Title: What does an 'operational incident' actually mean? Post by: GWR 158 on December 24, 2021, 21:35:03 Merry Christmas everybody.
Just saw on RTT that the London Paddington-Carmarthen service is terminating at Swansea due to an operation incident. What does an operational incident actually mean? What could have gone wrong? Title: Re: What does an 'operational incident' actually mean? Post by: grahame on December 24, 2021, 22:16:43 Merry Christmas everybody. Just saw on RTT that the London Paddington-Carmarthen service is terminating at Swansea due to an operation incident. What does an operational incident actually mean? What could have gone wrong? Also reports Quote This service was cancelled between Swansea and Carmarthen due to a problem at the depot (MU). from https://wiki.openraildata.com/index.php/Delay_Attribution_GuideQuote MU Depot operating problem Something to do with having to take the whole 10 cars into Maliphant at one go? Perhaps lack of shunt staff later on when the five on to Carmarthen got back? Title: Re: What does an 'operational incident' actually mean? Post by: broadgage on December 26, 2021, 17:41:42 I suspect that "operational incident" is often code for various various types of "own goal" that the railway do not wish to give details about because so doing would make them look [even more] silly.
Examples could include, Sending a driver without the required route knowledge to complete the journey, perhaps forgetting to arrange relief en-route. Sending an electric train for a route not electrified throughout. Failing to unlock the station in time for the first train, or locking it before the last train. Forgetting to refuel a train. Forgetting to book road transport. Title: Re: What does an 'operational incident' actually mean? Post by: jamestheredengine on December 27, 2021, 20:43:03 Merry Christmas everybody. My guess would be that they've put a 9-car unit on it and still not moved the starter signal at Carmarthen about 70ft nearer the points.Just saw on RTT that the London Paddington-Carmarthen service is terminating at Swansea due to an operation incident. What does an operational incident actually mean? What could have gone wrong? 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 |