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Title: Incident between Swindon and Didcot Parkway - Line closed 26/9/2024 Post by: ray951 on September 26, 2024, 15:34:48 From National Rail:
"The emergency services are dealing with an incident between Swindon and Didcot Parkway. So they can safely carry out their work, all lines are closed. As a result, trains may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or revised. Major disruption is expected until 18:00. Customer advice: A very limited rail replacement services is in operation between Bristol Temple Meads / Swindon and Didcot Parkway. You can use your ticket on Stagecoach Bus route 55 between Swindon and Chippenham, and route S6 between Swindon and Oxford at no extra cost. You may use your ticket on the following services: CrossCountry via any reasonable route Elizabeth line via any reasonable route Chiltern Railways between Oxford and London Marylebone" Worryingly this is about the 3rd such incident being dealt with by Emergency Services between Swindon and Didcot in the last week or so. Title: Re: Incident between Swindon and Didcot Parkway - Line closed 26/9/2024 Post by: grahame on September 26, 2024, 15:49:30 Worryingly this is about the 3rd such incident being dealt with by Emergency Services between Swindon and Didcot in the last week or so. I note subtly different wording on Journeycheck ... Quote We're working with Network Rail and the emergency services to deal with and incident between Swindon and Didcot Parkway as sensitively, quickly and safely as possible. ... and watching elsewhere on social media groups it seems to have a routines about it. Which SHOULD NOT be ... but I feel lost for suggestions. Title: Re: Incident between Swindon and Didcot Parkway - Line closed 26/9/2024 Post by: ChrisB on September 26, 2024, 16:28:49 Yep, I think it was the third one in about a fortnight....sad times
Title: Re: Incident between Swindon and Didcot Parkway - Line closed 26/9/2024 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 26, 2024, 16:44:58 Thanks for posting sensitively, members. I'm not going to 'like' any posts here, because I don't 'like' news of this latest sad incident.
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