First Great Western Coffee Shop First Great Western info - [home] and [about]
Plymouth via Okehampton & Tavistock [link]
• Current Running • Last 2 days • Acronyms & Abbreviations • Station Comparator • First Great Western co. site •
September 07, 2008, 05:04:00 AM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Login Register  
First Great Western Coffee Shop > Journey by Journey > London to South Wales > Signalling Problems In The Bridgend Area (23/03/2008)
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Signalling Problems In The Bridgend Area (23/03/2008)  (Read 991 times)
Lee Fletcher
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 3905


View Profile WWW Email
« on: March 23, 2008, 10:06:01 PM »
From the FGW website :

Line problem in the Bridgend area.
Train services between Cardiff Central and Bridgend are being disrupted due to signalling problems in the Bridgend area.Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected.

Some trains are being diverted via an alternative route (which one would assume would be the Vale Of Glamorgan line) causing delays of up to one hour.
Logged
chris from nailsea
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1109



View Profile Email
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2008, 05:39:54 PM »
More information from Ollie: see (link removed to avoid confusion: sorry, it relates to a previous / quite different signalling issue: Chris)
« Last Edit: March 26, 2008, 12:22:35 AM by chris from nailsea » Logged
John R
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 729


View Profile
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2008, 06:11:10 PM »
Different location then? Llansamlet is close to Swansea.
Logged
chris from nailsea
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1109



View Profile Email
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2008, 06:33:18 PM »
Fair comment, John, and sorry for the confusion!  I'm not familiar with the locality, I was just looking at the mention of it affecting trains between Cardiff Central, Bridgend and Swansea!  I see now that the NR site referred to 'Signalling problem at Llansamlet, between Bridgend and Swansea'!  Embarrassed
Logged
Jez
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 125


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2008, 10:09:48 PM »
Llansamlet is between Neath and Swansea, closer to Swansea though id say  Smiley
Logged
chris from nailsea
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1109



View Profile Email
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2008, 10:20:40 PM »
... which just confirms that I know nothing about the geography of South Wales!  Sorry!  Grin
Logged
Ollie
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 362



View Profile Email
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2008, 11:50:32 PM »
Just to note that the signalling problem at Bridgend was on the 23rd March.
The post of mine you have linked to was from 18th March.
Logged
chris from nailsea
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1109



View Profile Email
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2008, 12:38:35 AM »
... which just confirms that I had lost all sense of time, as well!  Sorry, I must have been looking at more than one webpage at that time, and I perhaps clicked on the wrong link?   Embarrassed
Logged
Ollie
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 362



View Profile Email
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2008, 12:42:47 AM »
Unlikely, unfortunately my last blog entry was on the 21st March.
Logged
Lee Fletcher
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 3905


View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2008, 12:53:10 AM »
How regularly do we get signalling problems along the South Wales route in general, regardless of location?
Logged
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
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 a customer of First Great Western, and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk for the official First Great Western website. Please contact the adminstrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants