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Title: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 08, 2010, 20:40:01 From FGW live updates:
Quote Line incidents Line problem between Castle Cary and Taunton. Train services are being disrupted due to a broken down train between Castle Cary and Taunton. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Delays of up to 120 minutes can be expected. Only west-bound train services are affected by this problem. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:08 Line problem between London Paddington and Greenford. Train services are being disrupted due to signalling problems between London Paddington and Greenford. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice cancellations can be expected. London Underground are accepting First Great Western tickets between London Paddington and Greenford in both directions. Note that the Heathrow Connect services have been suspended. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:31 Line problem between London Paddington and Slough. Train services are being disrupted due to signalling problems between London Paddington and Slough. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 45 minutes can be expected. Please note that Heathrow Connect services have had to be suspended as a result of the signalling problem. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:33 Line problem between Maidenhead and Slough. Train services have been disrupted due to a broken down train between Maidenhead and Slough. Engineers have worked as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Delays of up to 15 minutes may still occur. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:23 Line problem between Par and Newquay. Train services are being disrupted due to engineering work between Par and Newquay. Short notice cancellations and delays of up to 30 minutes can be expected. All train services are being replaced by road transport. This will also apply on Saturday 9th October 2010. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:54 Service incidents 17:22 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:34 This train has been delayed and is now 15 minutes late from Oxford. This is due to signalling problems. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:37 17:50 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill due 20:23 This train has been delayed and is now 29 minutes late from Oxford. This is due to signalling problems. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:37 18:22 London Paddington to Hereford due 21:31 This train has been delayed and is now 38 minutes late from Reading. This is due to signalling problems. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:37 19:01 Oxford to London Paddington due 20:59 This train has been cancelled. This is due to signalling problems. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:59 19:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 23:00 This train will be started from Fratton. It will no longer call at: Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth & Southsea. This is due to an earlier train fault. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:40 19:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 23:04 This train will be started from Newport South Wales. It will no longer call at: Cardiff Central. This is due to an earlier train fault. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:01 19:48 Reading to London Paddington due 20:46 This train has been revised. It will call additionally at: Langley and Iver. This is due to signalling problems. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:22 19:57 London Paddington to Oxford due 21:42 This train will be started from Slough. It will no longer call at: London Paddington, Ealing Broadway, Hayes & Harlington, West Drayton, Iver and Langley. This is due to signalling problems. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:31 20:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 21:44 This train will be started from Reading. It will no longer call at: London Paddington. This is due to signalling problems. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:58 20:15 London Paddington to Greenford due 20:39 This train has been cancelled. This is due to signalling problems. London Underground are accepting First Great Western ticket holders between Greenford, Ealing Broadway and London Paddington. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:18 20:16 Greenford to London Paddington due 20:42 This train has been cancelled. This is due to signalling problems. London Underground are accepting First Great Western ticket holders between Greenford, Ealing Broadway and London Paddington. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 19:50 20:28 Par to Newquay due 21:20 This train has been cancelled. This is due to engineering work. Replacement road transport has been provided. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:03 20:46 Greenford to London Paddington due 21:12 This train has been cancelled. This is due to signalling problems. London Underground are accepting First Great Western ticket holders between Greenford, Ealing Broadway and London Paddington. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:20 21:26 Newquay to Par due 22:16 This train has been cancelled. This is due to engineering work. Replacement road transport has been provided. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 20:03 21:57 London Paddington to Oxford due 23:44 This train has been cancelled. This is due to signalling problems. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 18:59 Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: James Vertigan on October 08, 2010, 20:59:55 Had to get a rare taxi home from Paddington tonight as there seemed to be signal problems disrupting everything out of Paddington including the Greenford line. Didn't want to chance boarding a crowded Ealing Broadway train and then faff around with getting a bus. Paddington was packed with stranded commuters, including one with a surfboard!
Looking at the reports on the FGW website, it looks to have been a bit of a bad evening for FGW with signal problems in other areas as well, also saw a report of animals on the line in the Tiverton Parkway area earlier! Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: vacman on October 08, 2010, 21:04:47 There was planned engineering work on the newquay line this week untill 1600 today so it must have overran!
Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: Sprog on October 08, 2010, 21:52:41 One of ours apparently hit a cow earlier in the Castle Cary area.
