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Author Topic: Night Riviera Sleeper train - between Paddington and Penzance  (Read 931746 times)
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« Reply #1905 on: July 11, 2024, 21:12:03 »

I think it might actually be a locomotive issue.
They desperately need replacing, failing too often. But as we always say here….oooooozzz gonna pay for it!

They’ve had a good spell of reliability recently, just been the last few weeks and one particular loco that’s been causing issues. The problem is they’re operating with no spare locos
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« Reply #1906 on: July 11, 2024, 21:48:50 »

There's some lovely Class 68s likely going spare after Transpennine Express gave up their sublease from Direct Rail Services. Why don't GWR (Great Western Railway) hire them in?

I understand driver training, depot facilities and route proving would need to be done but they're a better long term bet than continuing with the Trigger's Broom 57s.
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« Reply #1907 on: July 12, 2024, 06:08:54 »

23:45 London Paddington to Penzance due 07:54
23:45 London Paddington to Penzance due 07:54 will be terminated at Plymouth.

Oh no it isn't!

Running though to Penzance, on time departure from Plymouth, with the 0533 departing on time, ahead of the sleeper.
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« Reply #1908 on: July 12, 2024, 06:12:00 »

Sleeper woes tonight - up Sleeper substituted with IET (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) and down Sleeper terminating at Plymouth  Shocked
Current thread running on this http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=15037.new;topicseen#new
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« Reply #1909 on: July 12, 2024, 08:31:44 »

8 hours through the night in a standard class IET (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) seat........forget compensation, those customers deserve medals.
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« Reply #1910 on: July 12, 2024, 13:32:45 »

There were two topics covering the Night Riviera, on two different boards, and they were both active, causing some duplication of posts.

I've therefore taken the opportunity to move the topic from our general 'across the West' board (where things tend to be buried in the sheer number of topics) to our more specific 'London to the West' board, and I've merged the posts from both here.

Original topic headings have been preserved, for clarity, so hopefully this will become our definitive reference on this subject.

Hope this helps, as ever. CfN.  Wink

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« Reply #1911 on: July 12, 2024, 13:36:17 »

Amazing how much ground we have covered about two trains a day, six days a week in almost 10 years.
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« Reply #1912 on: July 12, 2024, 14:00:24 »

Amazing how much ground we have covered about two trains a day, six days a week in almost 10 years.

It is indeed ... over 1000 messages posted!   Thanks for the move and merge, Chris
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« Reply #1913 on: July 12, 2024, 20:50:48 »

Thanks, grahame.

It gets even better, though.

Bearing in mind the known limitations of the Coffee Shop forum's search facility, I have enjoyed an evening trawling through historic posts relating specifically to the Night Riviera and combined them all here.  We now have 1858 posts on the same subject, sorted in chronological order and with their original post headings preserved whenever possible.

If someone wanted to write a book about the Night Riviera, here would be a good place to start!  Grin

Hope this helps, CfN.  Wink

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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #1914 on: July 12, 2024, 21:29:21 »

Thanks, grahame.

It gets even better, though.

Bearing in mind the known limitations of the Coffee Shop forum's search facility, I have enjoyed an evening trawling through historic posts relating specifically to the Night Riviera and combined them all here.  We now have 1858 posts on the same subject, sorted in chronological order and with their original post headings preserved whenever possible.

If someone wanted to write a book about the Night Riviera, here would be a good place to start!  Grin

Hope this helps, CfN.  Wink



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« Reply #1915 on: August 17, 2024, 05:46:02 »

21:45 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:09
16/08/24 21:45 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:09 will be diverted between Taunton and Reading and terminated at Reading.

It will no longer call at London Paddington.
It has been previously delayed, has been further delayed at Exeter St Davids and is now 172 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on this train.
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« Reply #1916 on: August 17, 2024, 07:11:09 »

It arrived into Reading nearly two hours and 15 minutes late.

It was slightly delayed in west Cornwall following a late running train which had been held at St Erth awaiting police.  Apparently three teenagers had been running wild in one coach of a 158 and vandalised a toilet in the process.

The real problems began at Hemerdon, east of Plymouth, and it was nearly an hour late by Totnes.  It then didn’t leave Exeter St David’s until gone 4am, nearly three hours late.  Some time was clawed back by sending it via Newbury instead of Bristol and Swindon as planned.

It’s the second night running the up service has had problems.  Thursday night’s train was nearly an hour late by Truro but managed to recoup half that by London Paddington.
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« Reply #1917 on: August 19, 2024, 05:52:58 »

21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05

18/08/24 21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05 is being delayed between Swindon and Didcot Parkway and is now expected to be 132 minutes late.

This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
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« Reply #1918 on: August 25, 2024, 06:40:14 »

21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05
21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
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« Reply #1919 on: August 25, 2024, 10:59:53 »

21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05
21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Now reinstated.
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