What discounts are there if trains run on time (but leave people behind)?

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[Chris from Nailsea]

Indeed, Jo - just to emphasize the point, from FGW^▸ (First Great Western) JourneyCheck:

17:50 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill due 20:03
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 7.

18:51 London Paddington to Oxford due 19:48
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 7.

 

[johoare]

I really should have checked JourneyCheck before I left work but completely forgot.. Otherwise I'd have stayed later.. As it was I thought I'd have a nice comfortable and early journey home (ha ha ha ha) and do some more work here this evening.. Aah well it was half true.. I am working now..

[johoare]

And again today.. Both the 8am from Maidenhead and the 17.50 from Paddington were turbos today.. I know it's sadly because of the fatality yesterday but why is it always Maidenhead lose their train? Yet again FGW^▸ (First Great Western) have wiped out half of their first class seats for Maidenhead passengers for today.. And I can imagine it won't just be today..

My journey in this morning was awful.. I got the 7.45am as I knew the 8am would be horrendous.. By the time we got to Paddington even First Class was full and standing to the point no one else could get in.. I very nearly got off the train at one point it was so horrible..

FGW really need to run a proper train service or not charge as much.. I don't mind which..

[IndustryInsider]

Could have been worse.  The 17:36 Paddington to Oxford (via Maidenhead) was a 2-car Turbo vice 5-car!  In actual fact the three that were missing were used to form the 17:50 you mention.  This was a very short notice alteration as a result of signalling problems near Reading causing some heavy delays on arriving HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))'s.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Could have been worse.  The 17:36 Paddington to Oxford (via Maidenhead) was a 2-car Turbo vice 5-car!  In actual fact the three that were missing were used to form the 17:50 you mention.  This was a very short notice alteration as a result of signalling problems near Reading causing some heavy delays on arriving HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))'s.

Indeed so. I managed to catch the 17:22 out of Paddington back to Worcester and we were very slow from Twyford (? - it was dark) to Reading. Back into Shrub Hill some 21 minutes late. Our TM^▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context) apologised for what he was describing as "multiple track circuit failures".

[BBM]

On the 06:53 Turbo from Twyford (07:03 from Maidenhead platform 4) this morning there was actually a full ticket check after Maidenhead, the first I can remember for many months, and I saw at least 8 or 9 people being ejected from FC^▸ (First Class, or Fat Controller, or Football Club, depending on context). However Standard was was already full and standing so the standing passengers had to shuffle down the aisle to accomodate them! In the last few days this train has been rather busier than usual from Maidenhead and I've noticed that the crowd usually present over on platform 2 waiting for the 07:08 HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) has been absent. I'm guessing that particular train is currently suffering a daily series of delays on its journey from Worcester?

[Louis94]

I'm guessing that particular train is currently suffering a daily series of delays on its journey from Worcester?

Not sure about other days, but today the leading powercar on that service was suffering engine problems and could not achieve more than 90mph!

[johoare]

On the 06:53 Turbo from Twyford (07:03 from Maidenhead platform 4) this morning there was actually a full ticket check after Maidenhead, the first I can remember for many months, and I saw at least 8 or 9 people being ejected from FC^▸ (First Class, or Fat Controller, or Football Club, depending on context).

I travelled into London with a friend a couple of Fridays ago from Maidenhead. She travels with SWT^▸ (South West Trains) usually.. When we got back home she commented that the only time she had actually needed her travelcard was on a London bus..(barrier at Maidenhead open, no ticket check (whatever that is?) on the train, no barrier at Paddington, ditto in reverse).. I didn't dare tell her that this is the norm in FGW^▸ (First Great Western) land..

[johoare]

They were up to their usual tricks again this evening.. 17.50 out of Paddington was a 3 car turbo instead of the usual HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)). No sign of this on Journey Check or I'd have not bothered leaving work early...I also checked when I got home and it still hadn't made it onto Journey check and it didn't arrive at Worcester Shrub Hill until approx 8pm!!

They made it so much more fun though by putting the train at the front of platform 8.. When everyone got there (there was a lot of running to get there as people knew what it would be like) there were two trains which were in the process of being attached to each other.. and another train behind which was all closed up.. A lot of people got in the back three coaches of the two trains as the doors were still locked in the front three.. I decided to hold out for the front three as  I guessed the back three weren't going anywhere until we did.. Eventually we were allowed on the front of the train.. As it was starting to fill up they kicked everyone out the back three carriages which were no longer coming with us.. It made for a very full train and some unhappy people who thought they'd got seats in the back part of the train but in fact hadn't... Thanks for a great start to the weekend FGW^▸ (First Great Western)