Has messed up our incoming sets tonight completely Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: SDS on October 08, 2010, 22:06:57 Absolute hell tonight on the platforms.
dunno why we just didnt turn the HSTs into PAD-RDG shuttles, and have the long distance ones turn around at RDG. Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: old original on October 08, 2010, 22:13:19 There was planned engineering work on the newquay line this week untill 1600 today so it must have overran! Lack of communication...The work was always meant to carry on through the weekend but no-one told the planners. The same almost happened for the Falmouth branch in November but they've noticed that one!!! Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 08, 2010, 22:17:11 An update, on the remaining Line problem:
Quote Line problem between Castle Cary and Taunton. Train services are being disrupted due to a broken down train between Castle Cary and Taunton. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice cancellations and delays of up to 180 minutes can be expected. Only west-bound train services are affected by this problem. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 21:55 Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: woody on October 08, 2010, 22:19:48 One of ours apparently hit a cow earlier in the Castle Cary area. Actually it was the 1400 Penzance/Paddington that hit a cow at Cowley Bridge(no joke) today shortly after depature from Exeter.Has messed up our incoming sets tonight completely Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: James Vertigan on October 08, 2010, 23:05:30 Quote from: chris from nailsea link=topic=7751. delays of up to 180 minutes can be expected. [/quote]Ouch! Gonna be some hefty compensation payouts there! Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 08, 2010, 23:08:54 Quote 19:45 London Paddington to Plymouth due 23:27 This train has been revised. It will no longer call at: Castle Cary. This is due to a broken down train. Replacement road transport will be in operation from Westbury, for customers travelling to Castle Cary. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 22:33 Quote 23:00 Westbury to Castle Cary due 23:22 An additional train service has been planned to operate as shown 23:00 Westbury to Castle Cary due 23:22 run on 08/10/10. Last Updated: 08/10/2010 22:59 ;) Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: SDS on October 08, 2010, 23:21:52 Ouch! Gonna be some hefty compensation payouts there! Doubt it, I'm sure they'll blame it on vandalism or something. Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 08, 2010, 23:32:22 Eh?? A broken down train, blamed on 'vandalism or something' ??
Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: Ollie on October 09, 2010, 11:12:54 17:03 Paddington - Penzance had a bit of a problem, and got into Penzance just 359 minutes late. So it arrived at 04:29 instead of 22:30!
Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: willc on October 09, 2010, 11:26:35 Explanation offered by the senior conductor on the 17.50 to Worcester once we left Oxford 30 minutes late was a points failure and a separate signalling fault. I think Southall was mentioned for one or other of these.
Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: adc82140 on October 09, 2010, 11:31:52 Wasn't on my usual commute last night- was instead travelling out to Farnborough North via Reading. Got the (Swansea) 17:15 from Paddington, and came to a very sudden halt just outside Southall. The TM told us there was a points failure, we sat there for about 15 minutes, then went hell-for-leather out to Reading, arriving about 12 minutes late. Still managed to get the 18:04 out to Farnborough. However the boards at Reading were showing everything else as being "delayed", and announcements were saying that the next westbound train (Hereford) was still at a stand at Southall. A lucky escape I think.
Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: BBM on October 09, 2010, 12:38:16 Wasn't on my usual commute last night- was instead travelling out to Farnborough North via Reading. Got the (Swansea) 17:15 from Paddington, and came to a very sudden halt just outside Southall. The TM told us there was a points failure, we sat there for about 15 minutes, then went hell-for-leather out to Reading, arriving about 12 minutes late. Still managed to get the 18:04 out to Farnborough. However the boards at Reading were showing everything else as being "delayed", and announcements were saying that the next westbound train (Hereford) was still at a stand at Southall. A lucky escape I think. A lucky escape for me too on the 17:06 (Westbury), likewise it came to a very sudden halt just to the west of Southall (sudden enough to cause a wheelflat on the coach I was in :() but the train had barely stopped when it restarted. Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: BBM on October 09, 2010, 12:51:29 17:03 Paddington - Penzance had a bit of a problem, and got into Penzance just 359 minutes late. So it arrived at 04:29 instead of 22:30! The WNXX forum has the journey log of the service, it left Castle Cary at 18:32 and didn't pass Cogload Jct until 00:49! :o Quote from: wnxxforum.com 731C89MU08 17:03 PADDINGTN to PENZANCE 08/10/10 H.S.T. "125" (planned) Booked Actual Applicable Timetable Service arr dep arr dep BEDWYN 17:59H 17:59A RT TIME WOODBORO 18:08 18:07A 1 EARLY LAVINGTON 18:13H 18:12A 1 EARLY HEYWDRDJN 18:18H 18:17A 1 EARLY FAIRWD JN 18:20 18:18A 2 EARLY CLINKRDJN 18:22 18:20A 2 EARLY BLTCHBGJN 18:23H 18:21A 2 EARLY E SOM JN 18:26 18:24A 2 EARLY CASTLCARY 18:32 18:32A RT TIME SOMERTNXO 18:39 N/R E ATHELNYXG 18:44H N/R E COGLOAD J 18:47 00:49R 362 LATE TAUNTON 18:51 18:53 00:54A 00:58A 365 LATE NORTNFZWJ 18:55H 01:01A 366 LATE M LINE WHITEBALL 19:01H 01:06A 365 LATE TIVERTNPW 19:04H 19:06 01:10A 01:13A 367 LATE M LINE TIVERTNLP 19:08H 01:15A 367 LATE M LINE COWLEYBDG 19:19 01:24A 365 LATE EXETSTDAV 19:21H 19:23H 01:27A 01:29A 366 LATE DAWLISHWN 19:33 01:38A 365 LATE DAWLISH 19:34H 01:39A 365 LATE TEIGNMTH 19:37H 01:42A 365 LATE NEWTONABT 19:42H 19:44H 01:48A 01:49A 365 LATE NEWTONAWJ 19:45H N/R DAINTON T 19:49H 01:55A 366 LATE TOTNES 19:56H 19:58 02:00A 02:02A 364 LATE AISHXOVER 20:07 N/R IVYBRIDGE 20:11 02:15R 364 LATE HEMERDON 20:16 02:19M 363 LATE LIPSON JN 20:21H 02:23A 362 LATE PLYMOUTH 20:25 20:29 02:27A 02:30A 361 LATE STBUDFREJ 20:33H N/R SALTASH 20:37H 20:39 02:39A 02:40A 361 LATE STGERMANS 20:44H 20:46 02:47A 02:47A 361 LATE LISKEARD 20:56 20:58 03:01M 03:03M 365 LATE ST PINNCK 21:03 N/R LARGIN 21:04 N/R BODMINPKW 21:08H 21:10H N/R N/R LOSWITHEL 21:14H 03:19M 365 LATE PAR 21:19H 21:21 03:24M 03:26R 365 LATE STAUSTELL 21:27 21:29 N/R N/R BURNGLWJN 21:32 N/R PROBUS 21:39 N/R TRURO 21:45H 21:47H 03:48M 03:50M 363 LATE PENWTHRSJ 21:49 N/R BALDHU 21:52 N/R REDRUTH 21:58 22:00 N/R N/R CAMBORNE 22:05 04:06M 361 LATE HAYLE 22:10 22:11H N/R N/R ST ERTH 22:16 22:19 04:19M 04:22M 363 LATE LONG ROCK 22:27 N/R PENZANCE 22:30 04:29M 359 LATE Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: IndustryInsider on October 09, 2010, 12:52:58 But on the bright side it made up 8 minutes between Tiverton and Penzance. ;)
Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: James Vertigan on October 09, 2010, 19:32:42 Wonder if there was a scheduled crew change for that service - could have been interesting considering they usually happen around Taunton or Exeter!
Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: LiskeardRich on October 09, 2010, 21:33:14 17:03 Paddington - Penzance had a bit of a problem, and got into Penzance just 359 minutes late. So it arrived at 04:29 instead of 22:30! The WNXX forum has the journey log of the service, it left Castle Cary at 18:32 and didn't pass Cogload Jct until 00:49! :o Quote from: wnxxforum.com 731C89MU08 17:03 PADDINGTN to PENZANCE 08/10/10 H.S.T. "125" (planned) Booked Actual Applicable Timetable Service arr dep arr dep BEDWYN 17:59H 17:59A RT TIME WOODBORO 18:08 18:07A 1 EARLY LAVINGTON 18:13H 18:12A 1 EARLY HEYWDRDJN 18:18H 18:17A 1 EARLY FAIRWD JN 18:20 18:18A 2 EARLY CLINKRDJN 18:22 18:20A 2 EARLY BLTCHBGJN 18:23H 18:21A 2 EARLY E SOM JN 18:26 18:24A 2 EARLY CASTLCARY 18:32 18:32A RT TIME SOMERTNXO 18:39 N/R E ATHELNYXG 18:44H N/R E COGLOAD J 18:47 00:49R 362 LATE TAUNTON 18:51 18:53 00:54A 00:58A 365 LATE NORTNFZWJ 18:55H 01:01A 366 LATE M LINE WHITEBALL 19:01H 01:06A 365 LATE TIVERTNPW 19:04H 19:06 01:10A 01:13A 367 LATE M LINE TIVERTNLP 19:08H 01:15A 367 LATE M LINE COWLEYBDG 19:19 01:24A 365 LATE EXETSTDAV 19:21H 19:23H 01:27A 01:29A 366 LATE DAWLISHWN 19:33 01:38A 365 LATE DAWLISH 19:34H 01:39A 365 LATE TEIGNMTH 19:37H 01:42A 365 LATE NEWTONABT 19:42H 19:44H 01:48A 01:49A 365 LATE NEWTONAWJ 19:45H N/R DAINTON T 19:49H 01:55A 366 LATE TOTNES 19:56H 19:58 02:00A 02:02A 364 LATE AISHXOVER 20:07 N/R IVYBRIDGE 20:11 02:15R 364 LATE HEMERDON 20:16 02:19M 363 LATE LIPSON JN 20:21H 02:23A 362 LATE PLYMOUTH 20:25 20:29 02:27A 02:30A 361 LATE STBUDFREJ 20:33H N/R SALTASH 20:37H 20:39 02:39A 02:40A 361 LATE STGERMANS 20:44H 20:46 02:47A 02:47A 361 LATE LISKEARD 20:56 20:58 03:01M 03:03M 365 LATE ST PINNCK 21:03 N/R LARGIN 21:04 N/R BODMINPKW 21:08H 21:10H N/R N/R LOSWITHEL 21:14H 03:19M 365 LATE PAR 21:19H 21:21 03:24M 03:26R 365 LATE STAUSTELL 21:27 21:29 N/R N/R BURNGLWJN 21:32 N/R PROBUS 21:39 N/R TRURO 21:45H 21:47H 03:48M 03:50M 363 LATE PENWTHRSJ 21:49 N/R BALDHU 21:52 N/R REDRUTH 21:58 22:00 N/R N/R CAMBORNE 22:05 04:06M 361 LATE HAYLE 22:10 22:11H N/R N/R ST ERTH 22:16 22:19 04:19M 04:22M 363 LATE LONG ROCK 22:27 N/R PENZANCE 22:30 04:29M 359 LATE 4 hours to cover 15 minutes journey, was this the broken down train? Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: SDS on October 09, 2010, 21:41:30 The 1903 was also late!!
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Explain to the layman The 1703 got in at 04:29 The 1903 got in at 03:34 ??????????????????????? Unless I mis read the two posts Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: grahame on October 10, 2010, 06:16:41 okaaay Explain to the layman The 1703 got in at 04:29 The 1903 got in at 03:34 ??????????????????????? Unless I mis read the two posts As I read it (but I'm a layman, so I may have it wrong) 17:03 has a problem between Castle Cary and Taunton - took six hours between the two. That was the only significant delay 19:03 left Paddington quarter of an hour late, but was the best part of an hour down by Slough. It remained about that late to Westbury, from where it was diverted via Bath and Bristol, regaining its route at Taunton but by then it was at hour and 40 minutes late (although, by now, ahead of the 17:03). A further 80 minutes of delay was added between Plymouth and Devonport - making it about 3 hours late the rest of the way to Penzance, and just an hour ahead of the 17:03 There does appear to be some sort of reporting error from Saltash on the 19:03 ... Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: The SprinterMeister on October 10, 2010, 10:19:34 Wonder if there was a scheduled crew change for that service - could have been interesting considering they usually happen around Taunton or Exeter! The Exeter 18:00 spare train manager dutifully volunteered his services to allow 1C89 to proceed to Penzance around 6 hour late. There were 150 people for Cornwall on board at that point. Issues with the air compressors on both ends of 1C89 apparently. It came to a halt in the Castle Cary area after the low main air protection dumped the air train pipe causing an emergency brake application. Title: Re: Disruption fairly widespread, this evening - 8 October 2010 Post by: Louis94 on October 10, 2010, 23:40:51 A further 80 minutes of delay was added between Plymouth and Devonport - making it about 3 hours late the rest of the way to Penzance Any idea what happened between Plymouth and Devonport? 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 |