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« Reply #210 on: June 28, 2019, 13:40:23 »

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12:49 Swindon to Frome due 13:41 is being delayed at Westbury and is now expected to be 24 minutes late.
This is due to a tree blocking the railway earlier today.
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« Reply #211 on: June 29, 2019, 18:22:07 »

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20:02 Cheltenham Spa to Westbury due 21:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
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« Reply #212 on: June 29, 2019, 19:35:29 »

Wonder if that means a Westbury crew need a lift home.  They could offer taxi seats to displaced passengers. 

That would have worked a few years ago - now you need a coach with more than 8 seats.
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« Reply #213 on: June 29, 2019, 20:17:48 »

Wonder if that means a Westbury crew need a lift home.  They could offer taxi seats to displaced passengers. 

That would have worked a few years ago - now you need a coach with more than 8 seats.

Well .... we had the First bus in the Melksham Carnival parade and managed to work out lifts etc to get everyone from out of town home soon after the parade finished ... I'm just cooling down and will see if I got any decent pictures in the process of handing out a LOT of leaflets!
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« Reply #214 on: June 29, 2019, 20:19:35 »

Thought of you in the heat.  Headed west to Wales although signalling problems meant a change of destination.
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« Reply #215 on: June 30, 2019, 06:22:28 »

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08:11 Warminster to Swindon due 09:04

08:11 Warminster to Swindon due 09:04 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

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09:22 Swindon to Westbury due 10:02

09:22 Swindon to Westbury due 10:02 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

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10:30 Westbury to Swindon due 11:14

10:30 Westbury to Swindon due 11:14 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

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11:28 Swindon to Westbury due 12:08

11:28 Swindon to Westbury due 12:08 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

These won't run next Sunday either as it is rail replacement all day on July 7th.
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« Reply #216 on: June 30, 2019, 07:00:36 »

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08:11 Warminster to Swindon due 09:04 will be cancelled.
09:22 Swindon to Westbury due 10:02 will be cancelled.
10:30 Westbury to Swindon due 11:14 will be cancelled.
11:28 Swindon to Westbury due 12:08 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

I hope GWR (Great Western Railway) are pleased with themselves after we handed out a thousand leaflets yesterday at the Melksham Carnival telling people about (amongst other things) the great Weymouth trips on Sundays.
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« Reply #217 on: June 30, 2019, 07:34:46 »

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08:11 Warminster to Swindon due 09:04 will be cancelled.
09:22 Swindon to Westbury due 10:02 will be cancelled.
10:30 Westbury to Swindon due 11:14 will be cancelled.
11:28 Swindon to Westbury due 12:08 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

I hope GWR (Great Western Railway) are pleased with themselves after we handed out a thousand leaflets yesterday at the Melksham Carnival telling people about (amongst other things) the great Weymouth trips on Sundays.

GWR don't seem too bothered ...

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@GWRHelp - Why have you cancelled all morning trains at Melksham (population 25,000) when we handed out 1,000 train timetable leaflets at the Carnival yesterday suggesting Sunday day trip to Weymouth?  What alternative for the journey?

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Morning, really sorry for the delays. This is due to a shortage of train crew. The next train service will be 1252. - Celia
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« Reply #218 on: June 30, 2019, 07:55:02 »

I followed up "Thank you Celia.  What should people who have planned a day trip to Weymouth leaving at 09:47 do.  Don't you provide road alternatives?".  Celia cut and pasted her previous "answer" back ... oh dear.

There are times like this that it's very difficult to be the candid friend.
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« Reply #219 on: June 30, 2019, 08:01:33 »

As if proof were needed about the issues these cancellations cause...

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« Reply #220 on: June 30, 2019, 08:03:51 »

Does Celia even work for GWR (Great Western Railway)?

Being ‘out of hours’ isn’t the Twitter feed manned by National Rail staff in India?

GWR usually provide a more detailed response during normal ‘opening’ hours.
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« Reply #221 on: June 30, 2019, 08:11:11 »

Does Celia even work for GWR (Great Western Railway)?

Being ‘out of hours’ isn’t the Twitter feed manned by National Rail staff in India?

GWR usually provide a more detailed response during normal ‘opening’ hours.

It’s done from Swindon/Plymouth all the time I believe, just someone between 00:00-06:00 normally does multiple things.
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« Reply #222 on: June 30, 2019, 08:12:58 »

Slightly irksome that four successive cancellations are called "delays".   
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« Reply #223 on: June 30, 2019, 08:16:41 »

Does Celia even work for GWR (Great Western Railway)?

Being ‘out of hours’ isn’t the Twitter feed manned by National Rail staff in India?

GWR usually provide a more detailed response during normal ‘opening’ hours.

She's representing GWR and at a time that they're very much open for business. Whether she's an employee or working for them on contract really isn't important to passengers.  I do suspect she may have had rather more incoming tweets than she had time to properly investigate prior to answering this morning. And I do feel she's offered operational comments from the railway's viewpoint and not practical solutions to how customers can now make their journeys.

Slightly irksome that four successive cancellations are called "delays".  

And I note that the train she offered as an alternative to Weymouth actually runs ... the other way to Swindon!
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« Reply #224 on: June 30, 2019, 09:29:33 »

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