16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:18
18:35 Westbury to Swindon due 19:17
19:44 Swindon to Westbury due 20:25
19:44 Swindon to Westbury due 20:25 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
There are 44 train cancellations showing on Journey Check this morning across the
GWR▸ area and 29 other short runs - none through Melksham such as
14:03 London Paddington to Penzance due 19:09
06/07/24 14:03 London Paddington to Penzance due 19:09 will be started from Exeter St Davids.
It will no longer call at London Paddington, Reading, Taunton and Tiverton Parkway.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
and
13:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Parkway due 16:25
13:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Parkway due 16:25 will be terminated at Bristol Temple Meads.
It will no longer call at Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road, Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Parkway.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
which is a service already cut back because of engineering works in the Severn Tunnel now cut back further.
What a charming train to cancel for anyone who has read the timetable and decided to take the kids to Weymouth for the day ...
Sat, 6 July 19:32 Weymouth to Swindon due 22:00
06/07/24 19:32 Weymouth to Swindon due 22:00 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Sat, 6 July 22:11 Swindon to Westbury due 22:54
06/07/24 22:11 Swindon to Westbury due 22:54 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
No statement on alternatives.
It looks like those are
re-instated as they have gone from the cancellation list, although reports such as
08:45 Swindon to Weymouth due 11:08
Facilities on the 08:45 Swindon to Weymouth due 11:08.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3 to Westbury.
Suggest to me that the morning train at 09:10 from Melksham to Weymouth which is advertised as a through train may not actually be a through train.
Our local advertising - co-ordinated somewhat between targeting passengers from Swindon, Chippenham and Melksham is / has always been measured to avoid unreasonable crowds - historic overcrowding to be avoided. However, with the weather coming pouring rain down in buckets, and with a game of soccer on the TV later today, I don't thinks it's a day for many to chose a trip to the seaside. With the appalling reliability of the train service on match days, we in the community have not been promoting it on social media or with the local paper or radio, nor on our wen sites and through our network.
So - in summary - I think 2 carriages will be well plenty, and if it's train with plenty of fresh air today, so be it. Better that than the significant risk (and information yesterday) that people would not be able to get home from Weymouth to Melksham.
