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Lee Fletcher
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« on: June 23, 2008, 06:23:35 PM »
The following trains were reported as cancelled today :

13:39 Reading-Basingstoke
14:07 Basingstoke-Reading
14:39 Reading-Basingstoke
15:07 Basingstoke-Reading
15:39 Reading-Basingstoke
16:07 Basingstoke-Reading
16:39 Reading-Basingstoke
17:07 Basingstoke-Reading

From the FGW website :

18:07 Reading to Basingstoke due 18:32
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Reading West, Mortimer and Bramley Hants.This is due to earlier signalling problems.
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« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2008, 07:41:49 PM »
What happened to the XCs?
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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2008, 08:00:35 PM »
All ran throughout - problem was between Bramley and Southcote so most likely with the interfacing between Reading and Basingstoke New boxes.
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« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2008, 09:11:53 PM »
More cancellations :

19:37 Reading-Basingstoke
20:07 Basingstoke-Reading
20:39 Reading-Basingstoke
21:10 Basingstoke-Reading
21:41 Reading-Basingstoke
22:22 Basingstoke-Reading
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« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2008, 07:36:16 PM »
It was due to a track circuit problem, I believe at Basingstoke
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« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2008, 09:13:50 PM »
Quote from: Electric train on June 24, 2008, 07:36:16 PM
It was due to a track circuit problem, I believe at Basingstoke

650v cable from Southcote RR faulty hence the long delay in repair.  May well have indicated in Basingstoke as a TCF
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