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« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2012, 23:53:16 »

Last night the 19 30 Cardiff to Portsmouth Hbr started at Newport due, it was quoted as "train late from Depot".   A bit difficult to absorb at 19 30 at night when the unit comes off Fratton Depot at 06xx in the morning.

Could very easily of been a set swap at Bristol Temple Meads, or another train late from the depot, which delayed it.
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« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2012, 11:08:50 »

Can also add "due to a vehicle striking a bridge"
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« Reply #17 on: August 01, 2012, 21:35:53 »

Lots of unusually large passengers flowing ( Wink) about this evening on the Bristol-Cardiff corridor, due to Olympic^ football at the Millennium Stadium. So much so that FGW (First Great Western) arranged ticket acceptance on First Buses between Bristol-Filton AW-Bristol Parkway to move passengers onto South Wales HSTs (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) and off grossly overcrowded local DMUs (Diesel Multiple Unit). Particularly badly affected were Taunton-Cardiff services. I know because I attempted to board one at Temple Meads bound for Patchway. Gave up on that idea and took the bus alternative instead.
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« Reply #18 on: November 29, 2012, 21:14:33 »

Guess we can add
"due to flooding"
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"due to a landslip"

to the list now.....
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« Reply #19 on: November 29, 2012, 21:45:47 »

Well, I heard both 'landslip' and 'flooding' used in a pre-recorded announcements at Bristol TM (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context) the other day.
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« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2012, 05:11:39 »

Years ago this one. But: Pullman Restaurant Service will start from Reading. This is due to a fault with lineside equipment earlier. Grin

Turned out some of the Food and the Chef were on a late running Paddington Bound Train Grin
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« Reply #21 on: December 16, 2012, 15:53:00 »

15:08 Portsmouth to Cardiff running via Eastleigh:

"This is due to lightning having damaged equipment."
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« Reply #22 on: December 16, 2012, 17:37:36 »

Not surprised, certainly a fair amount of lighting in Southampton a few hours ago.
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« Reply #23 on: December 16, 2012, 18:57:24 »

Indeed - lightning strike earlier on affected Eastleigh panel and caused a few signal/points issues, resolved fairly quickly.
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« Reply #24 on: February 10, 2013, 08:26:50 »

"This is due to emergency services dealing with an earlier incident." That probably means person hit by a train, but as was mentioned above, it's been far too frequent of late and constant use of "person hit by a train" looks bad on them.

Also "debris on the line" and "trespasser on the line" / "due to an earlier trespass incident."
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« Reply #25 on: March 22, 2013, 11:34:54 »

"Due to the heavy rain it has been reported that a house near the railway is unstable."

-- this morning, Liskeard to Looe
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« Reply #26 on: March 22, 2013, 12:16:37 »

The house has collapsed and an elderly occupant is reported missing.
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« Reply #27 on: March 22, 2013, 13:04:54 »

The house has collapsed and an elderly occupant is reported missing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21892436

"In her 60s" says the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) - oh help - is that "elderly" ...
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« Reply #28 on: March 23, 2013, 09:15:12 »

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10:57 Reading to Newbury Racecourse due 11:16
This train will be cancelled.
This is due to poor weather conditions.

...well yes - but the weather has caused the race meeting to be abandoned, therefore removing the need for the train!
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« Reply #29 on: March 23, 2013, 09:23:19 »

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This train will be cancelled.
This is due to poor weather conditions.

...well yes - but the weather has caused the race meeting to be abandoned, therefore removing the need for the train!

I don't think "This is indirectly due to poor weather conditions" is in the standard list  Grin
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