For the first time in the UK, Amazon has also launched rail deliveries at scale. Amazon products are loaded onto train carriages on the fully electric West Coast Main Line between Scotland and the Midlands. Products are then picked up from stations close to local Amazon delivery and fulfilment centres– ready for sorting and packing ahead of customer deliveries. Products are also transported from stations and Amazon’s wider fulfilment network to ferry ports, to further reduce on-road traffic, while giving small and medium sized UK businesses easier access to European markets.

More than 20 million products sold on Amazon are expected to travel on the UK’s electric rail network this year, avoiding traffic congestion and carbon emissions, with plans to expand across further rail routes before the end of the year.

Even without engineering works, there are times that terms, conditions, routings, etc, are too complex for all the staff providing services or checking tickets to have the knoweledge they need to get it right every time.   If doing somethingI know to be unusual, I tend to print out evidence ahead of time though in practise rarely have to use it.

The 271 from Bath is hardly "unusual" - it's emblazoned all over the station ...

The original engineering alternatives planned for the current closure did not include the 271/2/3. It was added later at my suggstion to Great Western Railway, who said "we will ask Faresaver and add it if it doesn't cost too much" and then it got added ... how this came about suggests that it has been commercially negotiated between First (GWR) and Faresaver, and that Faresaver are happy (or at least satisfied) with the commercial terms on it.

17:04 Didcot Parkway to Evesham due 18:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.
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18:51 Evesham to Oxford due 19:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:14/01/2025 15:42