|
Title: Short-Formed Trains (21/05/2008) Post by: Lee on May 21, 2008, 11:56:34 From the FGW website :
08:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 11:54 This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault. 09:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 12:54 This train has been revised.This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault. Regret no catering service between Newport and Bristol Temple Meads. 12:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 15:43 This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault. 13:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 16:43 This train will run short formed with 2 carriages.This is due to an earlier train fault. Title: Re: Short-Formed Trains (21/05/2008) Post by: Btline on May 21, 2008, 18:43:37 Quote Regret no catering service between Newport and Bristol Temple Meads. ???How will a trolley be magiced away at Newport, and magiced back at Bristol? Title: Re: Short-Formed Trains (21/05/2008) Post by: devon_metro on May 21, 2008, 18:44:26 Staff probably needs a break or something.
Title: Re: Short-Formed Trains (21/05/2008) Post by: Graz on May 21, 2008, 18:48:29 There were also signalling problems earlier at Lawrence Hill, affecting all trains through that way for a while.
Title: Re: Short-Formed Trains (21/05/2008) Post by: Jim on May 21, 2008, 19:35:56 Quote Regret no catering service between Newport and Bristol Temple Meads. ???How will a trolley be magiced away at Newport, and magiced back at Bristol? Trolley not booked on till Newport.... Title: Re: Short-Formed Trains (21/05/2008) Post by: tramway on May 22, 2008, 08:34:05 Trolleys get turfed off at Bristol if it's a bit busy, and with 2 car thats very likely.
18.22 off Bristol was also 2 car and v busy, with 3 cars sat just off platform 1 in the siding. ??? Assume the 3 car was poorly. Title: Re: Short-Formed Trains (21/05/2008) Post by: Jim on May 22, 2008, 18:37:57 Trolleys get turfed off at Bristol if it's a bit busy, and with 2 car thats very likely. 18.22 off Bristol was also 2 car and v busy, with 3 cars sat just off platform 1 in the siding. ??? Assume the 3 car was poorly. Belive 3 car was taken off of the 14.54 Cardiff, as that was formed 2 coaches down to Bristol from Cardiff, and the attatchment is booked 2. 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 |