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Title: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 09, 2011, 21:03:09 From FGW Live updates:
Quote Line problem between Reading and Twyford. Train services between Reading and Twyford are being disrupted due to a problem with line-side equipment. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 120 minutes can be expected. First Great Western Tickets valid on the following services: London Underground via all reasonable routes. South West Trains between Reading/ Basingstoke and London Waterloo. Chiltern Railway between London Marylebone and Banbury. First Capital Connect between London Bridge and Gatwick Airport. Southern between London Bridge and Gatwick Airport. Virgin West Coast between London Euston and Birmingham New Street. London Midland between Birmingham New Street and Worcester Shrub Hill. Line-side equipment problem. Currently no service between Twyford and Reading Last Updated: 09/05/2011 20:52 Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 09, 2011, 21:29:31 An update, from FGW Live updates:
Quote Line problem between Reading and Twyford. Train services between Reading and Twyford are being disrupted due to a problem with line-side equipment. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 100 minutes can be expected. First Great Western Train Services are currently being disrupted due to problems with Lineside Equipment in the Twyford & Reading area. Services are being severly delayed and Customers are advised not to travel unless neccescery. Tickets for today Monday 9 May will be valid for travel tommorrow Tuesday 10 May. First Great Western Tickets are valid for the remainder of today Monday 9 May on the following services: London Underground via all reasonable routes. South West Trains between Reading/ Basingstoke and London Waterloo. Chiltern Railway between London Marylebone and Banbury. First Capital Connect between London Bridge and Gatwick Airport. Southern between London Bridge and Gatwick Airport. Virgin West Coast between London Euston and Birmingham New Street. London Midland between Birmingham New Street and Worcester Shrub Hill. Last Updated: 09/05/2011 21:22 In the circumstances, I'll forgive them the typos in that message. :P Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 09, 2011, 21:48:23 Another update:
Quote Line problem between Reading and Twyford. Train services between Reading and Twyford are being disrupted due to a problem with line-side equipment. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 75 minutes can be expected. Last Updated: 09/05/2011 21:39 Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: johoare on May 09, 2011, 21:55:43 I got home 20 minutes ago having left the office just after 5.30pm.. I spent two hours standing waiting at Paddington.. That explains why my head hurts so much now I guess..
I finally got on the 20.15 having got to Paddington at 18.21.. Nothing else really left apart from the odd stopping service to Slough from platform 14.. I did go take a look at one of them but was seriously scared by how many people were cramming onto them.... The 20.15 was also a stopper to Slough but was 6 cars (I think) so not overcrowded in the slightest.. And the added bonus, when we got to Slough it was announced that we'd then go as far as Maidenhead otherwise I'd have had to get back the rest of the way under my own steam.. When I got back it looked as if Maidenhead staff were helping with the taxi queue (Maidenhead was as far west as the trains were going) which was good.. I think they were making sure all the taxis were leaving as full as possible.. Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 09, 2011, 22:07:03 Thanks, Jo - glad to hear that you got home safely ... eventually! ::) :o
Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 09, 2011, 22:10:01 Delays are now up to 180 minutes, apparently:
Quote Line problem between Reading and Twyford. Train services between Reading and Twyford are being disrupted due to a problem with line-side equipment. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 180 minutes can be expected. Last Updated: 09/05/2011 21:55 Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: johoare on May 09, 2011, 22:14:21 Thanks Chris.. ;D Round about 7.30pm the signals were repaired/started working for a few minutes allowing a few trapped trains through and a flurry of activity at Paddington as trains started getting platforms and people started boarding..
I think one HST train left Paddington during this time but obviously then got stuck again and was still at Slough when we passed through about 9.10pm... Looking at the arrivals board for Reading it looks like they finally got to Reading about 10pm.. I do hope tomorrow morning will be ok.. :) Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: bobm on May 09, 2011, 22:15:29 The 18:03 Paddington to Penzance is ten minutes BEHIND the 19:03 to Plymouth as they approach Totnes. You could have eaten your three course meal in the Pullman restaurant in the 90 minutes it took to get from Paddington to Reading! Wonder if they did a second sitting!
Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 09, 2011, 22:35:29 Well, to be fair, FGW are cracking along with their 'Live updates':
Quote Line problem between Reading and Twyford. Train services between Reading and Twyford have been disrupted due to a problem with line-side equipment. Engineers have worked as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 75 minutes can be expected. Last Updated: 09/05/2011 22:25 Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 09, 2011, 23:01:05 Another update:
Quote Line problem between Reading and Twyford. Train services between Reading and Twyford have been disrupted due to a problem with line-side equipment. Engineers have worked as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected. Last Updated: 09/05/2011 22:47 Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: willc on May 10, 2011, 00:05:07 Wasn't just Reading/Twyford. Signals at Didcot also went down for some time either side of 7pm, adding to the problems. The 17.50 from Paddington to Worcester eventually left Oxford 86 minutes late, running in the path of the 19.22 from London to Hereford, two hours after the previous westbound departure from Oxford on to the Cotswold Line and was the last train of the day, with the 18.22 and 19.22 from London cancelled, so a lot of late-night empty running looks like being needed to get trains in the right place for the morning services.
Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: SDS on May 10, 2011, 00:33:57 UPDATED 25 Line problem between Reading and Twyford. 09/05/11 23:40
Train services between Reading and Twyford have been disrupted due to a problem with line-side equipment. Engineers have worked as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected. Hide More Information Further Information: First Great Western Train Services are currently being disrupted due to problems with Lineside Equipment in the Twyford & Reading area. Services are being severly delayed and Customers are advised not to travel unless neccessary. Tickets for today Monday 9 May will be valid for travel tommorrow Tuesday 10 May. First Great Western Tickets are valid for the remainder of today Monday 9 May on the following services: London Underground via all reasonable routes. South West Trains between Reading/ Basingstoke and London Waterloo. Chiltern Railway between London Marylebone and Banbury. First Capital Connect between London Bridge and Gatwick Airport. Southern between London Bridge and Gatwick Airport. Virgin West Coast between London Euston and Birmingham New Street. London Midland between Birmingham New Street and Worcester Shrub Hill. Internal Information: ***CSL2 ** Red Disruption*** LATEST UPDATE 21:20; Network Rail have now restored signalling, however major disruption with sets and crew out of place. Short notice alterations/cancellations Posted By:191 No.:1304896158 Expiry Time:10/05/11 02:00 Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: animationmilo on May 10, 2011, 05:01:47 from the firstgreatwestern.co.uk front page
Important message Tuesday 10th May 2011 at 04:30 First Great Western High Speed Services will be subject to alteration this morning. This is due to the displacement of trains which has been caused by the major signalling failure that occurred yesterday in the Reading area. The following services will be cancelled throughout. 06:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington 05:53 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington 06:08 Westbury to London Paddington 06:58 Swansea to London Paddington 07:58 Swansea to London Paddington The following services have been amended. 04:58 Swansea to London Paddington will start from Cardiff Central at 05:55 05:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington will terminate at Swindon 06:40 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington will call additionally at Didcot Parkway and Reading. Train Services on the Henley on Thames branch line are subject to an amended timetable today due to signalling problems. Further Information will be available in due course. Please click here for information regarding ticket validity if you were unable to complete your journey yesterday Monday 9th May 2011. To check for any disruption and journey alterations please view the Live Updates section of this website. Sounds bad Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: James Vertigan on May 10, 2011, 07:48:33 05:14 RDG to PAD was cancelled this morning due to these problems - fortunately a Heathrow Connect was stopped additionally at AML at 06:17 to make up for the cancelled 06:08 so people didn't have to wait until 06:33.
Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: jane s on May 10, 2011, 13:56:19 Yeah, total chaos!
Got on an HST from Paddington at about 21:40 (very full) and got back to Reading at about 22:15 where even the station staff were getting very frustrated because no-one was telling them any information. About 40 minutes later I eventually found out that there were rail replacement buses running on the lines via Oxford (but NO announcements had been made about this, I only heard when one of the guys who was trying to help me heard that one had just left on his radio - apparently that was the first HE knew anything about it!) & I ran outside & just got the next one, which didn't have many people on it, presumably because no-one had told them about it. And I am willing to bet anything you like that there was no way people still waiting at any of the stations the bus would be calling at en route would have had any idea of its existence either.... Why is it that there is never enough info when people need it? Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 10, 2011, 17:38:31 Sounds bad It was indeed a bad day on the railways, animationmilo - but welcome to the Coffee Shop forum, anyway! ;D Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on May 10, 2011, 17:46:55 talking of displacement 142064 plus 143619 on 0740 Paignton to BTM replacing hst..... is/was this service busy?
Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: bobm on May 10, 2011, 17:51:33 Don't know but it was 11 late by Bristol and was terminated.
Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: ChrisB on May 10, 2011, 19:40:03 talking of displacement 142064 plus 143619 on 0740 Paignton to BTM replacing hst..... is/was this service busy? That would be BRI.....? Don't know but it was 11 late by Bristol and was terminated. Which is where it was due to finish its journey..... Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Bob_Blakey on May 10, 2011, 19:59:54 The 0740 Paignton - 1138 Paddington via Brizzle is generally rammed between Torbay & Exeter, largely with a mix of incoming Exeter College students and commuters.
It also ran as a 2 x 2 DMU as far as BRI a couple of weeks back when the ECS HST from Laira failed before departure. Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: bobm on May 10, 2011, 20:43:30 talking of displacement 142064 plus 143619 on 0740 Paignton to BTM replacing hst..... is/was this service busy? That would be BRI.....? Don't know but it was 11 late by Bristol and was terminated. Which is where it was due to finish its journey..... Not according to FGW website an HST was due to take up the reins from Temple Meads but about 10 minutes after the units arrived from Paignton the onward service was cancelled. Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Louis94 on May 10, 2011, 22:54:40 Service ran as 1Z12, left Bristol about 10 minutes late, however it was reported No Log until just after Swindon.
Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: bobm on June 13, 2011, 13:54:46 From the BBC
Seems the delays in the Reading area on 9th May were the worst across the country last month. Quote Cows on the line among top delays Cows on the line led to 15 train cancellations on Britain's rail network in May, Network Rail has said. The incident on the West Coast line between Nuneaton and Rugby came fifth in a new listing of top delays from the company behind the rail infrastructure. Signal failure on the Western route near Reading, which saw 139 cancellations, was top, followed by power failure and theft of cable. On average, 93.7% of trains ran on time in May, matching the figure for 2010. This is the first time the list of the top five incidents the company is responsible for in a month has been published, Network Rail said. Power failure caused by overhead wires resulted in 101 train cancellations on the East coast line between Stoke and Tallington junction, the list showed. There were a total of 95 cancellations caused by two incidents of cable theft - on the East Coast line near Scunthorpe and on the Anglia route between Chelmsford and Witham. Above average The incident involving cows on the line took place on 27 May. It comes after cows got on to the line between Swindon and Didcot in January, causing delays on the main line to Paddington when one of them was hit by a train. Among train companies, only the East Coast company (85.9%) and West Coast operator Virgin Trains (89.6%) had punctuality of less than 90% in May. The best-performing company last month was the London to Tilbury and Southend operator c2c which ran 97.5% of trains on time. Merseyrail, London Overground, Arriva Trains Wales and First TransPennine Express all had above average punctuality in the month. Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: hornbeam on June 14, 2011, 12:40:15 I know some issues are down to cable theft, but is the signalling getting less reliable? Also is the 1960^s signalling being replaced? I notice a few new signal heads popping up but nothing like a major replacement. Also, when the GW mainline was done most of the cables were put in sand filled trenches. So a cable fault means new cables above ground, is this correct?
Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: ChrisB on June 14, 2011, 12:43:32 Why wouldn't they just replace the cables in the trenches?
Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: hornbeam on June 14, 2011, 17:00:19 From what I remember when I did work experience its because they were so deep in the ground, and the worry is of moving other cables alongside could damage them in the process. The advantage was that rats couldn^t get to them and of course now cable thefts, but makes repairs much harder.
Title: Re: Line problem, Reading / Twyford, causing major disruption tonight (9 May 2011) Post by: Electric train on June 14, 2011, 18:32:54 I know some issues are down to cable theft, but is the signalling getting less reliable? Also is the 1960^s signalling being replaced? I notice a few new signal heads popping up but nothing like a major replacement. Also, when the GW mainline was done most of the cables were put in sand filled trenches. So a cable fault means new cables above ground, is this correct? Some cable were buried in the ground and yes they suffered from damage and are difficult to fault find and repair, also the civil engineers are not keen of trenches along side the railway destabilises embankments and cuttings etc.The GW Mainline is having substantial work done, Crossrail, Reading rebuild and electrification there are also a number of resignalling / relocking / renewals programs in the pipeline 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 |