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« on: December 13, 2019, 06:01:31 »

Posted 10 hours before the train starts ...

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15:28 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 16:52
Facilities on the 15:28 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 16:52.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3. Service full and standing.

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Not sure I've seen "full and standing" half a day ahead before ... though I'm sure it will be a correct forecast for (??) some or all of the route.
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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2019, 06:21:25 »

That’s the GWR (Great Western Railway) service which calls at Winnersh to pick up schoolchildren so from experience I expect it will be busy!
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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2019, 22:22:33 »

A good idea to give people a heads-up when it's known in advance a service will be ram packed.

A train you can't get on might as well be a cancelled train - in fact it's worse because it may be too late to change plans.  When is this going to be added to the valid reasons for claiming delay repay?

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« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2019, 23:58:42 »

A good idea to give people a heads-up when it's known in advance a service will be ram packed.

A train you can't get on might as well be a cancelled train - in fact it's worse because it may be too late to change plans.  When is this going to be added to the valid reasons for claiming delay repay?



GWR (Great Western Railway)'s sister company SWR» (South Western Railway - about) has this on their Delay Repay claim form

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Please note, in order for an overcrowding claim to be processed, when prompted to choose a delay reason you must select "Decline to give a reason".

I've not noticed it before and I wonder if it's just for the duration of the RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers) strike. Huh
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« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2019, 06:57:29 »

A good idea to give people a heads-up when it's known in advance a service will be ram packed.

That'll be 80% of the Sunday services from PLY» (Plymouth - next trains)-PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) then  Wink
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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2019, 22:08:47 »

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Posted 10 hours before the train starts ...

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15:28 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 16:52
Facilities on the 15:28 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 16:52.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3. Service full and standing.

Last Updated:13/12/2019 05:28

Not sure I've seen "full and standing" half a day ahead before ... though I'm sure it will be a correct forecast for (??) some or all of the route.

Naive query from passenger on this line for 18+years, and who traveled back from his office party on an almost empty 3 car turbo late that evening - how come someone could not have ensured that a 3 car unit was not rostered  for this service, especially bearing in mind that it was going to be even more busy with the SWR» (South Western Railway - about) strike?
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