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Title: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 13, 2015, 20:08:10 From the Western Gazette (http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/West-England-main-line-disruption-expected-rest/story-25847558-detail/story.html):
Quote West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - with only a 2-hourly service in operation (http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276414/Article/images/25847558/9314346-large.jpg) Passengers travelling between London Waterloo and Exeter St David's on the West of England main line are being warned that disruption is expected to last until the end of the day. There is currently a 2-hourly service in operation. A spokesman for South West Trains said: "Various signalling problems across the network between Salisbury and Exeter St. Davids are disrupting the service we provide to the West of England. At present we are only able to run a 2-hourly service between these stations in both directions. "Our engineering team are working to rectify the faults at affected locations. As our teams identify and rectify the faults, a separate team is investigating the communication software which controls the signalling equipment. "Passengers are advised to allow extra time for their journey and check before you travel. "First Great Western services are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice. "Local bus services are conveying passengers between Exeter St Davids and Honiton in both directions until further notice. Passengers may use Stagecoach bus routes 4 and 52b between Honiton and Exeter St Davids. Title: Re: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: PhilWakely on January 13, 2015, 20:39:23 Even the two-hourly service has been shelved as SWT are reporting
"No Service between Salisbury and Exeter St Davids until close of service - Please do not travel tonight unless absolutely necessary. Various signalling problems across the network between Salisbury and Exeter St. Davids are disrupted. Due to the complexity of the faults we need to suspend the train service for the rest of today." On a lighter note, it is good to see that the Western Gazette has two things right connecting the picture to the article ...... the SWT 159 and the 'West of England main line'; just a pity it is the wrong West of England main line in the picture, which is taken at Cockwood between Starcross and Dawlish Warren" Title: Re: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: bobm on January 13, 2015, 21:08:37 70 taxis and 35 minibuses being used for replacement transport apparently.
Title: Re: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 13, 2015, 22:27:01 On a lighter note, it is good to see that the Western Gazette has two things right connecting the picture to the article ...... the SWT 159 and the 'West of England main line'; just a pity it is the wrong West of England main line in the picture, which is taken at Cockwood between Starcross and Dawlish Warren You may very well think that was why I included that image in my quote: I couldn't possibly comment. ;) Title: Re: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: JayMac on January 14, 2015, 06:07:45 (updated for the 21st century)
Francis Joseph Underwood is alive and well. ;D Title: Re: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: TaplowGreen on January 14, 2015, 13:19:21 70 taxis and 35 minibuses being used for replacement transport apparently. .............so it can be done! Title: Re: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: ChrisB on January 14, 2015, 13:34:17 ......if you have that sort of contract in place, I think
Title: Re: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: PhilWakely on January 14, 2015, 14:30:11 I am guessing that this must have been a faily extensive and serious signalling breakdown given that all trains were suspended and what appears to have been a test train run from Salisbury and Pinhoe and back in the early hours....
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O63665/2015/01/14/advanced http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O63668/2015/01/14/advanced What I find more worrying is that the signalling west of Salisbury is barely a couple of years old having been extensively renewed recently - unless of course it was a 'man-made failure' Title: Re: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: TaplowGreen on January 14, 2015, 17:35:49 ......if you have that sort of contract in place, I think Then it's incumbent upon the likes of FGW to get one in place, particularly when they are part of a group that operates...........buses, and particularly when reliability & service resilience is a joke. And before the "well the fares will have to go up then" mantra starts, if the need arises from signal failures then the TOC concerned can offset the cost via the compensation they get from NR, of which only a small proportion is passed on to the customers. Title: Re: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: Super Guard on January 14, 2015, 19:00:55 70 taxis and 35 minibuses being used for replacement transport apparently. .............so it can be done! So (from your follow-up post), I get the impression you are comparing Salisbury to Exeter passenger levels and logistics to a Paddington/Reading peak? ;D FGW managed to have sufficient rail replacement when Dawlish was closed, so yes of course it can be done when passenger levels are appropriate. I don't ever remember reading that SWT offer a fleet of mini-buses and taxis when there is mass chaos out of Waterloo. Title: Re: West of England main line disruption expected to last for rest of day - 13/1/15 Post by: Ollie on January 14, 2015, 20:09:57 ......if you have that sort of contract in place, I think Then it's incumbent upon the likes of FGW to get one in place, particularly when they are part of a group that operates...........buses, and particularly when reliability & service resilience is a joke. They do, but you need to remember that there isn't a fleet of taxis or buses on standby 24/7. It would be lovely to be able to just click your fingers and have a load of buses or taxis turn up during unplanned disruption. 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 |