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Author Topic: 1948 London Paddington - Cheltenham Spa, 18 April 2011 - strange cancellation?  (Read 6009 times)
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« on: April 18, 2011, 21:50:23 »

From FGW (First Great Western) Live Updates:

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This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: London Paddington, Maidenhead, Reading, Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Kemble, Stroud, Stonehouse, Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa.This is due to not calling at Maidenhead..

Huh?  Huh Roll Eyes
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2011, 21:56:30 »

it was a mistake the train didnt call at Maidenhead, hope Jo weren't on it!
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2011, 22:02:32 »

The mistake has been on the website for some time. You'd think someone at FGW (First Great Western) Towers would spot it and correct.
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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2011, 22:10:30 »

it was a mistake the train didnt call at Maidenhead, hope Jo weren't on it!

Nope.. Got a week off.. Grin So.. did it call anywhere?  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2011, 22:11:39 »

Would anyone care to provide a translation of the following extract from FGW (First Great Western) Disruptions:

19:48 London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa due 22:03
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: London Paddington, Maidenhead, Reading, Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Kemble, Stroud, Stonehouse, Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa.This is due to not calling at Maidenhead..
Last Updated: 18/04/2011 20:58

Surely 'this train has been cancelled' would have been much easier! Or am I missing something?
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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2011, 22:18:39 »

The mistake has been on the website for some time. You'd think someone at FGW (First Great Western) Towers would spot it and correct.

Paging Sue Evans ... paging Sue Evans ...  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2011, 23:04:45 »

Only place to my knowledge it didn't call was Maidenhead.
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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2011, 09:52:03 »

So, if the driver forgot to stop at Maidenhead, from the Maidenhead passenger's point of view it didn't stop anywhere.
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« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2011, 10:34:52 »

So, if the driver forgot to stop at Maidenhead, from the Maidenhead passenger's point of view it didn't stop anywhere.
If that was true they would still be on the train Tongue
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« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2011, 11:16:38 »

Straight through Cheltenham, headed north.  Last seen passing through Culrain ...
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« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2011, 12:36:18 »

So, if the driver forgot to stop at Maidenhead, from the Maidenhead passenger's point of view it didn't stop anywhere.
If that was true they would still be on the train Tongue

I meant the passengers planning to join the train at Maidenhead Cheesy

Presumably those getting on at Paddington for Maidenhead got off at Reading to come back.  I hope they weren't charged an excess fare!
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