Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 09:15 29 Mar 2024
- Bus plunges off South Africa bridge, killing 45
- Easter getaway begins with flood alerts in place
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]
 02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
29th Mar (1913)
Foundation of National Union or Railwaymen (*)

Train RunningCancelled
09:00 Gatwick Airport to Reading
09:08 Newbury to Bedwyn
09:54 Bedwyn to Newbury
10:22 Newbury to Bedwyn
10:55 Bedwyn to Newbury
11:29 Newbury to Bedwyn
11:57 Bedwyn to Newbury
12:52 Bedwyn to Newbury
Short Run
05:33 Plymouth to London Paddington
06:37 Plymouth to London Paddington
07:03 London Paddington to Paignton
08:35 Plymouth to London Paddington
08:41 Westbury to Bristol Temple Meads
09:37 London Paddington to Paignton
09:45 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury
10:35 London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
Delayed
05:03 Penzance to London Paddington
06:05 Penzance to London Paddington
07:10 Penzance to London Paddington
08:03 London Paddington to Penzance
08:15 Penzance to London Paddington
09:04 London Paddington to Plymouth
10:04 London Paddington to Penzance
11:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
PollsOpen and recent polls
Closed 2024-03-25 Easter Escape - to where?
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
March 29, 2024, 09:21:41 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[109] Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption el...
[72] would you like your own LIVE train station departure board?
[67] West Wiltshire Bus Changes April 2024
[66] Reversing Beeching - bring heritage and freight lines into the...
[59] Return of the BRUTE?
[41] 2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury...
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: 1 ... 25 26 [27] 28 29 ... 34
  Print  
Author Topic: 2022 - TransWilts cancellations and amendments log  (Read 44676 times)
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #390 on: October 04, 2022, 20:22:12 »

Quote
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:05

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:05 has been delayed between Swindon and Westbury and is now 14 minutes late.
This is due to a speed restriction over defective track.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #391 on: October 06, 2022, 15:45:22 »

Quote
15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:58

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:58 will be starting late from Swindon and is expected to be 7 minutes late.

This is due to the train departing late to maintain customer connections.

I was about to say "what a sensible thing to do today".  The 15:07 arrival at Swindon ofa train to Cardiff was delayed until 15:20, and it would make huge sense for the connection to leave at around 15:23 - usually a sensitive train because it has a tight connection onwards from Westbury, but not today because of the TSSA» (Transport Salaried Staffs' Association - about) Action.

Well - I was about to say, but I didn't.  Because JourneyCheck lieth.  The 15:14 to Westbury departed on time ...
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #392 on: October 09, 2022, 13:14:09 »

Quote
17:44 Swindon to Salisbury due 18:55

17:44 Swindon to Salisbury due 18:55 will be terminated at Westbury.
It will no longer call at Warminster and Salisbury.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #393 on: October 14, 2022, 07:11:27 »

Quote
06:35 Salisbury to Cheltenham Spa due 09:03

06:35 Salisbury to Cheltenham Spa due 09:03 has been delayed at Salisbury and is now 12 minutes late.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.

Conflicting movements excepted, I would be amazed if most of that is not made up along the way!
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #394 on: October 18, 2022, 18:31:17 »

Quote
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:05

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:05 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #395 on: October 21, 2022, 07:23:22 »

Quote
06:11 Swindon to Southampton Central due 08:07

06:11 Swindon to Southampton Central due 08:07 will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

And from Real Time Trains for the 05:17 Westbury to Swindon, due 05:59

Quote
UID W44806, identity 2M09
TSC 25485001
SSuX - 16/05/2022 to 09/12/2022

This service is cancelled.
This service was cancelled due to an issue with the train crew (TG).
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #396 on: October 21, 2022, 18:40:43 »

Quote
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:05

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:05 will be terminated at Warminster.
It will no longer call at Salisbury.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #397 on: October 22, 2022, 07:12:27 »

Quote
08:34 Westbury to Swindon due 09:23
09:35 Swindon to Westbury due 10:16

Facilities on the 09:35 Swindon to Westbury due 10:16.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3.

Quote
21:07 Swindon to Westbury due 21:49

Facilities on the 21:07 Swindon to Westbury due 21:49.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3

None of which, I suspect will be a concern.   Traffic has grown massively over the years - I'm still amazed to see just how well services load away from the traditional peak.   I arrived back in Melksham at 20:21 on Thursday evening and there were perhaps 25 to 30 people on the train as we came in from Trowbridge. Over a dozen got off, and four or five joined.  The numbers don't seem massive, but compare that to the same train a decade ago where it would have been two or three passengers on the train, I would have been the only one getting off and I would have been amazed to see anyone joining the train.   And yet it could do so much better - the 55 minute wait for the connection at Westbury discourages traffic growth, as does the lack of a later service; it remains absurd that the service ceasss mid-evening and there's not just one more round trip later in the evening to get-you-home, which would be busier than that 20:21 arrival, and would also add outward journeys during the day to help grow traffic on other trains that already exist.

Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #398 on: October 23, 2022, 12:24:45 »

Quote
11:41 Swindon to Weymouth due 14:00

11:41 Swindon to Weymouth due 14:00 will be starting late from Swindon.
This is due to the train departing late to maintain customer connections.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 4.

Appears a sensible call (running 7 minutes late) ... and 2 carriages should be enough (always 2 SWI» (Swindon - next trains) to WSB» (Westbury - next trains) - extras not being added there today) as I don't see much seaside traffic today!

EDIT to add ... just one minute down from Westbury and actually a minute early by Frome!  A mixture of various allowances in the schedule and sawing time on the station stop in Westbury without that pesky coupling time.
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 13:33:20 by grahame » Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #399 on: October 24, 2022, 18:56:33 »

Quote
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:05

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:05 will be delayed at Swindon.
This is due to a train hitting an obstruction on the line.

Quote
18:34 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21

18:34 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21 has been delayed at Westbury and is now 15 minutes late.
This is due to a train hitting an obstruction on the line.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
bobm
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 9810



View Profile
« Reply #400 on: October 24, 2022, 20:08:19 »

17:04 London Paddington to Penzance has been damaged after hitting what’s believed to be an animal near Heywood Road junction. 
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #401 on: October 25, 2022, 09:17:54 »

Quote
09:46 Westbury to Swindon due 10:34
11:05 Swindon to Westbury due 11:47

11:05 Swindon to Westbury due 11:47 will be cancelled.
This is due to train crew being delayed.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #402 on: October 26, 2022, 14:48:02 »

Quote
18:34 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21
20:45 Swindon to Westbury due 21:26

20:45 Swindon to Westbury due 21:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #403 on: October 26, 2022, 16:16:13 »

Quote
18:34 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21
20:45 Swindon to Westbury due 21:26

20:45 Swindon to Westbury due 21:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

And meanwhile in Ireland ... I get very envious of things like this: if Irish Rail can do reiability, why can't GWR (Great Western Railway)??

Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40691



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #404 on: October 26, 2022, 16:18:38 »

And meanwhile in Ireland ... I get very envious of things like this: if Irish Rail can do reiability, why can't GWR (Great Western Railway)??

[snip]

And no sooner had written that than

Quote
16:25 Westbury to Swindon due 17:08
17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:20

17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:20 will be cancelled.
This is due to a points failure.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: 1 ... 25 26 [27] 28 29 ... 34
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link to report). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants

Jump to top of pageJump to Forum Home Page