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1  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: AQ11 - trivia questions in our region on: December 13, 2024, 03:25:08
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* Three GWR (Great Western Railway)▸ stations which - though not terminii - you can only leave in one direction on a passenger train

Also Bedwyn no trains to destinations further down the line or from further down the line call there.

Although not frequent, Bedwyn has services from both directions.
2  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion on: November 23, 2024, 23:12:37
......here we go again! Another weekend......so.....

The message on Twitter/X makes specific reference to crew shortage.....and as seems usual now GWR (Great Western Railway) have turned off the ability to reply with any questions etc....Great customer service!

I agree with having replies turned off, means GWR can put their own updates to the thread if need be without it being flooded with responses that may not be relevant. Anybody that wants to ask them a question can obviously still do so in the usual way of using X.
3  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion on: November 02, 2024, 15:01:18
Hi Mark, yes, Bristol/Bath going via B&H (Berks and Hants - railway line from Reading to Taunton via Westbury) to Reading.
4  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion on: November 01, 2024, 23:51:51
Seems as though no trains stop at Didcot this Sunday....


Didcot becomes a terminus on Sunday. A quick check shows it will have GWR (Great Western Railway) train services for North and South Cotswolds and XC (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) train services to Manchester.

Buses will be running to Reading (XC and GWR) and Winchester (XC)
5  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: 10% off tickets via Uber on: October 16, 2024, 20:31:56
On the odd occasion I've claimed compensation for a ticket I've bought using the Virgin app, I use the GWR (Great Western Railway) website for my claim; as far as I know the fact I bought the ticket through Virgin doesn't come into it. Won't that still be the case if I buy through Uber?

For delays you would claim via delay repay of the train company that delayed you. For refunds because of a cancellation and no longer travelling, it goes via the point of purchase.
6  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: NR train stations wifi display terrorism message after cyber-security incident on: September 26, 2024, 22:07:46
There has been an update to this;

From Sky News - Man who works for WiFi company arrested after train passengers receive Islamophobic messages https://news.sky.com/story/train-passengers-receive-islamophobic-messages-after-cyber-attack-13222280

7  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Vivarail chosen for fast charging trial on the Greenford branch on: February 16, 2024, 06:25:54
This is the one you want https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K00487/2024-02-16/detailed
8  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2024 on: January 12, 2024, 00:47:20
From what I recall the overheads weren't fully examined until later in the evening. I worked a service leaving Paddington at 20:00 and there was still a requirement to run in diesel as far as Southall to use the Down Main.
9  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Travel advice 4th January onwards on: January 06, 2024, 00:18:11
I have more sympathy with "the railway" in conditions this bad. What annoys me is the endless disruption in only moderately adverse weather.
 Considerable flooding near me, I am not directly affected as atop a small hill, but the odd power cut, and tesco home delivery much delayed.
The bit that I tend to wonder about when something goes awry in the Thames Valley is why route knowledge is not maintained via Greenford and Oxford. Yes, it would be slow, but it would give a realistic alternative route between Paddington and Swindon.

The main issue would be retention of route knowledge, so you'd need there to be scheduled services for GWR (Great Western Railway) drivers and TM(resolve)'s/Guards in order to maintain the route competency.
10  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2023 on: December 09, 2023, 03:50:35
Some folk were lucky. They had the beautiful Rachel Riley for company.

Others less so. They had James Blunt. Fortunately he didn't have his guitar with him.

That would give potential for an A Cappella performance, to some that may be even worse.
11  Journey by Journey / Transport for London / Re: major disruption at Paddington after cables damage. on: December 08, 2023, 03:30:49
I think it was probably the only real option at the time. On previous occasions a Class 57 has been used for dragging the Class 345s and 387s away when there has been a failure of the overheads or there has been train to train evacuations. That wasn't an option this time because of the industrial action on GWR (Great Western Railway).

As it stands there is still going to be disruption in the morning, looking at Open Train Times there are a few units (2xHEX and 1xTfL) that still need to be moved, whether that be under their own power once it's switched back on or by being rescued I'm not sure as it'll depend on how the units have been left.

The relief line appears to be clear though, so the positive is that there should be some sort of service in the morning if Network Rail have been able to shorten the isolations of the overhead line without issue.
12  Journey by Journey / London to Swindon and Bristol / Re: a better option getting to London on SUNDAY 26th November? on: November 25, 2023, 13:17:49
Reading to Basingstoke and then Basingstoke to Waterloo is the route I'd probably pick if I was leaving in the morning.

Time of day is relevant too as from 1230 there will be fast and stopping services to Ealing Broadway where you can then connect with the underground.
13  Journey by Journey / TransWilts line / Re: 1Q18? on: June 14, 2023, 14:40:59
This shows more about what that train is doing

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/looking-after-the-railway/our-fleet-machines-and-vehicles/new-measurement-train-nmt/
14  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Railway staff unions industrial and strike action - 2023 on: May 11, 2023, 01:18:20
Transport for Wales aren't part of the dispute. Any rail replacement to cover their service should be running as normal.
15  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: 'Excitement' at Pinhoe station - 20/03/2023 on: March 21, 2023, 17:02:56
I was intrigued as to how the onboard SDO (Selective Door Opening) system would cope, but I guess the TM(resolve) can override it - Front three coaches only for Pinhoe, Whimple and Feniton - front 5 for Cranbrook, Crewkerne and Yeovil Junction.

If a station isn't in the trains SDO database, the driver needs to manually select which doors to open.
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