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« Reply #45 on: March 01, 2018, 10:02:32 »
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) getting an absolute slating on social media against this 'pathetic railway'.
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« Reply #46 on: March 01, 2018, 10:12:39 »
Quote from: plymothian on March 01, 2018, 10:02:32
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) getting an absolute slating on social media against this 'pathetic railway'.
Surely if Paddington is closed that’s a Network Rail decision? ChrisB saying on another thread due to slippery surface. Anyone able to elaborate further on this? Must be extremely frustrating if you are trying to get in or out of London and the main snowfall hasn’t even begun yet.
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« Reply #47 on: March 01, 2018, 10:17:26 »
Not been made clear yet why the Didcot-Oxford shuttles aren't running in anything I've seen. Nor what has happened to the stopping service from Didcot onwards. They have vanished from CIS▸ (Customer Information System) information, not even there as cancelled.
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« Reply #48 on: March 01, 2018, 10:19:08 »
PADDINGTON partially reopened
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« Reply #49 on: March 01, 2018, 10:22:14 »
Quote from: ChrisB on March 01, 2018, 09:57:37
Paddington has been closed owing simply to slippery floor!!!

Very little snow....

I was there late last night and it was incredibly slippery throughout the concourse.  The moderate amount of snow that fell in London yesterday was being whipped down the Praed Street entrance by the strong winds and into the concourse and all over a wide area covering to beyond where the tube stairs are.  It was then turning to slush and the combination of the tiles and slush was hellish in places - I've never seen it like that.  Some of the platforms were also being affected in a similar way as snow was blown into the tiled area from the exposed platform ends.
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« Reply #50 on: March 01, 2018, 10:23:02 »
Quote from: Timmer on March 01, 2018, 10:12:39
Surely if Paddington is closed that’s a Network Rail decision? ChrisB saying on another thread due to slippery surface. Anyone able to elaborate further on this? Must be extremely frustrating if you are trying to get in or out of London and the main snowfall hasn’t even begun yet.
Posted by GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) on twitter
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« Reply #51 on: March 01, 2018, 10:24:12 »
Quote from: Timmer on March 01, 2018, 10:12:39
Quote from: plymothian on March 01, 2018, 10:02:32
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) getting an absolute slating on social media against this 'pathetic railway'.
Surely if Paddington is closed that’s a Network Rail decision? ChrisB saying on another thread due to slippery surface. Anyone able to elaborate further on this? Must be extremely frustrating if you are trying to get in or out of London and the main snowfall hasn’t even begun yet.

I'm repeating a post made on another thread, but I was there late last night and it was incredibly slippery throughout the concourse.  The moderate amount of snow that fell in London yesterday was being whipped down the Praed Street entrance by the strong winds and into the concourse and all over a wide area covering to beyond where the tube stairs are.  It was then turning to slush and the combination of the tiles and slush was hellish in places - I've never seen it like that.  Some of the platforms were also being affected in a similar way as snow was blown into the tiled area from the exposed platform ends.
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« Reply #52 on: March 01, 2018, 10:28:24 »
According to GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Twitter Paddington is about to reopen
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« Reply #53 on: March 01, 2018, 10:36:29 »
A Network Rail picture of what it is like on the platforms at Paddington
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« Reply #54 on: March 01, 2018, 10:37:34 »
Quote from: ChrisB on March 01, 2018, 09:57:37
Paddington has been closed owing simply to slippery floor!!!


presumably the roof is leaking?
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« Reply #55 on: March 01, 2018, 10:44:50 »
Quote from: didcotdean on March 01, 2018, 10:17:26
Not been made clear yet why the Didcot-Oxford shuttles aren't running in anything I've seen. Nor what has happened to the stopping service from Didcot onwards. They have vanished from CIS▸ (Customer Information System) information, not even there as cancelled.
Looks like a XC▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) service has 'sat down' and Goring and Streatley blocking the Down Relief.....
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« Reply #56 on: March 01, 2018, 10:58:33 »
I take it all the appropriate platforms/areas were gritted/salted overnight?
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« Reply #57 on: March 01, 2018, 10:59:55 »
Quote from: didcotdean on March 01, 2018, 10:17:26
Not been made clear yet why the Didcot-Oxford shuttles aren't running in anything I've seen. Nor what has happened to the stopping service from Didcot onwards. They have vanished from CIS▸ (Customer Information System) information, not even there as cancelled.

Good question, I caught the train to Oxford this morning but had to return on the bus.
It seems to me that as soon as Paddington was shut the service just collapsed.
There have been no trains from Oxford to Didcot for 4 hours and none scheduled until after 12:00 and for 3 hours between Didcot and Oxford.
I fail too comprehend how the buses can run but the trains can't, isn't there any resilience?
It is very cold here (Didcot and Oxford) but there is hardly any snow we had more in December.

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« Reply #58 on: March 01, 2018, 11:06:17 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on March 01, 2018, 10:58:33
I take it all the appropriate platforms/areas were gritted/salted overnight?

I saw plenty of staff late last night treating platforms at several stations.  Not much you could do with Paddington though given the extensive use of terrazzo tiles and the wind blowing snow into places it would never normally reach.
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« Reply #59 on: March 01, 2018, 11:16:46 »
I find those tiles slippy at the best of times but i guess they're hard wearing?
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