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Journey by Journey => London to Swindon and Bristol => Topic started by: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 19:13:02



Title: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 19:13:02
Screens showing 1923 - other sources showing the dreaded "delayed" and not left highbridhe yet!

Confused.com


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: inspector_blakey on February 20, 2011, 19:14:54
Started on time from Taunton but lost 22 minutes between there and WSM. No reason given at the moment. Expected to depart NLS 1936.

Edited to add
Just left Weston 23 down.


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Chris from Nailsea on February 20, 2011, 19:16:52
 ^

What he said.

CfN  ;)


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Chris from Nailsea on February 20, 2011, 19:19:02
Departed WSM 23 mins late.


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 19:21:44
Thanks

At least I know on way - nailsea station is ****ing cold

If it was randomly stuck some where I'd just go home and get up
Bog early tomorrow

I just saw a three car vomiter go past  - weird

iPhones can do lots but no replacement for a pc


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: inspector_blakey on February 20, 2011, 19:24:12
A further update - passed Worle Junction 22 late. It looks like the train is routed to run fast from Temple Meads to Swindon via Chipping Sodbury, so at the moment it's expected to make up most of the current delay by Swindon. Was that what you're expecting or was it booked to run via Bath?


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Chris from Nailsea on February 20, 2011, 19:24:33
Erm ... have you tried using the Information Point, at the top of those steps up to Platform 2 (just opposite the disabled parking bays at NLS)?  :-X


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 19:29:44
It does show Swindon being first stop from temple meads - I normally don't care whatbrouye it takes so long as it gets me to B

Inprefer rhe info points that they now have on the Cotswolds


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: bobm on February 20, 2011, 19:32:40
It does show Swindon being first stop from temple meads - I normally don't care whatbrouye it takes so long as it gets me to B

Inprefer rhe info points that they now have on the Cotswolds

Thats the problem with using iPhones in the cold and your fingers freeze.  You either get the wrong letters or predictive text turns it into nonsense.  ;D ;D


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: JayMac on February 20, 2011, 19:33:36
Yatton 23 down, should be coming into sight about now!  ;)


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: JayMac on February 20, 2011, 19:37:23
Delay started at Uphill Junction. Wonder if it had trouble getting onto the Weston loop?


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 19:53:28
Just coming into temple meads now - see it's allowed 45 minutes reading to pad

Will be interested to see if it makes it on time


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 19:55:44
Signalling probs at high bridge seemingly


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: bobm on February 20, 2011, 20:08:11
Live departure boards are saying 13 late at Swindon and on time by Reading.


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Ollie on February 20, 2011, 21:22:07
You will be in Pad soon, about 6 late.


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 21:44:43
Thanks all - now on the 2143 to Ealing - pad is colder than nailsea by the way


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Chris from Nailsea on February 20, 2011, 22:07:32
... pad is colder than nailsea by the way

Blame Ollie for that!  ;D


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Ollie on February 20, 2011, 22:23:16
... pad is colder than nailsea by the way

Blame Ollie for that!  ;D
Noo I was in Exeter today, not my fault. :P


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 23:01:56
Well I got to kew as anticipated - thanks all

I just hate the word *delayed* on the status reports

*delayed* is usually a precursor to cancelled


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: IndustryInsider on February 21, 2011, 09:34:59
*delayed* is usually a precursor to cancelled

It used to be, but more often that not it means just a minor delay now.  I think the software was changed to display 'delayed' whenever a train is overdue at a reporting point by even a small amount of time - whereas before I think it was only displayed if it was over 10 minutes late leaving its origin station.

It can be misleading - for example, the 09:27 Paddington to Oxford was showing delayed for the whole journey, but actually left just now only five minutes late.  With pathing allowances/padding etc, it should be back on time by Reading, and certainly at Didcot where it sits for seven minutes!


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: 81F on February 21, 2011, 11:03:56
The 2127 Paddington to Worcester didn't sit at Didcot for 7 minutes. I think it ran forward from platform 1 [down main] to Foxhall and then shunted back to the down relief[platform 3].  The 2127 pulled out of Pad just as I arrived panting at the buffer stops after sprinting up from the tube. Luckily only 10 mins to wait until the 2137 Swansea which I travelled on to Didcot. The Oxford connection unusually arrived in platform 3 from the west, and then  reversed and carried on to Oxford and beyond. I deduce that this was the 2127 Pad = Worcester service.
Both the 2127 Pad = Worc and 2137 Pad = Swansea had refreshment service, with customer hosts announcing their wares over the tannoy, though no hot food on the Swansea as the oven had failed.  I haven't travelled on a Sunday evening for a long time, and was quite surprised at the provision of catering facilities. Also was gripped on the 2137 Pad = Swansea between Pad and reading -- very rare to be gripped on an evening train on weekdays, but then they're usually turbos not HSTs.


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: inspector_blakey on February 21, 2011, 15:16:59
Seeing as this thread was urgent last night but isn't anymore, I've taken the liberty of removing the offending word from the thread title. ;)

Edited to add

Nuts. That didn't work. Oh well, never mind.


Title: Re: Anyone know what's up with the 1913 Nailsea to Pad? Sun 20 Feb 2011
Post by: Chris from Nailsea on February 21, 2011, 17:38:17
Hard luck, inspector_blakey!  ::)

Never mind - I've now made the final minor adjustment, to complete your improvement.  ;)

CfN  ;D



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