Cotswold Line - 2018 cancellation and amendments log

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[charles_uk]

A couple that may catch a few out this afternoon:

15:21 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 17:58 will be started from Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington and Slough.
This is due to a speed restriction because of high track temperatures.

15:52 London Paddington to Moreton-in-Marsh due 17:26 will be started from Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington and Slough.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 8.

[Witham Bobby]

Another rash of Slough stops being omitted from Cotswold Line services today.  For reasons of speed restriction.  Unless I've missed something, it seems to be only in the Up direction today.

[grahame]

Another rash of Slough stops being omitted from Cotswold Line services today.  For reasons of speed restriction.  Unless I've missed something, it seems to be only in the Up direction today.

Looks like Paddington to Bedwyn service has been reduced to a Reading to Bedwyn service - and that's in both directions.

[charles_uk]

This morning's 04:47 Hereford to Paddington was diverted missing out stops between Worcester Shrub Hill and Reading due to a member of staff being taken ill.

[charles_uk]

Significant disruption this morning due to signalling problems in the Oxford area:

Cancellations to services at Oxford
Following a fault with the signalling system at Oxford all lines have now reopened.
Train services running through this station are returning to normal but some services may still be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 10:00 11/05.

05:11 WOS^» (Worcester Shrub Hill - next trains):PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) 26 late at Oxford; 05:28 HFD^» (Hereford - next trains):PAD departed Oxford 32 late (having been held at Charlbury for 23 minutes); 05:47 PAD:WOF diverted between Didcot and Worcester Shrub Hill; 07:10 MIM:PAD started from Oxford; 06:53 WOF:DID^» (Didcot Parkway - next trains) stopping additionally at Radley, Culham and Appleford.

[jmc85]

05:28 HFD^» (Hereford - next trains)-PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) now running 49 late (i'm on it). We stopped additionally at Didcot for some reason, and were running on the slow lines for quite a while.

[Witham Bobby]

 

06:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 09:37
06:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 09:37 is being delayed between Didcot Parkway and Oxford and is now expected to be 14 minutes late.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:11/05/2018 08:05

 
 

08:25 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 10:57
08:25 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 10:57 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a fault with the on train signalling system earlier today.
Last Updated:11/05/2018 08:27

 

08:21 London Paddington to Hereford due 11:40
08:21 London Paddington to Hereford due 11:40 will no longer call at Slough.
It has been delayed at London Paddington and is now 27 minutes late.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:11/05/2018 08:58

[GBM]

This is due to a fault with the on train signalling system earlier today.
Last Updated:11/05/2018 08:27[/i]

Last Updated:11/05/2018 08:58[/i][/quote]
[/quote]
On train signalling system? Have we gone European?
Thought on train signalling was common in Europe but would be introduced in the UK^▸ (United Kingdom) 'drekly'.

[stuving]

This is due to a fault with the on train signalling system earlier today.
Last Updated:11/05/2018 08:58[/i]

On train signalling system? Have we gone European?
Thought on train signalling was common in Europe but would be introduced in the UK^▸ (United Kingdom) 'drekly'.

I think you'll find such systems throughout Europe, Britain included, on all high-speed lines (meaning proper, fast, ones) but rare otherwise. It's just that we only have the one little one of those in HS1^▸ (High Speed line 1 - St Pancras to Channel Tunnel).

[Witham Bobby]

11:22 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 13:44
11:22 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 13:44 will be started from Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington and Slough.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system earlier today.
Last Updated:11/05/2018 10:36

More knock-on effects from the signalling problems at Oxford earlier in the day.

I read in the Evesham Journal a letter referring to the shockingly bad Cotswold Line service from CLPG^» (Cotswold Line Promotion Group - about).  This route is getting a very bad reputation.  Richly deserved, I might add.

[charles_uk]

The impact of the over-running engineering works spreads far and wide. Luckily, GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) have an easy and regular fix for some congestion issues:

15:52 London Paddington to Moreton-in-Marsh due 17:26 was terminated at Oxford.
It will no longer call at Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham and Moreton-in-Marsh.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.
Last Updated:14/05/2018 16:55

17:38 Moreton-in-Marsh to London Paddington due 19:07 will be started from Oxford.
It will no longer call at Moreton-in-Marsh.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.

And a very late call too.

[charles_uk]

Another fun morning:

04:47 Hereford to London Paddington due 07:54 has been delayed at Worcester Foregate Street and is now 23 minutes late.
This is due to a shortage of train drivers.

05:11 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 07:27 will no longer call at Kingham, Hanborough and Maidenhead.
It has been delayed at Worcester Shrub Hill and is now 34 minutes late.
This is due to a shortage of train drivers.

07:10 Moreton-in-Marsh to London Paddington due 08:54 will be started from Oxford.
It will no longer call at Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury and Hanborough.
This is due to congestion.

The result was that the 05:11 WOS^» (Worcester Shrub Hill - next trains):PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) sped through Hanborough shortly after the 04:47 HFD^» (Hereford - next trains):PAD was supposed to have departed leaving customers for both services to wait for the latter which eventually arrived a little after 07:15 by which time a fair number of passengers for the 05:28 HFD:PAD would also have joined the crowd!

And a little later as a result of the track defect between Ealing Broadway and Paddington:

09:50 Moreton-in-Marsh to London Paddington due 11:30 will be terminated at Oxford.
It will no longer call at Reading, Slough and London Paddington.
This is due to a speed restriction over defective track.

[charles_uk]

The impact of the urgent track works spreads far and wide. Luckily, GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) have an easy and regular fix for some congestion issues:

15:52 London Paddington to Moreton-in-Marsh due 17:26 was terminated at Oxford.
It will no longer call at Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham and Moreton-in-Marsh.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track.
Last Updated:15/05/2018 16:49

17:38 Moreton-in-Marsh to London Paddington due 19:07 will be started from Oxford.
It will no longer call at Moreton-in-Marsh.

And a very late call too.

[Witham Bobby]

 

13:22 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 15:41
13:22 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 15:41 will be terminated at Oxford.
It will no longer call at Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Evesham, Worcester Shrub Hill and Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to the train driver being taken ill.
Last Updated:16/05/2018 14:13

 

15:51 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 18:01
15:51 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 18:01 will be started from Oxford.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill, Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh and Charlbury.
This is due to the train driver being taken ill.
Last Updated:16/05/2018 14:14

More cancellations along the Oxford Worcester route, yet this kind of announcement never appears as a "train cancellation" on GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) Journecheck, merely a "service amendment".  Pure spin.

[Witham Bobby]

Update:

15:51 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 18:01
15:51 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 18:01 has been cancelled.
This is due to the train driver being taken ill.
Last Updated:16/05/2018 16:14