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« on: October 22, 2022, 09:53:56 »
From Mark Hopwood at yesterday's TravelWatch SouthWest:



Purple - GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) (our TOC▸ (Train Operating Company)) issues
Blue - Network Rail issues
Green - TOC on TOC (SWR» (South Western Railway - about), Cross Country, TfW▸ (Transport for Wales), freight, and perhaps others holding up or blocking GWR trains)

I can't help wondering whether the diagram should show all failures to provide what's in the published May to December timetable - as I understand it, the cutoff is a few days ahead so that trains cancelled due to industrial action by GWR and Network Rail employees do not show, and the picture above is a false (massaged) statistic.   I think I am happy that trains replaced by alternative services of buses during engineering works planned months in advance don't show up in this chart.
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2022, 10:00:34 »
So you’d need another colour? Staff on TOC▸ (Train Operating Company)….
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2022, 10:34:42 »
Quote from: ChrisB on October 22, 2022, 10:00:34
So you’d need another colour? Staff on TOC▸ (Train Operating Company)….

Perhaps - or include staffing unavailability in Network Rail or TOC (problem when both lots are taking indusrial action

There are plenty more colours available ... https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Colours/Alphabetical_listing

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pansy
paprika
Paris green
patina
peach
peacock blue
pea green
pear
pearl grey
pearly
periwinkle
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petrol blue
petunia
pewter
piceous
pillar-box red
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pine green
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pistachio green
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Pompeian red
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