Weymouth line cancellations

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[John D]

Today (Tuesday) the 09:32 from Weymouth is cancelled

Leaves nearly a 4 hour gap between 07:33 and 11:30 trains

Yesterday (bank holiday) cancelled the 15:28 departure

Not very good to leave such massive gaps when it's school holiday week and beach weather.

[grahame]

08:01 Weymouth to Cardiff Central due 11:23

08:01 Weymouth to Cardiff Central due 11:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Didn't realise there were any cross-border trains left from Weymouth.  Oh - wait - there aren't today!

[Mark A]

Realtimetrains doesn't flag it as cancelled but on the other hand doesn't indicate that it ran...

The following train out of Weymouth via Westbury being the 10:38 in the direction of Swindon. The fate of the people (if any) who intended to catch the 8:01 will probably never be known... but if anyone was heading for the generous connection into the Aberdeen train at Bristol I hope that Weymouth staff gave them a chit and popped them on to something heading up to London...

Mark

[TaplowGreen]

Realtimetrains doesn't flag it as cancelled but on the other hand doesn't indicate that it ran...

The following train out of Weymouth via Westbury being the 10:38 in the direction of Swindon. The fate of the people (if any) who intended to catch the 8:01 will probably never be known... but if anyone was heading for the generous connection into the Aberdeen train at Bristol I hope that Weymouth staff gave them a chit and popped them on to something heading up to London...

Mark

Unfortunately I have heard that an individual approached staff at Weymouth with precisely that scenario but was told that they couldn't give a chit....................

[ChrisB]

I'd be straight on to the help point in that case....and then the phone

[TaplowGreen]

I'd be straight on to the help point in that case....and then the phone

I'd read that last comment again, perhaps out loud to yourself before doing so.

(Apologies for the overhead shot!) 

[ChrisB]

Cwertainly gone over my head.....do I need more coffee?

[Mark A]

Have some anyway, and tbh, at 8am on a Sunday, is Weymouth staffed?

Mark

[Mark A]

Answer: staffed on Sunday from 06:00 to 00:45. (Source: National Rail).

Mark

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/weymouth/

[Mark A]

Staffed from 06:00 though the first train appears to be that one for Cardiff at eight.

Our hypothetical passenger for Aberdeen, if given a chit with an easement to vary their route, could travel on the next departure, the 08:45 for Waterloo and a relaxed connection into the 13:42 to Aberdeen from Kings Cross - this would get them into Aberdeen only half an hour or so after their original connecting service from Bristol.

(If their destination was Shetland, they'd have already been planning for a night and a day in Aberdeen as the ferry leaves at varying times between five and seven pm depending on the day, so, from Weymouth, that would need to be a weekday trip, via London - and with one of Graham's 'Plan 'b's in the back pocket.)

Mark

[TaplowGreen]

Staffed from 06:00 though the first train appears to be that one for Cardiff at eight.

Our hypothetical passenger for Aberdeen, if given a chit with an easement to vary their route, could travel on the next departure, the 08:45 for Waterloo and a relaxed connection into the 13:42 to Aberdeen from Kings Cross - this would get them into Aberdeen only half an hour or so after their original connecting service from Bristol.

(If their destination was Shetland, they'd have already been planning for a night and a day in Aberdeen as the ferry leaves at varying times between five and seven pm depending on the day, so, from Weymouth, that would need to be a weekday trip, via London - and with one of Graham's 'Plan 'b's in the back pocket.)

Mark

Basically then, it's chit or bust?

[bradshaw]

According to RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) just now.

  This service was cancelled between Weymouth and Bristol Temple Meads due to the planned train being replaced with a slower train (MS).

[Chris from Nailsea]

Basically then, it's chit or bust?

... and I've chosen to apologize for some of my own appalling puns here in the past ...

CfN^▸ (Chris from Nailsea, an administrator on this forum).

[John D]

Cancellations due to air conditioning faults

Due to severe weather between Weymouth and Westbury:
Impact:
Train services running to and from these stations have been suspended. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Customer Advice:
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We are sorry for the disruption to your journey today.
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What has happened?
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A number of trains that would run between Weymouth and Westbury have developed air conditioning faults owing to the extreme heat.
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What are your options?
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You may use your ticket, at no extra cost, on South Western Railway service between Weymouth and Southampton Central, where you can change for services towards Westbury and Bristol Temple Meads. This may extend your journey time by approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.

https://www.gwr.com/travel-information/travel-updates/live-network-updates

[Trowres]

You may use your ticket, at no extra cost, on South Western Railway service between Weymouth and Southampton Central, where you can change for services towards Westbury and Bristol Temple Meads. This may extend your journey time by approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.

Had you been at Weymouth, waiting for the 17:28 to Bristol, you would have had the fortune to catch the 17:15 to Waterloo, which actually departed at 17:35. This is what would have then happened:

Arrive at Southampton at 19:17 (20 late).
Find you have missed the connecting Cardiff train due to depart at 19:11. Actually, you haven't missed it as it's been cancelled.
You find that the next Cardiff train, the 20:11, has also been cancelled.
There's a 19:37 to Salisbury, so you catch that. It departs 5 late.
Arrival at Salisbury is at 20:22 (7 late).
There was actually a Salisbury-Bristol train running (most were cancelled today as part of service-thinning)...
It left on time at 20:11, so you have missed it. Bad luck!
Next train should be the 20:42 Cardiff... but it's cancelled.
Also cancelled is th 21:42 Cardiff train...
So you catch the 22:11 Salisbury-Bristol train, due into Temple Meads at 23:32.  (Instead of 20:12 when the Wey-Bristol was due)

Train services running to and from these stations have been suspended. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

I would take "suspended" as meaning complete cessation of trains.
But the 20:14 departure from Weymouth ran, arriving Bristol at 22:45.
Mind, it was a 2-coach class 165, so would have been rather cosy if everyone waited for it.

The final train, the 21:28 Weymouth-Westbury was also cancelled.