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Title: Manchester to Carmarthen service October 27th Post by: froome on October 31, 2016, 09:41:58 I was in Cardiff last Thursday (October 27th) and went to catch the train back to Bristol at 3.30pm. The screen in the station foyer was showing the 12.39 train to Carmarthen (which starts in Manchester) was Delayed. Nearly 3 hours late seemed pretty exceptional to me, so I went over to the information stand, which is directly opposite the screen, and asked what had happened to this train. The man there didn't seem to have noticed it (despite the screen facing directly towards the stand) and said he didn't know, and then said "Perhaps they have forgotten to take it off the screen." Is that likely? Seems pretty odd that a train would just be left on the screen for 3 hours without anyone noticing. Does anyone know what had happened to this train?
Title: Re: Manchester to Carmarthen service October 27th Post by: Oxonhutch on October 31, 2016, 09:56:15 It departed 16 minutes late (http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P11668/2016/10/27).
c/o RealtimeTrains.co.uk Title: Re: Manchester to Carmarthen service October 27th Post by: froome on November 06, 2016, 17:05:30 If anyone can reply to my original question I would be grateful - whether it is likely that a delayed train would be forgotten about on the screen and left on there after it had actually departed.
Title: Re: Manchester to Carmarthen service October 27th Post by: JayMac on November 06, 2016, 17:17:10 Most likely explanation is a bug. I've seen a few long departed trains on CIS over the years.
Title: Re: Manchester to Carmarthen service October 27th Post by: John R on November 06, 2016, 19:56:22 If anyone can reply to my original question I would be grateful - whether it is likely that a delayed train would be forgotten about on the screen and left on there after it had actually departed. I thought the original question(s) were "Is that likely...Does anyone know what happened to this train?", which I think Oxonhutch answered pretty well with the information that it left 16 mins late, so had indeed been forgotten about. 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 |