Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 13:35 28 Mar 2024
* Man held over stabbing in front of train passengers
- How do I renew my UK passport and what is the 10-year rule?
- Easter travel warning as millions set to hit roads
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]
 02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
28th Mar (1917)
Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore closed (link)

Train RunningCancelled
11:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
12:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
12:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare
13:00 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
13:15 Swindon to Westbury
13:26 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington
13:28 Weymouth to Gloucester
13:30 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
14:19 Westbury to Swindon
15:14 Swindon to Westbury
Short Run
08:03 London Paddington to Penzance
10:55 Paignton to London Paddington
11:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
11:29 Weymouth to Gloucester
11:48 London Paddington to Carmarthen
12:03 London Paddington to Penzance
12:42 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury
12:46 Avonmouth to Weston-Super-Mare
13:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
13:07 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
13:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
13:26 Okehampton to Exeter Central
14:05 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
16:19 Carmarthen to London Paddington
Delayed
10:04 London Paddington to Penzance
10:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
11:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
12:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
14:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
PollsOpen and recent polls
Closed 2024-03-25 Easter Escape - to where?
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
March 28, 2024, 13:50:41 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[142] West Wiltshire Bus Changes April 2024
[80] would you like your own LIVE train station departure board?
[56] Return of the BRUTE?
[46] If not HS2 to Manchester, how will traffic be carried?
[43] Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption el...
[34] Reversing Beeching - bring heritage and freight lines into the...
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: [1]
  Print  
Author Topic: Last nights diversion  (Read 6260 times)
Wilf19
Full Member
***
Posts: 54


View Profile
« on: December 16, 2011, 10:28:39 »

I got caught up in the fun caused by a broken down train at Reading West (I think) yesterday evening. My train, the 16:06 Paddington - Penzance (non-stop Reading Taunton), got diverted via Bath and Bristol; in the end I was only 30 minutes late into Taunton so not too bad. Once we left Reading the diversion only added about 15 minutes to the normal Reading - Taunton non stop time, we were lucky not to get held up at all going through Bristol or the quite common 'stuck behind a stopping train' routine between Bristol and Taunton.

I got diverted on the way home a couple of weeks back and that time we were diverted via Melksham and Westbury but that diversion added about 40 minutes to the Reading - Taunton time; however on that occasion I think a lot of that time was eaten by having to wait to get onto the single line section via Melksham.

All this got me wondering; how are the routes for diversions like these decided? Is it purely on what  paths are available through where ? Last night, when we went through Chippenham I assumed we would be going via Melksham as they wouldn't want an extra train cluttering up Bristol. When we passed Bath I was then wondering why we hadn't gone straight to Bristol Parkway from Swindon  and then south west.

Answers on a postcard!
Logged
IndustryInsider
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 10095


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2011, 10:38:58 »

Drivers/TM(resolve)'s route knowledge is also a factor.
Logged

To view my GWML (Great Western Main Line) Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18894



View Profile
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2011, 13:10:32 »

You may've answered your own question.

Going via Bristol Parkway may not have been possible due to pathing constraints.
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
Brucey
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 2260


View Profile WWW
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2011, 14:20:09 »

Drivers/TM(resolve)'s route knowledge is also a factor.
Are both the driver and TM required to have route knowledge, or would just the driver signing the route be satisfactory?
Logged
readytostart
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 607


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2011, 14:51:02 »

Drivers/TM(resolve)'s route knowledge is also a factor.
Are both the driver and TM required to have route knowledge, or would just the driver signing the route be satisfactory?

Both, as both are involved in the protection of the train in an emergency, both have roles to play in any out of course situations such as single line working and the guard will need to know the location of stations en-route in case the train gets stopped out of course.
Logged
grandsire
Full Member
***
Posts: 47


View Profile
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2011, 15:27:31 »

I would assume all drivers covering Exeter - Paddington would have route knowledge via Bath as there are two or three trains a day that are timetabled to take that route.  Presumably route knowledge via Parkway is not standard.
Logged
Super Guard
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1308


View Profile
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2011, 14:47:12 »

Certainly TM(resolve)'s and Drivers working out of Exeter depot learn via Bristol Parkway-Swindon (Hullavington) as a diversion, I would assume Plymouth crews learn it too.
Logged

Any opinions made on this forum are purely personal and my own.  I am in no way speaking for, or offering the views of First Great Western or First Group.

If my employer feels I have broken any aspect of the Social Media Policy, please PM me immediately, so I can rectify without delay.
Super Guard
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1308


View Profile
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2011, 14:50:56 »

Also, I was travelling to London as a passenger on the 1358 EXD» (Exeter St Davids - next trains)-PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) service which was diverted from Westbury to Reading via Melksham, so given the single line, they may have kept the single line for up-London services.
Logged

Any opinions made on this forum are purely personal and my own.  I am in no way speaking for, or offering the views of First Great Western or First Group.

If my employer feels I have broken any aspect of the Social Media Policy, please PM me immediately, so I can rectify without delay.
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link to report). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants

Jump to top of pageJump to Forum Home Page