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« Reply #240 on: May 18, 2025, 07:12:33 » |
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18:10 Castle Cary to Swindon due 19:34
18:10 Castle Cary to Swindon due 19:34 will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Castle Cary, Bruton and Frome.
This is due to a shortage of train crew. With crew shortages all over the place, so far the Westbury to Swindon service is doing far better than most today, having said which even a single cancellation on that line leaves a huge gap. I have to personally wonder at why, after so many years, crew shortages seem to be almost routine and look to the management and direction (from inside and outside the TOC▸ ) for having failed to avoid such issues being so frequent, or to cynically have passed them off as an acceptable lack-of-service level. |
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« Reply #241 on: May 18, 2025, 09:44:33 » |
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18:10 Castle Cary to Swindon due 19:34
18:10 Castle Cary to Swindon due 19:34 will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Castle Cary, Bruton and Frome.
This is due to a shortage of train crew. With crew shortages all over the place, so far the Westbury to Swindon service is doing far better than most today, having said which even a single cancellation on that line leaves a huge gap. I have to personally wonder at why, after so many years, crew shortages seem to be almost routine and look to the management and direction (from inside and outside the TOC▸ ) for having failed to avoid such issues being so frequent, or to cynically have passed them off as an acceptable lack-of-service level. Succinctly, because those at the upper reaches of GWR▸ tend to be Managers rather than Leaders, and there are few better examples than this long running issue. |
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« Reply #242 on: May 20, 2025, 06:41:54 » |
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06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Salisbury and Warminster.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 2.
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« Reply #243 on: May 26, 2025, 05:39:28 » |
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06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47
26/05/25 06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Salisbury and Warminster.
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« Reply #244 on: May 26, 2025, 21:21:19 » |
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21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58
21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12
22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
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« Reply #245 on: May 27, 2025, 14:47:26 » |
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14:18 Westbury to Swindon due 15:00
14:18 Westbury to Swindon due 15:00 will be starting late from Westbury and is expected to be 20 minutes late.
This is due to train crew being delayed by service disruption. Portsmouth to Cardiff running 50 minutes late ... now arrives in Westbury at 14:02 and I suspect the crew is transferring and is progammed to take a personal needs break. All a very long way from Mockava I'm travelling on, which is supposed to pause at Trakiszki for 8 minutes but but was there for more like 30 ... couple of Polish border guards going through and checking passengers. Not sure whether it was just the two who got on, but the two who came to all compartments in uniform left with two others not in uniform. |
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« Reply #246 on: May 27, 2025, 15:42:41 » |
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15:15 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59
15:15 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59 is being delayed at Swindon.
This is due to train crew being delayed by service disruption. |
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« Reply #247 on: May 28, 2025, 07:15:06 » |
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Argh! First commute in over 2 weeks and the trains...  When I left the house, it was looking good. But then the 0632 Southampton service I catch from Melksham to Trowbridge got delayed and was showing as 20 mins late, meaning I'd miss the 0646 Trowbridge Bristol. And the next option, the 0705 Cardiff service, was also showing as delayed, with the following Filton Abbey Wood cancelled. So I'm on the bus to Bath, where I should be able to catch the 0747 Weston service. What's even more annoying is that the 0705 Trowbridge Bristol that was showing as delayed ended up being on time - it just started from Westbury instead of Frome. Try again tomorrow... |
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« Reply #248 on: May 28, 2025, 07:33:33 » |
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Argh! First commute in over 2 weeks and the trains... When I left the house, it was looking good. But then the 0632 Southampton service I catch from Melksham to Trowbridge got delayed and was showing as 20 mins late, .... Yeah ... 05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09
05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09 has been delayed between Kemble and Swindon and is now 16 minutes late.
This is due to a broken down train. ... it appears to have arrived on time in Swindon but spent 30 minutes rather than 10 there. Looks like it will be on time from Salisbury, in spite of Journey Check assuming "once delayed, delayed all the way". Guessing it was some sort of issue the crew on local staff at Swindon were able to sort out. |
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« Reply #249 on: May 28, 2025, 09:40:58 » |
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16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:06
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew. |
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« Reply #250 on: May 28, 2025, 11:06:17 » |
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17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew. That would have been the last leg of my commute home. Looks like another £3 on the buses  |
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« Reply #251 on: May 28, 2025, 11:10:59 » |
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...and if I search for Bristol Temple Meads - Melksham on the National Rail app it also shows the earlier 1545 option as cancelled as well, although I can't be bothered to check which of the 2 trains on that route aren't running.
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« Reply #252 on: May 28, 2025, 13:54:25 » |
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16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:06
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew. Both now re-instated. |
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« Reply #253 on: May 28, 2025, 19:20:27 » |
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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.
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« Reply #254 on: May 28, 2025, 19:45:32 » |
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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.
Followed, as sure as night follows day, by 22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12
22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12 will be cancelled.
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