2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury

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[grahame]

16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05
16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

I have a funny (peculiar, not haha) feeling that trains get swapped around and "fault on this train" is reported because an old crock or a train someone was doubtful about was assigned to the service.  The feeling is boosted by the reaction when I made a comment at Westbury about waiting for / catching the Swindon train (I forget the comment exactly) and eyes were rolled in such a way that indicated the staff see it as the flakiest that runs from there.

And now ...

18:37 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21
20:14 Swindon to Westbury due 20:57
21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58
22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12

22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.

Would someone please fix the bl**dy thing or split a couple of carriages off another train?    You could even split 5 cars off a London to Plymouth evening service now as they get quieter when they get past Westbury.

[grahame]

Would someone please fix the bl**dy thing or split a couple of carriages off another train?    You could even split 5 cars off a London to Plymouth evening service now as they get quieter when they get past Westbury.

I've taken the liberty and had a look in a couple of directions ... not ideal, but here are some multiple units passing through Westbury.  16:08, 17:06 and 18:03 could all drop 2 carriages on their way to Portsmouth.  The first one would get a bit crowded further south, but the latter 2 with 3 and 2 carriages

What heads west - 10 carriages just after 6 p.m. and I'm sure only 5 are needed beyond Westbury. And there's that 9 car that goes out of service at Frome ;-)