceptance in place with Chiltern or South West, so the Waterloo Reading/Windsor fallback isn't an option, or Chiltern to Oxford?
One could see the temptation to go via Chiltern or South West, and claim that one had been told this was OK. In your particular case though I would not try this after posting on a public forum. Quote from GWR is that there is no acceptance via Waterloo/Marylebone because "although there are cancellations there are still services running" (out of Paddington) - seems to suggest a change in policy during times of mass disruption? But aren't a lot of tickets already valid via Waterloo and Reading? I've travelled back to Didcot that way without difficulty more than once, using a Travel card. I actually checked the online Routing Guide, and it looked valid, as far as I could understand it anyway! |
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« Reply #2696 on: May 15, 2018, 21:53:39 » |
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Maybe SWR» and Chiltern don't want to attempt to deal with hoards of diverted people seemingly every day unless there really isn't a going alternative. A number of the Chiltern services to Oxford were short of a carriage today as well.
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« Reply #2697 on: May 15, 2018, 22:20:38 » |
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The track fault in the Acton area was a buckled rail presumably as a result of high track temperatures should all be rectified by the start of service tomorrow..... should.
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« Reply #2698 on: May 15, 2018, 22:27:07 » |
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The track fault in the Acton area was a buckled rail presumably as a result of high track temperatures should all be rectified by the start of service tomorrow..... should.
Shouldn't have buckled in these temperatures - unless it was a lot hotter there. Is this because the rail had not been destressed after engineering works? |
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« Reply #2699 on: May 15, 2018, 22:29:52 » |
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The track fault in the Acton area was a buckled rail presumably as a result of high track temperatures should all be rectified by the start of service tomorrow..... should.
Really? What is classified as "high temperatures?" It's been pleasantly warm over the last few days but barely into the 20s. Is this just the usual lack of resilience? God knows what it'll be like in "flaming" June/July if it really gets hot.....presumably the whole system will just liquify? |
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