Title: Early departure Post by: James158 on June 19, 2010, 02:06:45 From the FGW Website
0220 arrival at Cardiff Central from London Paddington First Great Western This train is expected to arrive on platform 3 Expected to arrive Cardiff Central on time. Last updated: 19/06/2010 02:01:00 Previous Calling Points: Timetabled Departure Expected Departure Actual Departure London Paddington 2330 On time :) Reading 0005 0009 (4 mins late) >:( Didcot Parkway 0025 On time :) Swindon 0042 On time :) Chippenham 0057 0055 (2 mins early) >:( Bath Spa 0113 On time :) Bristol Temple Meads 0134 On time :) The train left Chippenham 2 mins early unless the monitoring point reported this train at the incorrect time (doubt it). Not the first time this has happened. Title: Re: Early departure Post by: inspector_blakey on June 19, 2010, 07:12:02 James158, haven't we already been over this topic in some detail here (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=6932.0), including the potential errors and limitations inherent in the live departures system? As has already been requested of you, please don't post what are effectively duplicate threads on the same topic.
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