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Anyone from the Forum catch a train to the South West yesterday? ... Our eldest son travelled on the SWR» 2007 service from BSK▸ - 8 cars WAT>SAL, 6 cars SAL>YVJ and 3 cars YVJ> EXD» - and it was extremely busy although apparently numerous pax were standing in the vestibules rather than sit next to somebody else. |
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« Reply #241 on: May 29, 2021, 15:04:05 » |
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Was near junction 16 of the M5 and said to partner,we'll get on the M5 and go down just one junction to J17.
Just managed to spot the traffic going very slowly south,quick detour back down A38 to the Mall(cribbs causway)
That was approx 13:00pm
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« Reply #242 on: May 30, 2021, 10:03:32 » |
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Just to confirm the other reports on the M5 yesterday, family were delayed over 1 hour between Bristol and Exeter (where everyone turned off onto the A30). Onwards to Plymouth was clear.
Now I read that SW Ambulance Service have just declared a critical incident... I wonder if the sudden influx of visitors is already causing issues.
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« Reply #243 on: May 30, 2021, 10:28:49 » |
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I suspect that more people were driving to the West Country and avoiding the trains.
Why did the road traffic delays result in the ambulance service declaring a critical incident ? I could understand this in extreme hot or cold weather, but in mild weather ?
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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 #244 on: May 30, 2021, 12:15:41 » |
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Why did the road traffic delays result in the ambulance service declaring a critical incident ? I could understand this in extreme hot or cold weather, but in mild weather ?
You’ve misunderstood. It’s my speculation that the influx of visitors, i.e. vastly more than our resident population, that may be the issue. |
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« Reply #245 on: May 30, 2021, 16:06:57 » |
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Why did the road traffic delays result in the ambulance service declaring a critical incident ? I could understand this in extreme hot or cold weather, but in mild weather ?
You’ve misunderstood. It’s my speculation that the influx of visitors, i.e. vastly more than our resident population, that may be the issue. Yep that's the issue - everyone taking staycations rather than flying off to Benidorm etc |
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« Reply #246 on: May 30, 2021, 16:31:24 » |
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Was near junction 16 of the M5 and said to partner, we'll get on the M5 and go down just one junction to J17.
Just managed to spot the traffic going very slowly south, quick detour back down A38 to the Mall (cribbs causway)
That was approx 13:00pm The M5 southbound had an even longer stretch of slow traffic than that. I travelled down to J14 (Falfield/Dursley) at the same time yesterday and the overhead signs warned of a 2 hour delay. Down as far as J14 was fine; after that was bad. A lot of traffic left at J14 and switched to the A38 so I expect that was bad as well. Fortunately I was leaving at J14 and heading west rather than south, to visit Sharpness Docks - a pleasant spot for an outing and not busy. |
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« Reply #247 on: May 30, 2021, 16:40:21 » |
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Local radio was reporting jams from J14 to J24 (Bridgwater). A303 was also a "car park" over much of its length where there is only 1 carriageway and on the approaches to those lengths.
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I like to travel. It lets me feel I'm getting somewhere.
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« Reply #248 on: May 30, 2021, 18:15:03 » |
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Why did the road traffic delays result in the ambulance service declaring a critical incident ? I could understand this in extreme hot or cold weather, but in mild weather ?
You’ve misunderstood. It’s my speculation that the influx of visitors, i.e. vastly more than our resident population, that may be the issue. Agreed, I did misunderstand it. The critical incident was not related to traffic congestion. |
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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.
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« Reply #249 on: June 25, 2021, 09:31:25 » |
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 1004 Pad to Penzance 5 coaches instead of 9 today. Wouldn't fancy that on a Friday in late June. Not surprising if people are choosing to drive if they have Covid / social distancing concerns.
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« Reply #250 on: June 25, 2021, 10:04:04 » |
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1004 Pad to Penzance 5 coaches instead of 9 today. Wouldn't fancy that on a Friday in late June. Not surprising if people are choosing to drive if they have Covid / social distancing concerns. Looks like it’s actually a 10-car (802011/022), despite JourneyCheck saying otherwise. Can anyone confirm? |
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« Reply #251 on: June 25, 2021, 10:04:43 » |
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Last minute amendment. Now 2 x 5 but with no seat reservations displayed on the train.
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« Reply #252 on: June 25, 2021, 10:06:10 » |
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Good work from GWR▸ . It’s important to prioritise services like that one.
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« Reply #253 on: June 25, 2021, 16:02:44 » |
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I joined this train at Plymouth. It wasn't busy.
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« Reply #254 on: June 25, 2021, 16:12:17 » |
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I joined this train at Plymouth. It wasn't busy.
Numbers are still well down on what you’d usually expect on the vast majority of services, but are steadily building and will obviously leap upwards when the summer holidays start…though that should coincide with the removal of social distancing requirements. |
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