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Its not looking great today :

Line problem at London Paddington.
Train services at London Paddington have been disrupted due to over-running engineering works.Engineers have worked as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 30 minutes may still occur.



Service incidents
05:31 Bristol Temple Meads to Penzance due 10:17
This train will run short formed with 2 carriages between Exeter St Davids and Penzance.This is due to an earlier train fault.


08:41 Barnstaple to Exmouth due 10:13
This train will run short formed with 1 carriages.

Road transport has been arranged.

08:46 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington due 10:56
This train will be started from Gloucester.It will no longer call at: Cheltenham Spa.This is due to over-running engineering works.


09:00 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington due 10:41
This train will run short formed with 5 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.


09:46 Cheltenham Spa to Swindon due 10:52
This train will run short formed with 1 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.


09:49 Great Malvern to Worcester Shrub Hill due 10:03
This train will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.It will no longer call at: Great Malvern, Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street.This is due to a delay on a previous journey.


09:50 Exmouth to Exeter St Davids due 10:18
This train has been cancelled.This is due to an earlier train fault.


09:52 London Paddington to Hereford due 12:53
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Slough and Reading.


10:20 Exmouth to Paignton due 11:40
This train will run short formed with 1 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.


10:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 13:41
This train will be started from Southampton Central.It will no longer call at: Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth & Southsea, Fratton, Cosham and Fareham.This is due to a delay on a previous journey.


10:34 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 11:50
This train will be started from Redhill.It will no longer call at: Reading, Wokingham, Blackwater, North Camp, Guildford, Dorking Deepdene and Reigate.This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable.


12:19 Paignton to Exmouth due 13:47
This train will run short formed with 1 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault.

There was actually a points failure at Exeter Central earlier which caused most delays.

and a severe shortage of units on exeter depot this morning. i.e. 150's and 158's disappearing, and 142's not fit for service yet(alledgedly)