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« Reply #60 on: June 16, 2022, 11:05:33 » |
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If you look at the map you will see the TransWilts line is show as open on strike days but Melksham Station as closed. That is because IETs▸ will be used to run the service and they still can't stop there.
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« Reply #61 on: June 16, 2022, 11:08:45 » |
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Given that GWR▸ are saying "check journey planners" is there any way to determine when the journey planners are showing the proposed emergency timetable?
I'm not sure if I'm seeing the "real" one for the 21st and it's quite confusing.
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« Reply #62 on: June 16, 2022, 11:21:20 » |
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Given that GWR▸ are saying "check journey planners" is there any way to determine when the journey planners are showing the proposed emergency timetable?
I'm not sure if I'm seeing the "real" one for the 21st and it's quite confusing.
GWR's site now has a page of more detailed plans, including the dates for publishing the timetables to journey planners. Strike/non-day Date Publication Non-strike day Monday 20 June Thursday 16 June Strike day Tuesday 21 June Thursday 16 June Non-strike day Wednesday 22 June Friday 17 June Strike day Thursday 23 June Thursday 16 June Non-strike day Friday 24 June Friday 17 June Strike day Saturday 25 June Tuesday 21 June Non-strike day Sunday 26 June Tuesday 21 June
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« Reply #63 on: June 16, 2022, 11:21:49 » |
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Given that GWR▸ are saying "check journey planners" is there any way to determine when the journey planners are showing the proposed emergency timetable?
I'm not sure if I'm seeing the "real" one for the 21st and it's quite confusing.
I'm using RTT» to see when services have been updated and so far this is still to happen. Every other TOC▸ has posted actual revised timetables on their websites but as usual not GWR!
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« Reply #64 on: June 16, 2022, 11:47:25 » |
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If you look at the map you will see the TransWilts line is show as open on strike days but Melksham Station as closed. That is because IETs▸ will be used to run the service and they still can't stop there.
Great! Can we do a "Dilton Marsh" and stick our hand out to stop the train, please?? Only 25,000 people in our hamlet!
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« Reply #65 on: June 16, 2022, 14:50:39 » |
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GWR▸ 's site now has a page of more detailed plans, including the dates for publishing the timetables to journey planners. Strike/non-day Date Publication Non-strike day Monday 20 June Thursday 16 June Strike day Tuesday 21 June Thursday 16 June Agreed but when on the 16th - I look now and I'm still not convinced it's the emergency timetable so to the less informed they may make judgements based on this information. Sorry I sound exasperated and I do accept the challenges in providing the information but in my mind wrong information (ie what is currently in journey planners) is worse than none.
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« Reply #66 on: June 16, 2022, 19:03:58 » |
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Agreed but when on the 16th - I look now and I'm still not convinced it's the emergency timetable so to the less informed they may make judgements based on this information. Sorry I sound exasperated and I do accept the challenges in providing the information but in my mind wrong information (ie what is currently in journey planners) is worse than none.
Now put back until the 17th. Quite why GWR▸ is taking longer than other TOCs▸ to issue revised timetables I don’t know.
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« Reply #67 on: June 17, 2022, 06:51:53 » |
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GWR▸ Revised strike day timetables for the 21st and 23rd are now available to view in the Journey planner/train timetable viewer of your choice.
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« Reply #68 on: June 17, 2022, 10:09:36 » |
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.........is anyone planning on rolling the dice and trying to travel by train next week?
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« Reply #69 on: June 17, 2022, 10:18:40 » |
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As always with these things there are winners and losers. If the scheduled timetable runs as planned there are more through trains to the West of England from Swindon than usual. As it happens I will already be in Cornwall so it won't benefit me!
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« Reply #70 on: June 17, 2022, 10:57:47 » |
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As always with these things there are winners and losers. If the scheduled timetable runs as planned there are more through trains to the West of England from Swindon than usual. As it happens I will already be in Cornwall so it won't benefit me!
The good news is that there will be more trains through Melksham than usual. The bad news is than none of them will be stopping ... and to add icing to that cake (or insult to injury), there is no rail replacement bus service and no arrangement for train tickets to be accepted on service buses either. Sometimes the feeling is "tails you loose, heads you don't win". When SWR» took off the services from Bradford-on-Avon to Waterloo, they gave the excuse that there was little commuter or school traffic on them (mostly leisure and personal/business use). Now GWR▸ are canning our trains - much used by commuters and with school traffic on them too in favour of leisure trains for such things as Glastonbury, and longer distance traffic which is predominantly personal business use. Why can't First companies be consistent??
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« Reply #71 on: June 17, 2022, 13:09:19 » |
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GWR▸ Revised strike day timetables for the 21st and 23rd are now available to view in the Journey planner/train timetable viewer of your choice.
Does anyone know where I can find PDFs of the strike day timetables?
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« Reply #72 on: June 17, 2022, 13:27:11 » |
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As always with these things there are winners and losers. If the scheduled timetable runs as planned there are more through trains to the West of England from Swindon than usual. As it happens I will already be in Cornwall so it won't benefit me!
The good news is that there will be more trains through Melksham than usual. The bad news is than none of them will be stopping ... and to add icing to that cake (or insult to injury), there is no rail replacement bus service and no arrangement for train tickets to be accepted on service buses either. Sometimes the feeling is "tails you loose, heads you don't win". When SWR» took off the services from Bradford-on-Avon to Waterloo, they gave the excuse that there was little commuter or school traffic on them (mostly leisure and personal/business use). Now GWR▸ are canning our trains - much used by commuters and with school traffic on them too in favour of leisure trains for such things as Glastonbury, and longer distance traffic which is predominantly personal business use. Why can't First companies be consistent?? These are exceptional circumstances Graham, people are being advised not to travel and if memory serves special arrangements have always been made for events such as Glastonbury - it is of course an unfortunate coincidence (I'm sure!) that the RMT▸ have decided to strike in the coming week when there are so many events taking place which traditionally stretch the railway to the limit - perhaps you could enquire of Mr Lynch and his colleagues as to why this week was chosen? (any explanation other than to cause the maximum possible disruption and inconvenience would be enlightening!) Whilst some commuters will no doubt be adversely affected, the large number now able to work from home in addition to those who already work a hybrid pattern since the pandemic will greatly mitigate that impact.
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« Reply #73 on: June 17, 2022, 13:28:06 » |
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Why can't First companies be consistent??
Why does the RMT▸ have to strike forcing these decisions?
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« Reply #74 on: June 17, 2022, 13:31:08 » |
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Possibly. To Swindon on the first train from Bath Spa at 7:43ish and back in the evening, lots of trains back via Swindon on Wednesday evening for some reason.
*Looks at events calendar in Somerset*
*Colour drains from face*
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