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« on: October 08, 2010, 20:40:01 »

From FGW (First Great Western) live updates:

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Line incidents

Line problem between Castle Cary and Taunton.
Train services are being disrupted due to a broken down train between Castle Cary and Taunton. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Delays of up to 120 minutes can be expected. Only west-bound train services are affected by this problem.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:08

Line problem between London Paddington and Greenford.
Train services are being disrupted due to signalling problems between London Paddington and Greenford. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice cancellations can be expected.
London Underground are accepting First Great Western tickets between London Paddington and Greenford in both directions. Note that the Heathrow Connect services have been suspended.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:31

Line problem between London Paddington and Slough.
Train services are being disrupted due to signalling problems between London Paddington and Slough. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 45 minutes can be expected.
Please note that Heathrow Connect services have had to be suspended as a result of the signalling problem.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:33

Line problem between Maidenhead and Slough.
Train services have been disrupted due to a broken down train between Maidenhead and Slough. Engineers have worked as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Delays of up to 15 minutes may still occur.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:23

Line problem between Par and Newquay.
Train services are being disrupted due to engineering work between Par and Newquay. Short notice cancellations and delays of up to 30 minutes can be expected.
All train services are being replaced by road transport. This will also apply on Saturday 9th October 2010.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:54

Service incidents

17:22 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:34
This train has been delayed and is now 15 minutes late from Oxford. This is due to signalling problems.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:37

17:50 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill due 20:23
This train has been delayed and is now 29 minutes late from Oxford. This is due to signalling problems.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:37

18:22 London Paddington to Hereford due 21:31
This train has been delayed and is now 38 minutes late from Reading. This is due to signalling problems.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:37

19:01 Oxford to London Paddington due 20:59
This train has been cancelled. This is due to signalling problems.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:59

19:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 23:00
This train will be started from Fratton. It will no longer call at: Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth & Southsea. This is due to an earlier train fault.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:40

19:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 23:04
This train will be started from Newport South Wales. It will no longer call at: Cardiff Central. This is due to an earlier train fault.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:01

19:48 Reading to London Paddington due 20:46
This train has been revised. It will call additionally at: Langley and Iver. This is due to signalling problems.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:22

19:57 London Paddington to Oxford due 21:42
This train will be started from Slough. It will no longer call at: London Paddington, Ealing Broadway, Hayes & Harlington, West Drayton, Iver and Langley. This is due to signalling problems.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:31

20:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 21:44
This train will be started from Reading. It will no longer call at: London Paddington. This is due to signalling problems.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:58

20:15 London Paddington to Greenford due 20:39
This train has been cancelled. This is due to signalling problems.
London Underground are accepting First Great Western ticket holders between Greenford, Ealing Broadway and London Paddington.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:18

20:16 Greenford to London Paddington due 20:42
This train has been cancelled. This is due to signalling problems.
London Underground are accepting First Great Western ticket holders between Greenford, Ealing Broadway and London Paddington.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:50

20:28 Par to Newquay due 21:20
This train has been cancelled. This is due to engineering work.
Replacement road transport has been provided.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:03

20:46 Greenford to London Paddington due 21:12
This train has been cancelled. This is due to signalling problems.
London Underground are accepting First Great Western ticket holders between Greenford, Ealing Broadway and London Paddington.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:20

21:26 Newquay to Par due 22:16
This train has been cancelled. This is due to engineering work.
Replacement road transport has been provided.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:03

21:57 London Paddington to Oxford due 23:44
This train has been cancelled. This is due to signalling problems.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:59
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« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2010, 20:59:55 »

Had to get a rare taxi home from Paddington tonight as there seemed to be signal problems disrupting everything out of Paddington including the Greenford line. Didn't want to chance boarding a crowded Ealing Broadway train and then faff around with getting a bus. Paddington was packed with stranded commuters, including one with a surfboard!

Looking at the reports on the FGW (First Great Western) website, it looks to have been a bit of a bad evening for FGW with signal problems in other areas as well, also saw a report of animals on the line in the Tiverton Parkway area earlier!
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2010, 21:04:47 »

There was planned engineering work on the newquay line this week untill 1600 today so it must have overran!
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2010, 21:52:41 »

One of ours apparently hit a cow earlier in the Castle Cary area.

Has messed up our incoming sets tonight completely
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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2010, 22:06:57 »

Absolute hell tonight on the platforms.
dunno why we just didnt turn the HSTs (High Speed Train) into PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains)-RDG(resolve) shuttles, and have the long distance ones turn around at RDG.
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« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2010, 22:13:19 »

There was planned engineering work on the newquay line this week untill 1600 today so it must have overran!
Lack of communication...
The work was always meant to carry on through the weekend but no-one told the planners.
The same almost happened for the Falmouth branch in November but they've noticed that one!!!
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« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2010, 22:17:11 »

An update, on the remaining Line problem:

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Line problem between Castle Cary and Taunton.
Train services are being disrupted due to a broken down train between Castle Cary and Taunton. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice cancellations and delays of up to 180 minutes can be expected. Only west-bound train services are affected by this problem.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 21:55
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« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2010, 22:19:48 »

One of ours apparently hit a cow earlier in the Castle Cary area.

Has messed up our incoming sets tonight completely
Actually it was the 1400 Penzance/Paddington that hit a cow at Cowley Bridge(no joke) today shortly after depature from Exeter.
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« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2010, 23:05:30 »

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Ouch! Gonna be some hefty compensation payouts there!
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« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2010, 23:08:54 »

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19:45 London Paddington to Plymouth due 23:27
This train has been revised. It will no longer call at: Castle Cary. This is due to a broken down train.
Replacement road transport will be in operation from Westbury, for customers travelling to Castle Cary.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 22:33

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23:00 Westbury to Castle Cary due 23:22
An additional train service has been planned to operate as shown 23:00 Westbury to Castle Cary due 23:22 run on 08/10/10.
Last Updated: 08/10/2010 22:59

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« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2010, 23:21:52 »


Ouch! Gonna be some hefty compensation payouts there!

Doubt it, I'm sure they'll blame it on vandalism or something.
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« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2010, 23:32:22 »

Eh??  A broken down train, blamed on 'vandalism or something' ??
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« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2010, 11:12:54 »

17:03 Paddington - Penzance had a bit of a problem, and got into Penzance just 359 minutes late. So it arrived at 04:29 instead of 22:30!
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« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2010, 11:26:35 »

Explanation offered by the senior conductor on the 17.50 to Worcester once we left Oxford 30 minutes late was a points failure and a separate signalling fault. I think Southall was mentioned for one or other of these.
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« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2010, 11:31:52 »

Wasn't on my usual commute last night- was instead travelling out to Farnborough North via Reading. Got the (Swansea) 17:15 from Paddington, and came to a very sudden halt just outside Southall. The TM(resolve) told us there was a points failure, we sat there for about 15 minutes, then went hell-for-leather out to Reading, arriving about 12 minutes late. Still managed to get the 18:04 out to Farnborough. However the boards at Reading were showing everything else as being "delayed", and announcements were saying that the next westbound train (Hereford) was still at a stand at Southall. A lucky escape I think.
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