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Title: Watch the clock! Post by: Jim on January 06, 2008, 20:59:04 Todays 17.05 Westbury-Cardiff left 3mins early (Guard self dispatched) and then left Bradford 4(ish) early, either that or it left on time and got to Bathampton in 3 minutes!
Title: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: devon_metro on January 06, 2008, 21:13:39 6 early at Bathampton!
Title: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: Graz on January 06, 2008, 21:41:34 Are there any penalties for trains leaving early?
To me, it's wrong in every sense and worse than being late. People could turn up a few minutes early and find the train has already gone. It's especially inexcusable at stations with information screens like Westbury and Bradford-on-Avon because the time is clearly displayed. Westbury has station clocks- surely the conductor saw them? I'm also not sure whether there was a fault the other day on the LDBs, but one train I saw appeared to leave Bath Spa 3 minutes too early! Title: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: Btline on January 06, 2008, 21:51:25 Maybe FGW are trying to make up for the minutes they have been late!!!!
Title: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: Jim on January 07, 2008, 15:14:05 SWT had some problems on new years day! Everything except the screens at Soton was saying XX.51 for Weymouth - Screens said 52!
Title: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: smokey on January 07, 2008, 21:19:05 Trains running early is bad news, one thing that Train Crew should be reported for, to FGW.
Sorry Guys And Girls who work the Trains but it's a real NO NO. Title: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: vacman on January 07, 2008, 21:38:58 Not much danger of that with FGW!!!!
Title: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: smokey on January 07, 2008, 21:57:40 Who runs the 17.05 Westbury-Cardiff then?
Title: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: Shazz on January 07, 2008, 22:06:46 No one :P
As according to thetrainline.com there is no such service at 17:05 on a sunday There however is a 16:59 one, maybe it was that but delayed? Title: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: Jim on January 08, 2008, 15:36:37 Who runs the 17.05 Westbury-Cardiff then? FGWTitle: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: Jim on January 08, 2008, 15:38:08 No one :P As according to thetrainline.com there is no such service at 17:05 on a sunday There however is a 16:59 one, maybe it was that but delayed? It was advertised as 17.05 on the screens, (and on TRUST apparently) so it was booked to depart at 17.05 I think I should know as I was there! Title: Re: Watch the clock! Post by: swlines on January 08, 2008, 15:41:30 TRUST (and therefore TSDB) can't really cope with a Saturday service running on a weekday, which is why the screens were showing different times to reality...
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