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« Reply #2805 on: May 30, 2026, 16:27:49 »

Has anyone got a list of the 2% of services cancelled, or could this figure largely be down to natural fluctuation for things like engineering works (which can decrease, and in some cases increase, the daily service plan)?  For example, that can be the only thing that led to Caledonian Sleeper's 0.3% increase surely?

I ask, because the next figure in the stats John D linked to, covers the whole year (April 2025 to March 2026), and shows a very marginal increase for GWR (Great Western Railway) of 0.2% over April 2024 to March 2025?
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« Reply #2806 on: June 20, 2026, 11:27:26 »

Another day of shortage of train crew (so services cancelled) for some of our local services.
In addition to which. did I spot five short formed express services with only 5 cars to/from London.

I would like to think things will slowly improve as new crews are qualified and trains resume full length soon.
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« Reply #2807 on: June 20, 2026, 11:58:29 »

As ever I think there are some other shortforms not mentioned on Journeycheck.

The 08:48 London Paddington to Pembroke Dock should be 10 as far as Swansea before the rear five continues to West Wales.

Today it is five all the way but at least, unlike last week, it is getting past Swansea.
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« Reply #2808 on: June 28, 2026, 15:58:13 »

From National Rail;

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Various routes across the Great Western Railway network

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There is a shortage of train crew available across the Great Western Railway network today.

As a result of this, trains running on various routes may be subject to cancellations or alterations.

This is expected to be the case for the rest of the day today.

Customer advice:

Please check your entire journey in full before setting off today.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.
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« Reply #2809 on: July 01, 2026, 14:13:07 »

hah! If we win this evening, the next one is 0100 on Monday morning July 6th.....so a 3am earliest finish, more likely 4am after extra time & penalties against Mexico in Mexico City.
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« Reply #2810 on: July 12, 2026, 09:35:29 »

The morning after the England game.  Just one cancellation currently listed due to crew shortages this morning.
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« Reply #2811 on: July 12, 2026, 10:11:44 »

There are some however for later in the day, some of which were announced last night.
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« Reply #2812 on: July 12, 2026, 14:36:05 »

There are some however for later in the day, some of which were announced last night.

True, but given the current and ongoing issues caused by "severe" weather, signal failures,"more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time" aka too hot to be driven, falling trees etc etc we should probably be grateful for every small mercy!
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« Reply #2813 on: July 14, 2026, 11:45:11 »

Thursday might bbe 'interesting', as might next Monday....along with Sunday pm
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« Reply #2814 on: July 14, 2026, 13:41:38 »

Thursday might bbe 'interesting', as might next Monday....along with Sunday pm

Should that be bbq rather than bbe?  Wink
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« Reply #2815 on: July 14, 2026, 19:44:03 »

Yellow card to TG (TaplowGreen - a respected member of this forum - or, possibly, a train cancellation code ("cancelled due to an issue with the train crew"), depending on context), for mentioning barbeque anywhere other than on 'the lighter side'.  Grin
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« Reply #2816 on: July 16, 2026, 10:40:31 »

Thursday might bbe 'interesting', as might next Monday....along with Sunday pm

Didn’t look too bad at all today. 

Sunday might be worse as although we got knocked out the HSS (High Speed Services) drivers that can make themselves not available would have needed to do so before last nights result was known, as they need to give 5 days notice.
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