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Title: Westbury - only one platform available for the Salisbury line Post by: grahame on January 26, 2024, 09:52:16 Rumour has it that there's a points failure to the south of Westbury Station meaning that only platform 1 is available for trains to and from Warminster. Rather confirmed by the train displays.
(http://www.wellho.net/pix/p1o.jpg) Rumour goes on to suggest it might NOT be a quick fix ... Title: Re: Westbury - only one platform available for the Salisbury line Post by: brooklea on January 26, 2024, 10:41:54 It’s been this way for a month now (seems to been from about 09:00 on 27th December that trains running between Westbury and Warminster were using platform 1 exclusively. Information gleaned from the OpenRail website http://www.charlwoodhouse.co.uk/rail/liverail/dep/Wsb/4/27/12/23 (http://www.charlwoodhouse.co.uk/rail/liverail/dep/Wsb/4/27/12/23)).
One could say that that already constitutes “not a quick fix”. Title: Re: Westbury - only one platform available for the Salisbury line Post by: grahame on January 26, 2024, 11:55:17 It’s been this way for a month now (seems to been from about 09:00 on 27th December that trains running between Westbury and Warminster were using platform 1 exclusively. Information gleaned from the OpenRail website http://www.charlwoodhouse.co.uk/rail/liverail/dep/Wsb/4/27/12/23 (http://www.charlwoodhouse.co.uk/rail/liverail/dep/Wsb/4/27/12/23)). One could say that that already constitutes “not a quick fix”. I hadn't realised it had been going on so long. Makes the rumour of "not fixed until April" seem possible. Title: Re: Westbury - only one platform available for the Salisbury line Post by: brooklea on February 13, 2024, 08:57:49 As of 13:10 yesterday (Monday 12th February) trains started to arrive at Westbury from Warminster at platforms other than 1.
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