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« Reply #3990 on: February 24, 2023, 17:30:32 » |
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Alterations to services between Reading and London Paddington
Due to damage to the overhead electric wires at Hayes & Harlington all lines are blocked. Disruption is expected until 15:00 24/02.
Train services between Reading and London Paddington may be delayed or revised.
-also affecting Heathrow services
I’m not sure blocked was quite the right word to use on this occasion as trains were passing through the affected area all be it on a stop start nature after passing through Slough. The wife was on one of them heading to London arriving 26 minutes late. Another delay repay claim gone in. Every train, either or both of us take ends up with a claim going in. Train travel has never been cheaper for us.
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« Reply #3991 on: February 28, 2023, 08:17:13 » |
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Thoughts with all affected;
Cancellations to services between Reading and London Paddington
Due to a person hit by a train between Reading and London Paddington all lines are blocked.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 09:00 28/02.
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« Reply #3992 on: February 28, 2023, 10:58:54 » |
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Noting all Cornish Paddington ran through Temple Meads today (1A13 0503 Pz) lost 46 minutes there. Unusual as most (if not all) go via Westbury). Engineering works perhaps?
Edit. D'oh. Yes, engineering works. Please read journeycheck before posting...........
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« Reply #3993 on: March 08, 2023, 20:50:51 » |
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Cancellations to services between Reading and London Paddington
Due to a points failure between Reading and London Paddington some lines are blocked.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 21:00 08/03.
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« Reply #3994 on: March 13, 2023, 12:34:59 » |
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Alterations to services between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5 via Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
Due to damage to the overhead electric wires between London Paddington and Slough some lines are blocked. Disruption is expected until 15:00 13/03.
Train services between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5 via Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 may be delayed or revised.
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« Reply #3995 on: March 13, 2023, 13:56:45 » |
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Alterations to services between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5 via Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
Due to damage to the overhead electric wires between London Paddington and Slough some lines are blocked. Disruption is expected until 15:00 13/03.
Train services between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5 via Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 may be delayed or revised.
Delays now until 1700 with cancellations and delays to local, long distance & Elizabeth line services. Why is this system so fragile?
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« Reply #3996 on: March 13, 2023, 14:05:53 » |
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Don't know if it is related to the strong winds - but one of the wires over the London-bound main line has come down between West Drayton and Acton.
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« Reply #3997 on: March 13, 2023, 14:11:06 » |
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Alterations to services between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5 via Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
Due to damage to the overhead electric wires between London Paddington and Slough some lines are blocked. Disruption is expected until 15:00 13/03.
Train services between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5 via Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 may be delayed or revised.
Delays now until 1700 with cancellations and delays to local, long distance & Elizabeth line services. Why is this system so fragile? It’s old and wa done on the cheap when HEx was launched. Never really designed to handle all the electric trains using it today.
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« Reply #3998 on: March 13, 2023, 14:11:55 » |
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Don't know if it is related to the strong winds - but one of the wires over the London-bound main line has come down between West Drayton and Acton.
Bit more than one unfortunately.
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« Reply #3999 on: March 13, 2023, 16:33:41 » |
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Now delays/canx till end of day. Trains backed up along the Cotswold Line & over 80 minutes delays
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« Reply #4000 on: March 13, 2023, 16:37:36 » |
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Trying to get the wife back from London. As usual, little to no information as to when that actually be. Train was suppose to be leaving now. So yet another delay repay claim going in. Every journey it's the same, never on time.
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« Reply #4001 on: March 13, 2023, 17:43:59 » |
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"Useful in case of disruption" is the worst of arguments for retention of an alternative service.
However, the decision to kill the Bristol to Waterloo trains came at a very bad time, given that the industry was in a state of change, and the OHLE inbound from Southall has emerged as being a bit glass-backed - and users of the route also have the potential disruption from large scale construction at Old Oak Common to look forward to. It's at times like these when people are changing the way they live and travel that opportunities can be created and grasped and in the face of this the DfT» has been rather good at shutting down possibilities for growth.
The Bristol to Waterloo trains enabled people who knew about them to sidestep a GWML▸ meltdown, but also had a slew of other strengths, enabling a lot of journeys that are far more awkward without them and also improved the accessiblity of the railway system in the south west. Losing that service has been a disaster for the network. The scale of the disaster depends on how useful they were to the people affected.
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« Reply #4002 on: March 14, 2023, 06:37:23 » |
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Looks like yesterday's overhead line problem remains unresolved so it's another day of chaos to look forward to.
I was very lucky last night - managed to get on an Elizabeth Line service at Bond Street which delivered me at Taplow only about 5 minutes too late but have heard a number of horror stories from elsewhere.
As I went through Ealing Broadway there was an IET▸ parked up on the London bound fast platform with engineers crawling over the roof so not sure if that had something to do with it.
Let's hope NR» get it fixed this morning and come up with a more robust solution going forward.
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« Reply #4003 on: March 14, 2023, 06:43:28 » |
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Looks like yesterday's overhead line problem remains unresolved so it's another day of chaos to look forward to.
I was very lucky last night - managed to get on an Elizabeth Line service at Bond Street which delivered me at Taplow only about 5 minutes too late but have heard a number of horror stories from elsewhere.
As I went through Ealing Broadway there was an IET▸ parked up on the London bound fast platform with engineers crawling over the roof so not sure if that had something to do with it.
Let's hope NR» get it fixed this morning and come up with a more robust solution going forward.
It has been reported elsewhere that an access panel on the roof became loose which resulted in it coming into contact with the overhead lines. Why remains to be seen but it was reported a polythene sheeting had been entangled in the overheads near Hayes, that may be a contributing factor in the panel coming loose The wires have been secured so that trains can run in diesel only on the mains.
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« Reply #4004 on: March 14, 2023, 07:40:30 » |
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Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Reading Delays to services between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads Delays to services between London Paddington and Plymouth via Taunton Delays to services between London Paddington and Swansea via Bristol Parkway Delays to services between London Paddington and Hereford via Oxford
..............all due to the continuation of yesterday's OHL▸ issue and expected to last "until the end of the day" according to Journeycheck.
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