15/06/25 07:36 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 10:15 will be started from Reading.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:14/06/2025 20:13

15/06/25 13:12 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 15:24 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:14/06/2025 20:18

GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) sent an HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) to Falmouth to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the branch, so, probably, yes ?

Multiple cancellations today due to crew shortage - the type of sunny weekend summer day when branch lines such as this get the chance to really show their worth, but GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) have failed to provide anyone to run them.

Cancellations to services between Liskeard and Looe

Due to a shortage of train crew between Liskeard and Looe the line is closed.

Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 15:00 15/06.

Customer Advice

Due to crew shortages, we are unable to run train services today.

Your best bet in probably getting an 18 from bus stop R at "Bishops Bridge Road/Little Venice" (really between the two) which goes to Euston station itself. That's pretty close to Paddington - the traipse from Euston to St Pancras is longer, though still quicker in many cases than another bus. 

I am a repeated but not frequent use of bus service 205 from Paddington to St Pancras, interchanging from main line trains from Wiltshire where I live to onward services via Eurostar and also to places like Cambridge. I am also a passenger advocate advising others how best to travel and a number of us have mobility and sensory issues that mean we need to minimise interchanges, distance moved and level changes, even if lifts are provided.

I am disappointed to read that the through bus will no longer run from Paddington to Kings Cross as from a weeks time.  We heard this news late in the day as I understand that consultations have been with London residents - which we are not - we are visitors who together help make your city work and help you justify the public transport which is usually very good.

1. What consultation was done and reach put out to groups like ours who use London's services but don't live there?

2. Is there an alternative I have missed of direct surface provision that works without an extra interchange for those who find the underground difficult?

You say "no personal information" BUT you are very welcome to share my details and get back in touch as appropriate - indeed I encourage you to do so to help make systems / alternatives better and well known - Graham

Naive question.  ........Could a 5 car IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) go down the docks?