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« on: April 15, 2011, 11:23:02 »
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Friday 15 April 2011    10:50

First Great Western Train services are continuing to be  disrupted due to over running engineering works between Tiverton Parkway and Exeter. Services are operating with diversion and alterations until approx 11:30.

I notice earlier on some services were running fast between Exeter St Davids and Reading.  Did they go through Tiverton/Taunton and just not stop or go via Honiton and then get back to GW» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about) line somewhere?

I haven't noticed them go via Honiton before except for planned engineering work.  If they have used this route today I guess it is now possible as drivers have the route knowledge.
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« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2011, 12:11:15 »
Quote from: bobm on April 15, 2011, 11:23:02
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Friday 15 April 2011    10:50

First Great Western Train services are continuing to be  disrupted due to over running engineering works between Tiverton Parkway and Exeter. Services are operating with diversion and alterations until approx 11:30.

I notice earlier on some services were running fast between Exeter St Davids and Reading.  Did they go through Tiverton/Taunton and just not stop or go via Honiton and then get back to GW» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about) line somewhere?

I haven't noticed them go via Honiton before except for planned engineering work.  If they have used this route today I guess it is now possible as drivers have the route knowledge.

1A08 0630 EXD» (Exeter St Davids - next trains) - PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) went via Honiton, as did 1A74 0553 PLY» (Plymouth - next trains) - PAD.

Delays were caused by a broken down Tamper causing single line working on the down line between Tiverton Junction and Cowley Bridge Jun.

I believe the Tamper broke down before doing its job, so they had to find another one, then do its job before the line could reopen.
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« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2011, 18:10:01 »
I assume they managed to fit those in without too much disruption to SWT▸ (South West Trains) services.  Mind you at the other end of the patch FGW▸ (First Great Western) were helping out with extra calls between Reading and Wokingham after a fatality at Ascot on SWT-land this morning.

Has the Honiton route been used before for unplanned diversions in the recent past?
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« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2011, 18:21:47 »
Not for a while! Think the last time was when there was a problem with Whiteball Tunnel, cant remember the date and 1 London train went via Honiton.
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« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 18:55:13 »
Said tamper was visible from the (traffic free and fast flowing) M5 motorway this morning  Wink
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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2011, 01:41:54 »
Said Tamper and associated rolling stock was eventually dragged by top and tailed Freightliner 66s into Fairwater Yard, Taunton around 1230.

I was led to believe, by the TM▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context) on the service I was on, that the Tamper had gone b*gg*r up on the up line.
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« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2011, 03:44:56 »
Quote from: bignosemac on April 16, 2011, 01:41:54
I was led to believe, by the TM▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context) on the service I was on, that the Tamper had gone b*gg*r up on the up line.

Which would tie in neatly with the single-line working being instigated on the down line, as posted above Wink
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« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2011, 10:59:27 »
 Embarrassed Ooops. Misread Louis94's post.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2011, 11:11:39 »
Quote from: Louis94 on April 15, 2011, 12:11:15
1A08 0630 EXD» (Exeter St Davids - next trains) - PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) went via Honiton, as did 1A74 0553 PLY» (Plymouth - next trains) - PAD.

As an aside how do reporting numbers get allocated?  I know about the Class eg 1 and the geographical indicator eg A - but I always assumed the numbers got allocated from the start of the day and worked through.  However looking at this it seems it may be more random than that.
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« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2011, 18:34:18 »
Quote from: bobm on April 16, 2011, 11:11:39
Quote from: Louis94 on April 15, 2011, 12:11:15
1A08 0630 EXD» (Exeter St Davids - next trains) - PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) went via Honiton, as did 1A74 0553 PLY» (Plymouth - next trains) - PAD.

As an aside how do reporting numbers get allocated?  I know about the Class eg 1 and the geographical indicator eg A - but I always assumed the numbers got allocated from the start of the day and worked through.  However looking at this it seems it may be more random than that.

Yes it is abit more refined than that.  1A08 goes via bristol 1A74 goes via the berks & hants.  Helps the signaller to know which way to send the train.  The lower numbers are all via / starting from bristol and I think all numbers above 70 go via the berks & hants.
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