Thank you for that response quedgeley2002, and a very warm welcome to the Coffee Shop forum.
I hope I'm not alone in being a little disappointed to discover that this is a somewhat regular occurrence with
FGW▸ having a well worn back-up plan involving replacement road transport should a 153 be diagrammed for this service.
The cynic in me sees this as a bit of a dodge by FGW. As long as pax get to their destination by
whatever means the
TOC▸ lays on within 1 hour of the timetabled
train service, then said TOC avoids the need to pay out charter compensation.
And of course an advertised cancellation to Kemble is no such thing.
First.
Transforming Travel my a*se.