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Title: 0840 Plymouth - Paddington 15/11/2009 Post by: Henry on November 15, 2009, 18:08:18 RANT ALERT ! Waiting at Totnes for this service to Exeter this morning. The dreaded delay and wait for further information comes up on the information screens, to be later advised that their is 'debris' on the line. I can appreciate that due to the weather yesterday, and this is the first train up that these things will happen. We are then alerted that trains are on the move running 40 minutes late. So a certain amount of relief as we realise we are on the move, notify colleagues at Exeter I'm running late. THE TRAIN IS THEN CANCELLED. Waiting at Totnes for the next train to Exeter, as the Plymouth-Paddington goes thundering through on the up fast, not stopping at Totnes because it might not make it up Dainton bank. Apparently it never made it up Hemerdon either and had to return to Plymouth to have another 'run' up the bank. So you have to ask, Was their debris on the line ? Wouldn't happen on a modern railway. Title: Re: 0840 Plymouth - Paddington 15/11/2009 Post by: devon_metro on November 15, 2009, 18:40:01 Leaves on the line causing atrocious conditions.
Yesterdays 1737 Penz - Padd arrived into London at 3am this morning as it slipped on both Hemerdon AND Dainton. 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 |