2019 - TransWilts cancellation and amendments log

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[bobm]

11:00 Weymouth to Swindon due 13:18
11:00 Weymouth to Swindon due 13:18 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Further Information

Now partially re-instated - starts from Westbury.

[grahame]

11:00 Weymouth to Swindon due 13:18
11:00 Weymouth to Swindon due 13:18 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Further Information

Now partially re-instated - starts from Westbury.

Excellent ... a step in the right direction.  And there was me being a miserable git and waiting for the cancellation of the 13:30-ish Swindon to Weymouth.

[grahame]

12:49 Swindon to Frome due 13:41
12:49 Swindon to Frome due 13:41 is being delayed between Trowbridge and Westbury and is now expected to be 22 minutes late.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.

[Robin Summerhill]

12:49 Swindon to Frome due 13:41
12:49 Swindon to Frome due 13:41 is being delayed between Trowbridge and Westbury and is now expected to be 22 minutes late.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.

But its not a cancellation is it?

RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) showing RT Melksham, 3L Bradford Jcn, 21L Trowbridge and 23L at Frome

Return working currently RT at Chippenham and has been reported RT all the way.

[grahame]

But its not a cancellation is it?

Correct - thread is "cancellation and amendments log" - with backup data such as that just above being one of the sources used to help the Melksham Rail User Group report back to TransWilts on the performance from a Melksham perspective.   See Reply No. 293 for the (1st August) report

The example above is a relatively minor one - "only" 22 minutes - though anyone making connections to the Waterloo or Taunton train would have been having kittens!   Looking on Real Time Trains, the Waterloo was stuck behind anyway, and the Taunton connection made by less than 4 minutes.

[grahame]

18:32 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21
18:32 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

20:08 Swindon to Westbury due 20:49
20:08 Swindon to Westbury due 20:49 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Additional Information
Customers for Trowbridge and Westbury are advised to travel to Bath Spa and Change. Customers travelling to / from Melksham, road replacement transport will operate from Chippenham.

Can't use the "Sunday is voluntary" reason as it's a Tuesday!   But good to see road replacement transport is in place - a step in the right direction.  Now - please - tell people at Melksham via the help point screen that the bus or taxis will be along.   I'm not at the station - finger crossed that the common sense of putting something appropriate and informative on the display will happen.

[grahame]

05:17 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09
Facilities on the 05:17 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09.
Toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.

A train of multiple parts - in other words people are getting on and off along the way - so I wouldn't expect this to be a major issue even if it's three hours end to end.

[TaplowGreen]

05:17 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09
Facilities on the 05:17 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09.
Toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.

A train of multiple parts - in other words people are getting on and off along the way - so I wouldn't expect this to be a major issue even if it's three hours end to end.

Fingers crossed you're right Graham - and legs.

[phile]

05:17 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09
Facilities on the 05:17 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09.
Toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.

A train of multiple parts - in other words people are getting on and off along the way - so I wouldn't expect this to be a major issue even if it's three hours end to end.

Fingers crossed you're right Graham - and legs.

If it sticks to Diagram it will be carrying some desperate passengers on the 1730 from Weymouth

[RA]

05:17 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09
Facilities on the 05:17 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09.
Toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.

A train of multiple parts - in other words people are getting on and off along the way - so I wouldn't expect this to be a major issue even if it's three hours end to end.

Fingers crossed you're right Graham - and legs.

If it sticks to Diagram it will be carrying some desperate passengers on the 1730 from Weymouth

It was swapped for a 166 at Bristol TM^‡(resolve) on its way back from Southampton and sent to the naughty step at SPM^▸ (St Philip's Marsh (Bristol depot)).

[phile]

05:17 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09
Facilities on the 05:17 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09.
Toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.

A train of multiple parts - in other words people are getting on and off along the way - so I wouldn't expect this to be a major issue even if it's three hours end to end.

Fingers crossed you're right Graham - and legs.

If it sticks to Diagram it will be carrying some desperate passengers on the 1730 from Weymouth

It was swapped for a 166 at Bristol TM^‡(resolve) on its way back from Southampton and sent to the naughty step at SPM^▸ (St Philip's Marsh (Bristol depot)).

Relief

[grahame]

4 O'Clock in the morning and journey checks already reporting

Train Cancellations
18:32 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21
20:08 Swindon to Westbury due 20:49

Thank you for the good notice.  But pretty poor show that - with how many drivers - GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) can't find a single driver for a contracted service at 14 hours notice.

When expanded, both reports of the form

20:08 Swindon to Westbury due 20:49
20:08 Swindon to Westbury due 20:49 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Further Information

If you hold a valid single, return, or weekly ticket, you will be able to claim compensation for delays of 15 minutes or more. Please keep your ticket and visit GWR.com/DelayRepay
Last Updated:09/08/2019 02:25

[rogerw]

Plenty of time to arrange alternative transport, especially as the 2006 is the last Melksham service of the day

[grahame]

08:22 Westbury to Swindon due 09:07
Facilities on the 08:22 Westbury to Swindon due 09:07.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 2.

OK - Thank you  ... logged as an "amendment" and in no way a problem


Edit to add

15:14 Westbury to Swindon due 15:59
Facilities on the 15:14 Westbury to Swindon due 15:59.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3.

15:22 Swindon to Warminster due 16:21
Facilities on the 15:22 Swindon to Warminster due 16:21.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 2.

[grahame]

14:35 Westbury to Swindon due 15:19
14:35 Westbury to Swindon due 15:19 will be diverted between Trowbridge and Chippenham.
It will no longer call at Melksham.
It is being delayed between Trowbridge and Chippenham and is now expected to be 9 minutes late.

15:28 Swindon to Westbury due 16:08
15:28 Swindon to Westbury due 16:08 is being delayed at Swindon and is now expected to be 6 minutes late.
This is due to lightning damaging the signalling system.