Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 14:15 01 May 2025
 
- Snake halts Japanese bullet trains after wrapping around power line
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 05/05/25 - Walk to Pilning
10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM

On this day
1st May (1964)
Helicopter service from Penzance to Scilly Isles starts (link)
Train RunningCancelled
13:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
13:23 London Paddington to Oxford
13:29 Gatwick Airport to Reading
13:46 Bristol Temple Meads to Warminster
13:55 London Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5
13:57 Heathrow Terminal 5 to London Paddington
13:57 Exmouth to Paignton
13:59 Gatwick Airport to Reading
14:12 Newbury to Reading
14:23 London Paddington to Oxford
14:25 London Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5
14:27 Heathrow Terminal 5 to London Paddington
14:34 Didcot Parkway to Banbury
14:55 London Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5
14:57 Heathrow Terminal 5 to London Paddington
15:03 Oxford to London Paddington
15:07 Oxford to Didcot Parkway
15:25 London Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5
15:27 Heathrow Terminal 5 to London Paddington
15:34 Didcot Parkway to Oxford
15:55 London Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5
15:57 Heathrow Terminal 5 to London Paddington
16:27 Heathrow Terminal 5 to London Paddington
17:34 Oxford to Didcot Parkway
18:00 Didcot Parkway to Oxford
18:34 Oxford to Didcot Parkway
19:05 Didcot Parkway to Oxford
Short Run
11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington
12:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare
12:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
13:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
13:08 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway
13:09 Didcot Parkway to London Paddington
13:11 Taunton to Cardiff Central
13:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
13:38 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway
13:42 Banbury to Didcot Parkway
14:08 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway
14:32 Exeter Central to Okehampton
14:38 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway
15:28 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington
16:00 Cardiff Central to Taunton
16:50 Plymouth to London Paddington
17:30 London Paddington to Taunton
Delayed
11:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
12:35 Didcot Parkway to Banbury
12:38 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway
12:51 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street
13:34 Didcot Parkway to Oxford
14:06 London Paddington to Newbury
14:15 Didcot Parkway to London Paddington
14:48 London Paddington to Swansea
etc
•
PollsOpen and recent polls
Open to 08/05 09:07 Steam Excursion - or diesel excursion with a featured steam section?
Open to 07/05 09:27 Should train, bus and coach operators be required to accept cash
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
May 01, 2025, 14:24:04 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[114] Brighton Belle - merged topics
[99] Cash payments for transport services
[56] Steam excursion - except there's much more diesel than steam!
[46] May Timetable Change
[46] Longer distance canal walks - public transport for one way sec...
[32] "Save the Last Remaining British Rail Hovercraft from Destruct...
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > Journey by Journey > Transport for London > Tube strike 1-3 March
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Tube strike 1-3 March  (Read 3908 times)
TaplowGreen
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 8643



View Profile
« on: February 24, 2022, 07:19:42 »
The usual rabble rousing rhetoric from the RMT▸ (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers) and 2 strikes.....


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60257488?at_medium=RSS▸ (Regional Spatial Strategy)&at_campaign=KARANGA
Logged
Worcester_Passenger
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2120


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2022, 11:54:46 »
I've just had the usual 'weekend travel advice' email from TfL» (Transport for London - about).

It warns me about "planned Tube strikes scheduled for Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 3 March."

Can someone buy them a calendar?
Logged
Worcester_Passenger
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2120


View Profile
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2022, 13:26:18 »
And now there's a correction email.
Logged
Electric train
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 4532


The future is 25000 Volts AC 750V DC has its place


View Profile
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2022, 15:20:30 »
The rumblings are we could be in for a 'summer of discontent' across many public sectors.  Quite a bit of it will be public sector workers resigning or retiring
Logged
Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
Bmblbzzz
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 4256


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2022, 16:30:21 »
The "Great Resignation" crosses the Atlantic?
Logged
Waiting at Pilning for the midnight sleeper to Prague.
TaplowGreen
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 8643



View Profile
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2022, 06:59:03 »
Quote from: Electric train on February 24, 2022, 15:20:30
The rumblings are we could be in for a 'summer of discontent' across many public sectors.  Quite a bit of it will be public sector workers resigning or retiring

Retiring largely at an earlier age than the rest of us will be able to, on publicly funded final salary pensions - lucky them!

All Tube lines suspended this morning.
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43945



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2022, 07:15:47 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on March 01, 2022, 06:59:03
All Tube lines suspended this morning.

GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) will, though, still sell you tickets on the tube for today. Researching Bristol to Waterloo for a day return, I am offered

Odd, as I thought that trains cancelled (and tubes are trains) got removed from the system.

Putting in a request to route via Salisbury, I get:
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
stuving
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 7429


View Profile
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2022, 13:26:13 »
Quote from: grahame on March 01, 2022, 07:15:47
Odd, as I thought that trains cancelled (and tubes are trains) got removed from the system.

Cancelled trains are removed from the timetable. Journeys (or parts thereof) by Undrground are not found by journey planners looking in a timetable, so cannot be cancelled in that sense.

I think they are in the data feed file called "Additional Fixed Links", which defines various options for getting between stations: their mode labels are BUS, TUBE, WALK, FERRY, METRO, TRAM, TAXI or TRANSFER. In the entries in this file (unlike the older Fixed Links file format) there are fields for Start Date and Time, and End Date and Time. So it appears that the Tube could be turned off for a whole or part day and on again, and on a case by case basis for station pairs. And the service in that short interval could be redefined with a different transfer time. There is a limit of seven links per station pair, though it's not clear whether that is per file or per instant in time.

Given how much needs to be known to do that, and that it is unlikely it is supported by the usual feed file generation software, I'm not surprised they don't bother.
Logged
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page