2024 Delays and Cancellations - North Cotswold Line

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[grahame]

Sea state visualisation...

Left Dieppe 30 late arrived Newhaven 55 late.  Not the smoothest of crossings.   Big school party so LONG queue at passport control, stretching out into the cold. 

[TaplowGreen]

15:23 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:47
15:23 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:47 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 20:29
18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 20:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Yesterday, Tuesday April 16, had been a good day for the Cotswold line. The attached screenshot is RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website)'s list of times at Evesham. There's only three red departure times, the worst of them being eight minutes late.

But today has not got off to a good start:

06:43 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 08:43 has been delayed between Worcester Shrub Hill and Worcestershire Parkway Hl and is now 63 minutes late.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:17/04/2024 08:20

RTT suggests that the delay was actually incurred in getting the train out of the sidings.
The halts train, the 07:00 from Shrub Hill to Didcot, was able to depart on time.
The 06:43 is now behind the 07:13 Great Malvern - Paddington (also able to depart on time).
The points failure also affected the 07:25 Shrub Hill - Paddington via Stroud, which left Shrub Hill 52 late and will not be calling at Gloucester today.

Tomorrow, I'm travelling from London towards Munich, starting on the Eurostar. I had been intending to catch this 06:43 out of Shrub Hill - but last week I decided it was just too chancy and that we should stay tonight in London. Looks like that was a sound decision.

[Witham Bobby]

Tonight's Parliamentary working cancelled

17:04 Didcot Parkway to Moreton-In-Marsh due 18:10 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:18/04/2024 14:07

18:51 Evesham to Oxford due 19:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:18/04/2024 14:07

[Witham Bobby]

1P18 0713 Great Malvern to Paddington was started from Evesham today.  "Due to a problem with the track", according to RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website)

The ECS^▸ (Empty Coaching Stock) from Stoke Gifford went directly to Evesham, via Challow, Didcot North Jcn and Kingham.