Singalling problems in Chippenham area 1/10

Timmer

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Singalling problems in Chippenham area 1/10

« on: October 01, 2010, 10:08:27 »

From FGW^▸ website:

Services between Swindon and Bristol Temple Meads are being disrupted due to signalling problems in the Chippeham area.Train servicves are unable to call at Chippenham. Alternative road transport is in operation between Swindon, Chippenham and Bath Spa in both directions.

Altered services as at 10am:

05:40 Plymouth to London Paddington due 10:14
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Bath Spa and Chippenham.

07:30 London Paddington to Penzance due 13:16
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Chippenham and Bath Spa.

07:40 Paignton to London Paddington due 11:38
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Chippenham and Swindon.

08:30 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 10:15
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Chippenham and Bath Spa.

09:00 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington due 10:39
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Chippenham and Swindon.

09:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 10:38
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Swindon and Chippenham.

09:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington due 11:14
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Bath Spa and Chippenham.

09:30 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 11:15
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Chippenham and Bath Spa.

10:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington due 12:14
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Bath Spa and Chippenham.

10:30 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 12:15
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Chippenham and Bath Spa.


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Re: Singalling problems in Chippenham area 1/10

« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2010, 17:27:10 »

Cable Theft again it is rumoured to have been.


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Re: Singalling problems in Chippenham area 1/10

« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2010, 21:37:18 »

From The Bath Chronicle (01/10/2010):

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Trains get back to normal after signal fault causes chaos

Rail services to and from Bath were getting back to normal today after being thrown into chaos by signalling problems.

Scores of passengers were left temporarily stranded at Bath Spa station by a fault to the west of Chippenham which disrupted trains between Swindon and Bristol Temple Meads.

Officials at Network Rail are investigating whether the fault was caused by the latest of a spate of copper thefts affecting railway lines up and down the country.

Trains were unable to call at Chippenham and First Great Western organised buses to replace services between Swindon, Chippenham and Bath Spa in both directions.

It has diverted some services via Westbury and Bristol Parkway but services were restored by the end of the morning.

One traveller trying to get from Bath to Swindon earlier this morning had said: ^It^s absolute chaos. All the trains have been cancelled and they don^t know when there^s going to be a coach to Swindon.^

Network Rail has set up a taskforce to deal with incidents that have seen ^35 million worth of copper stripped from its infrastructure since 2006 as the cost of the metal has soared.

The logistics of replacing train services were complicated by an incident near Membury services which led to long queues on the M4.


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