2022 Delays & Cancellations

[whole diary]

[Witham Bobby]

Odd that no replacement signal person or station staff person can be found.  Or are these excuses a bit bogus?  Bearing in mind that the excuses have been posted overnight, is it really impossible to find a relief signal person by late-on in the morning?

09:50 London Paddington to Hereford due 12:44 will be terminated at Worcester Foregate Street.
It will no longer call at Malvern Link, Great Malvern, Colwall, Ledbury and Hereford.
This is due to signalling staff being taken ill.
Last Updated:22/03/2022 01:10

11:50 London Paddington to Hereford due 14:41 will be terminated at Great Malvern.
It will no longer call at Colwall, Ledbury and Hereford.
This is due to a shortage of station staff.
Last Updated:22/03/2022 06:43

13:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 16:22 will be terminated at Worcester Foregate Street.
It will no longer call at Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough, Oxford, Reading, Slough and London Paddington.
This is due to signalling staff being taken ill.
Last Updated:22/03/2022 01:10

15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:30 will be started from Great Malvern.
It will no longer call at Hereford, Ledbury and Colwall.
This is due to a shortage of station staff.
Last Updated:22/03/2022 06:43

[didcotdean]

This was sent out on Twitter last night although it understates the services affected. A different region might have sent out another one.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Not a good day on the North Cotswold line today.

Up trains:
05:23 Hereford - Paddington : delayed between Ledbury and Malvern but back on time after Evesham
06:43 Shrub Hill - Paddington : 23 late from Shrub Hill ("late from depot" according to JourneyCheck, though this one starts from Shrub Hill), 56 late into Paddington
06:43 Hereford - Paddington : 128 late from Hereford ("train crew being delayed"), terminated at Oxford
08:56 Great Malvern - Paddington : started from Foregate Street

Down trains:
05:50 Paddington - Great Malvern : terminated at Foregate Street

[charles_uk]

Not a good day on the North Cotswold line today.

And now some afternoon congestion:

The 1450 PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains):WOF was 4 minute late out of Oxford, 13 late at Wolvercote Junction and 30 late by the time it got to Hanborough. That has delayed the 1516 WOF:PAD by 28 minutes and the 1520 PAD:WOF is now 23 late at Hanborough.

[Witham Bobby]

08:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:14 has been cancelled.
This is due to this train being late from the depot.

11:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:24 will be cancelled.
This is due to this train being late from the depot.

[Worcester_Passenger]

07:37 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 10:29 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

10:50 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 13:37 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

12:27 Hereford to London Paddington due 15:34 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

15:38 London Paddington to Hereford due 18:59 will be cancelled.
This is due to signalling staff being taken ill.

18:38 London Paddington to Hereford due 21:55 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to signalling staff being taken ill.

[Worcester_Passenger]

And today (Monday August 22), it's

04:49 Hereford to London Paddington due 07:38 will be started from Great Malvern.
This is due to signalling staff being taken ill.

Same applies to

    05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:24
    06:43 Hereford to London Paddington due 09:38
    09:50 London Paddington to Hereford due 12:44
    11:50 London Paddington to Hereford due 14:41
    13:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 16:22
    15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29

Realtimetrains is reporting nothing at Ledbury before 18:00, and nothing at Hereford before 11:00.

[Worcester_Passenger]

And in fact there's been nothing at Hereford all day - first train is due through just before 18:00.

[charles_uk]

Cancellations to services between Oxford and Moreton-In-Marsh

Due to a fault with the signalling system between Oxford and Moreton-In-Marsh all lines are disrupted.

Train services running through these stations will be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 18:30 24/08.

Significant disruption at present.

