2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury

[whole diary]

[grahame]

Summarising at the end of the day



Of the 14 trains due to call at Melksham

4 did call more or less as planned (none on time - all from 5 to 18 minutes late)
9 were cancelled and show up as such
1 - the 15:03 - seems to have disappeared from even Real Time Trains

A GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) passenger train did pass by at 09:19 on its way from London via Swindon and Westbury to Penzance

[TaplowGreen]

Appalling.

[grahame]

14:18 Westbury to Swindon due 15:00
15:15 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59

15:15 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[grahame]

06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47

06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 will be diverted between Swindon and Gloucester.
It will no longer call at Kemble, Stroud and Stonehouse.
It will be delayed at Swindon.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.

[TaplowGreen]

21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58
21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

- bus is being arranged it would seem.

22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12
22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[grahame]

21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58
21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

- bus is being arranged it would seem.

22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12
22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Additional Information
Customers at Swindon should travel to Chippenham on the 22:58 Bristol Temple Meads service. A ZJ Travel Ltd coach has been arranged to run in place of this service from Chippenham at 22:13. It will then call at Melksham at 22:31, Trowbridge (platform 2 side) at 22:44 and arrive Westbury at 22:56. Times are subject to traffic conditions. Please check the stations Onward Travel Information poster and wait for the replacement road transport at the designated stop.

Train times given in BST, and bus is GMT ?

[TaplowGreen]

07:45 Westbury to Swindon due 08:28
07:45 Westbury to Swindon due 08:28 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

08:45 Swindon to Weymouth due 11:08
08:45 Swindon to Weymouth due 11:08 will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

09:52 Westbury to Swindon due 10:36
09:52 Westbury to Swindon due 10:36 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

11:05 Swindon to Westbury due 11:48
11:05 Swindon to Westbury due 11:48 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew

[grahame]

08:45 Swindon to Weymouth due 11:08
08:45 Swindon to Weymouth due 11:08 will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Very embarrassed. There are times I wonder why I bother ...

[TaplowGreen]

Looks as if the whole day is slowly being wiped out


12:17 Westbury to Swindon due 13:01
12:17 Westbury to Swindon due 13:01 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

13:13 Swindon to Westbury due 13:55
13:13 Swindon to Westbury due 13:55 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[Timmer]

I do wonder if the cancellations today are linked to being able to run a full service on the Cardiff-Portsmouth line for Imber bus day?

Rob Peter to pay Paul 

[bobm]

That last pair, according to Real Time Trains, were due to be worked by 158745 - which was the train involved in the vandalism incident mentioned in the sleeper thread.  After going to Exeter depot it then worked a service from Taunton to Bristol where it looks to have been swapped out.

[TaplowGreen]

I do wonder if the cancellations today are linked to being able to run a full service on the Cardiff-Portsmouth line for Imber bus day?

Rob Peter to pay Paul 

Peter Hendy?

Isn't he driving a bus today? 

[bobm]

16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05

16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:18

17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:18 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

18:35 Westbury to Swindon due 19:17

18:35 Westbury to Swindon due 19:17 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

19:44 Swindon to Westbury due 20:25

19:44 Swindon to Westbury due 20:25 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[bobm]

Updated information for the 18:35 cancellation

Sorry for the disruption to your journey today.
Passengers from Westbury and Trowbridge are advised to await the next GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) service towards Bath Spa and then change there for services towards Chippenham and Swindon.
Depart Westbury at 18:44, Trowbridge 18:50, arrive Bath Spa at 19:12.
Change there, for the 19:43 GWR service to London Paddington, arriving Chippenham 19:54 and Swindon 20:08.
Passengers For Melksham: Replacement road transport has been arranged to run in lieu of part of this train service from Westbury to Chippenham. Change at Chippenham for connections to Swindon.
Please check the stations Onward Travel Information poster and wait for the replacement road transport at the designated stop.
Passengers from Melksham: Replacement road transport has been arranged to run in lieu of part of this train service to Chippenham. Change at Chippenham for connections to Swindon.
Please check the stations Onward Travel Information poster and wait for the replacement road transport at the designated stop. The replacement road transport may run later than the advertised train times owing to the additional time taken by road between stations and the time required for loading and unloading at each stop.

[grahame]

Today is ... a mess.   Comment to follow on conclusion of service.