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Title: Tues 17th to Thurs 19th September engineering works Post by: PhilWakely on September 12, 2024, 16:30:28 As a result of engineering work between Westbury and Newbury, West of England services will be diverted via the Trans Wilts. Therefore, the Trans Wilts service will be suspended and replaced by buses.
Title: Re: Tues 17th to Thurs 19th September engineering works Post by: grahame on September 12, 2024, 17:12:56 As a result of engineering work between Westbury and Newbury, West of England services will be diverted via the Trans Wilts. Therefore, the Trans Wilts service will be suspended and replaced by buses. Hmmmm * You say "suspended" * Posters at the station say "most services" will be replaced by buses in the fine print * GWR have asked to inform people that "there will be a reduced train service" In the local paper, the following article appeared in the previous edition, and at the Food and River festival it had clearly been very widely read ;) (https://www.wellho.info/pix/mkmiet865.jpg) Title: Re: Tues 17th to Thurs 19th September engineering works Post by: grahame on September 12, 2024, 17:19:45 Therefore, the Trans Wilts service will be suspended and replaced by buses. Of the nine "Transwilts" trains scheduled in each direction, 8 will not run. There will be five none-stop trains (each way?) between Westbury and Swindon, running non-stop through the hamlets of Trowbridge, Melksham, Chippenham and Royal Wootton Bassett. As far as I can see, there Will also be a single bus running up and down between Westbury and Chippenham, from where passengers will be able to transfer to trains to and from Swindon. As it is just one bus (certainly in the evening), it will be timed substantially different to the timings of the regular train - which rather nullifies the argument that "we can't stop the trains that are passing through because they are at different times ...' - well - so is the bus! Title: Re: Tues 17th to Thurs 19th September engineering works Post by: PhilWakely on September 12, 2024, 17:38:47 Apologies, grahame, you are correct. The version I read has been updated.
Title: Re: Tues 17th to Thurs 19th September engineering works Post by: bobm on September 12, 2024, 20:56:13 Looking ahead there will be similar arrangements between
11th - 14th November 10th - 12th December and after the month long closure 24th December - 23rd January Bus replacement - 1st & 2nd Feb. There is also work planned on the main line through Chippenham on the first and last weekends of March which will also cause disruption. Title: Re: Tues 17th to Thurs 19th September engineering works Post by: Timmer on September 13, 2024, 10:29:17 Looking ahead there will be similar arrangements between So not just Westbury that loses trains for a month between 24th December - 23rd January?11th - 14th November 10th - 12th December and after the month long closure 24th December - 23rd January Bus replacement - 1st & 2nd Feb. There is also work planned on the main line through Chippenham on the first and last weekends of March which will also cause disruption. Can’t say I’m surprised. Turning two trains an hour at Trowbridge was probably going to be the maximum GWR could do meaning Tranwilts ends up being suspended bar one peak service each way. Title: Re: Tues 17th to Thurs 19th September engineering works Post by: John D on November 08, 2024, 15:14:02 Looking ahead there will be similar arrangements between 11th - 14th November 10th - 12th December and after the month long closure 24th December - 23rd January Bus replacement - 1st & 2nd Feb. There is also work planned on the main line through Chippenham on the first and last weekends of March which will also cause disruption. GWR have issued an update on disrupted Newbury area services next week, and towards the end have included buses between Chippenham and Westbury https://news.gwr.com/news/rail-journeys-affected-by-major-engineering-work-in-the-newbury-area 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 |