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Title: Local train cancelled - secondary main line fills in. Post by: grahame on September 02, 2013, 17:06:22 Quote 17:11 Westbury to Warminster due 17:22 This train will be cancelled. This is due to a train fault. Message Received :02/09/2013 16:41 Scheduled Expected Destination 17:11 Not Stopping Westbury 17:13 Not Stopping Dilton Marsh 17:22 Not Stopping Warminster Oh dear :-[ but Quote 15:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 19:00 This train will call additionally at Dilton Marsh. This is due to an earlier train fault. [snip] 16:53 16:53 Trowbridge 17:01 17:01 Westbury 17:02 Dilton Marsh 17:09 17:09 Warminster 17:32 17:32 Salisbury [snip Seems sensible ... and indeed I still can't help wondering if the Westbury - Salisbury - beyond sections still look a bit kludged in order to meet the various SLC specs and later changes south of Salisbury. But that's something which really can't be sorted out without a significant and wide reaching timetable review which could have come with a new franchise, but can't come with the three year management contract. Title: Re: Local train cancelled - secondary main line fills in. Post by: bobm on September 02, 2013, 17:20:30 I agree, except in this case the additional call is being made by an earlier train. Not much use if you got to Westbury at 5 past 5 hoping to catch the 17:11.
Title: Re: Local train cancelled - secondary main line fills in. Post by: grahame on September 03, 2013, 11:18:53 I agree, except in this case the additional call is being made by an earlier train. Not much use if you got to Westbury at 5 past 5 hoping to catch the 17:11. In the immediacy of the one day, I agree. Although I've seen the train and the likely passenger(s) would be from connections already in - in particular from the train into which the extra stop has put. I also noted (http://www.wellho.net/pix/dmhcost.jpg) Which basically shows a one minute loss over the Westbury - Salisbury section. Not bad with an extra stop and may seem good value compared to running a second train. On a scheduled / regular basis this would also give a practical Dilton Marsh to Salisbury journey for an evening out. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |