Revisions (25/04/2008)

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[Lee]

From the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) website :

17:21 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:36
This train has been revised.It will additionally call at: Ascott-Under-Wychwood and Shipton.

18:50 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 21:27
This train will be started from Oxford.It will no longer call at: Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill, Pershore, Evesham, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury and Hanborough.This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to earlier vandalism.

19:27 Worcester Foregate Street to Oxford due 21:19
This train has been reinstated.

[willc]

Post by Ian L in Charlbury commuter blog gives a bit of background to these alterations

17.31 Oxford-Charlbury (halts train)
Cancelled due to vandalism. Left oxford on time, stopped at Wolvercote due to broken windscreen from brick thrown from bridge. back to Oxford to catch the next train.

I gather that the HST^▸ (High Speed Train) due to work the 18.50 was held at Worcester to work in the path of the 19.27 in place of the halts train's Turbo, which normally returns to Oxford on this duty.

[Chris from Nailsea]

Left oxford on time, stopped at Wolvercote due to broken windscreen from brick thrown from bridge.

Hope the driver is alright?

 

[IanL]

According to guard announcement on the train, both drivers(?) in the cab OK, they first moved the train off the junction and past the signal onto the single line, then when given the green light took the train back to Oxford.

Windscreen smashed but not completely through, (laminated windscreen?) some glass chips visible in the cab but no big hole in the glass.

[Chris from Nailsea]

Thanks, Ian.

[John R]

I'm glad the website told the real reason for the delay. As a passenger, I'm much more sympathetic when I know that the cause is completely outside FGW^▸ (First Great Western)'s control.