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« on: June 02, 2019, 05:44:39 »
https://twitter.com/GWRHelp/status/1134981695759929344?s=19

Did any members experience/have any knowledge of this? Sounds pretty awful, people still stranded at Paddington at 0430.
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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2019, 05:59:40 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on June 02, 2019, 05:44:39
https://twitter.com/GWRHelp/status/1134981695759929344?s=19

Did any members experience/have any knowledge of this? Sounds pretty awful, people still stranded at Paddington at 0430.

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/218058.aspx ?

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Engineering work is taking place between London Paddington and Heathrow, closing all lines.

No TfL» (Transport for London - about) Rail services will run between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 between 23:20 on Saturday and 09:00 on Sunday.

Customers for these services should use alternative routes.
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« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2019, 06:09:40 »
Quote from: grahame on June 02, 2019, 05:59:40
Quote from: TaplowGreen on June 02, 2019, 05:44:39
https://twitter.com/GWRHelp/status/1134981695759929344?s=19

Did any members experience/have any knowledge of this? Sounds pretty awful, people still stranded at Paddington at 0430.

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/218058.aspx ?

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Engineering work is taking place between London Paddington and Heathrow, closing all lines.

No TfL» (Transport for London - about) Rail services will run between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 between 23:20 on Saturday and 09:00 on Sunday.

Customers for these services should use alternative routes.

Yes got that, but I think the issue was that the promised provision of buses between London & Reading was chaotic & woefully inadequate, (GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) tweets seem to bear this out) to the point of eventually giving up & putting people in taxis at 0430.....apparently only one member of staff present to marshal the whole thing.
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« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2019, 06:56:09 »
I wonder if there is any connection to the following:

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08:05 London Paddington to Penzance due 14:15 will be started from Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to a broken down train.
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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2019, 07:04:20 »
Quote from: Timmer on June 02, 2019, 06:56:09
I wonder if there is any connection to the following:

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08:05 London Paddington to Penzance due 14:15 will be started from Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to a broken down train.


Bit odd that one - the return working terminates at Reading - but for a different reason.

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15:00 Penzance to London Paddington due 20:21 will be terminated at Reading.

It will no longer call at London Paddington.

This is due to a shortage of train crew.
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