Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 08:55 29 Mar 2024
- Bus plunges off South Africa bridge, killing 45
- Easter getaway begins with flood alerts in place
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]
 02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
29th Mar (1913)
Foundation of National Union or Railwaymen (*)

Train RunningCancelled
08:46 Bedwyn to Newbury
09:00 Gatwick Airport to Reading
09:54 Bedwyn to Newbury
10:22 Newbury to Bedwyn
11:29 Newbury to Bedwyn
11:57 Bedwyn to Newbury
12:52 Bedwyn to Newbury
Short Run
05:33 Plymouth to London Paddington
05:55 Plymouth to London Paddington
06:37 Plymouth to London Paddington
07:03 London Paddington to Paignton
08:35 Plymouth to London Paddington
08:41 Westbury to Bristol Temple Meads
09:37 London Paddington to Paignton
09:45 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury
10:35 London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
Delayed
05:03 Penzance to London Paddington
06:05 Penzance to London Paddington
07:10 Penzance to London Paddington
08:03 London Paddington to Penzance
08:15 Penzance to London Paddington
09:04 London Paddington to Plymouth
10:04 London Paddington to Penzance
11:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
PollsOpen and recent polls
Closed 2024-03-25 Easter Escape - to where?
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
March 29, 2024, 09:09:54 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[109] Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption el...
[72] would you like your own LIVE train station departure board?
[67] West Wiltshire Bus Changes April 2024
[66] Reversing Beeching - bring heritage and freight lines into the...
[59] Return of the BRUTE?
[41] 2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury...
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: [1]
  Print  
Author Topic: An odd one to be on "Journey Check"  (Read 4115 times)
Witham Bobby
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 556



View Profile
« on: June 18, 2018, 10:14:10 »

 
Quote
08:44 Oxford Down Carriage Sdg to London Paddington due 10:10
08:44 Oxford Down Carriage Sdg to London Paddington due 10:10 will be started from Didcot Parkway.
It will no longer call at Oxford Down Carriage Sdg.
This is due to a problem currently under investigation.
Last Updated:18/06/2018 05:24

Lots of "problem currently under investigation" excuses today on the Cotswold and Hereford route.  Does this mean they simply don't want to tell the public what's going on, or that GWR (Great Western Railway) don't have a clue, either?
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2018, 10:24:51 »

Lots of "problem currently under investigation" excuses today on the Cotswold and Hereford route.  Does this mean they simply don't want to tell the public what's going on, or that GWR (Great Western Railway) don't have a clue, either?

First indication of a problem on a signal panel - something odd.  Could be a signalling fault. Could be a track fault. Could be an unusual but correctly indicated situation that's just starting to be indicated.   Natural and correct action from signallers - "don't send anything that way until we know" and on a tight suburban setup that's cancellations and short runs even before the reason is know. "Something's not as it should be" is all they know.

Fast forward an hour or so ... the situation will be better known, but so much time and effort will have been put into getting the thing sorted, and to indicating which trains are running fully / short / cancelled that updating the "we don't know why" has slipped down the list of things to do.   After all, what matters to people all the more is what is not running, rather than 100% accuracy and currentness of the reasons for the change.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
didcotdean
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 1424


View Profile
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2018, 10:37:22 »

Quote
08:44 Oxford Down Carriage Sdg to London Paddington due 10:10
08:44 Oxford Down Carriage Sdg to London Paddington due 10:10 will be started from Didcot Parkway.
It will no longer call at Oxford Down Carriage Sdg.
This is due to a problem currently under investigation.
Last Updated:18/06/2018 05:24

RTT» (Real Time Trains - website) suggests that 1Z41 was in the WTT (Working Time-Table) as starting at Oxford Down Carriage Sidings and not calling at Oxford Station but running ECS (Empty Coaching Stock) to Didcot, waiting there for 18 minutes on platform 5 before continuing back to London. As has been seen elsewhere it seems to have run from Oxford Station having not reached the Sidings, whether or not it ran from there in passenger use.
Logged
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link to report). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants

Jump to top of pageJump to Forum Home Page