[update to show cancellations beyond Oxford so far]

15:20 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:41 was terminated at Oxford.
15:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 18:30 was terminated at Oxford.
17:03 Didcot Parkway to Moreton-In-Marsh due 18:11 will be terminated at Oxford.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Significant disruption indeed. RealTimeTrains reported (for Wednesday August 24)

14:50 Paddington - Foregate St : delayed before Charlbury (20 late). Turned round at Shrub Hill.
15:20 Paddington - Foregate St : cancelled after Oxford
15:50 Paddington - Malvern : same
17:03 Didcot - Moreton : started 23 late, cancelled after Oxford.
16:58 Paddington - Malvern : held at Oxford, left 36 late. Terminated at Foregate Street.
17:35 Paddington - Hereford : held at Oxford, left 20 late. Further delayed by Charlbury (32 late).
17:57 Paddington - Foregate St : started from Reading 19 late.
18:58 Paddington - Hereford : started from Reading 11 late.

15:16 Foregate St - Paddington : Held at Charlbury, left 76 late. Cancelled after Reading.
15:18 Hereford - Paddington : Held at Moreton, left 64 late. 92 late from Charlbury. Cancelled after Reading.
16:31 Malvern - Paddington : Held at Shrub Hill, left 85 late. Cancelled after Reading.
17:26 Foregate Street - Paddington  : Started from Shrub Hill 52 late.
17:58 Foregate Street - Paddington : cancelled throughout.
19:10 Moreton - Oxford : cancelled throughout
19:05 Malvern - Paddington : cancelled throughout.
19:45 Malvern - Paddington : started from Foregate Street.
21:00 Foregate Street - Paddington : delayed after Oxford, but that's another story

[charles_uk]

A rather quieter afternoon today:

17:03 Didcot Parkway to Moreton-In-Marsh due 18:11 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.

19:10 Moreton-In-Marsh to Oxford due 19:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train

[charles_uk]

Alterations to services between Evesham and Worcester Shrub Hill

Due to a fault with the signalling system between Evesham and Worcester Shrub Hill trains have to run at reduced speed on all lines.

Train services running through these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 13:00 05/09.

There is a power supply issue between Evesham and Worcester Shrub Hill. This is only allowing one train through at a time as the signaller cannot see train movements.

[TonyN]

Paddington and Reading to the Cotswold line Tuesday 6th Sept 2022

I travelled on the 17:57 Paddington to Worcester Forgate street yesterday. Ok for me but not a good day for those travelling from the south coast and Reading by cross country.

The 17:57 passed trough Reading at 18:22 i.e. 2 min late. The 16:45 Bournemouth Manchester was running late, arriving at Reading also at 18:22. Reading managed to turn it round in 3 minutes leaving again at 18:25.

The 17:57 ran via Didcot platform 3 and paused at Didcot North Junction for about a minute. By this time (18:37) the Manchester train was between Moreton cutting and Didcot east junction.

For some reason the 17:57 was then allowed to proceed arriving at Oxford first meaning that passengers from Reading on the Manchester train then faced an hours wait at Oxford for the Next Cotswold line train.

Then to cap it all the 17:57 was held between Oxford North Junction and Wolvercote Junction waiting for a late running up train to clear the single line from Charlbury. The Manchester train then overtook the 17:57 while it was waiting.

Good luck to those who try and claim delay repay on that lot. Cross country will say they where only 13 late at Oxford and GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) will say they where on time.
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W43897/2022-09-06/detailed#allox_id=0
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P89014/2022-09-06/detailed#allox_id=1

All this just to save a path for a non-existant superfast to Bristol.

[TaplowGreen]

Due to signalling staff being taken ill between Worcester Shrub Hill and Hanborough all lines are closed.
Train services running through these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 18:00 11/09.

Customer Advice

The Signal Box that covers an area near Worcestershire Parkway station is closed due to the Signaller becoming unwell. This means we cannot run trains in this area. Trains will run between Great Malvern & Worcester Shrub Hill, as a shuttle train. We have requested coaches operate as a shuttle bus service between Worcester Shrub Hill & Hanborough/Oxford, more information on this will be published as soon as confirmed.

We're sorry for any disruption this brings to your travel plans today.

[Richard Fairhurst]

It does feel like the service has been a bit spottier recently - I've been waiting around for delayed trains more often than usual.

Down one IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train) today by the look of it: 10.59 Great Malvern–Paddington, 13.50 Paddington–Great Malvern, 16.31 Great Malvern–Paddington all cancelled.