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Great Western Coffee Shop > Journey by Journey > London to the Cotswolds (Data Manager: IndustryInsider) > 02/08/2017 17:49 - 2, not 8 coaches
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« on: August 02, 2017, 16:04:56 »
My automated phone alerts inform me that this train today will have 2, not 8 coaches.
That could be a cozy ride if that is the case.
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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2017, 16:14:46 »
It's got a Shipton styop in it, hasn't it? It *will* be very cosy indeed.
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« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2017, 17:09:10 »
And people are starting to arrive at Charlbury in their droves for the Wilderness Festival...
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« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2017, 19:19:12 »
You'd have thought a 3-car could have been found, though that would of course have meant something else running short.  Was known about at around midday so plenty of notice.
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« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2017, 20:46:06 »
Isn't Shipton a 2car platform, or SDO▸ (Selective Door Opening) needed?

Thats one of the reasons why the halts trains are exactly that
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« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2017, 21:21:56 »
Three cars in that direction, so it would have been ok, though it is two cars coming the other way.
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« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2017, 21:45:27 »
Yep. Also possible to operate with a 3-car and send passengers for the shorter platforms by taxi from Oxford - I've seen that done a couple of times.
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