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Title: It's all happening at Freshford and Avoncliff tonight? (3 December 2011) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 03, 2011, 19:43:37 From First Great Western live updates:
Quote Service incidents 16:32 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 19:52 This train will call additionally at Freshford and Avoncliff. This is due to an unusually large passenger flow. Last Updated: 03/12/2011 17:18 Updated: Quote Service incidents 16:32 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 19:52 This train has been delayed and is expected to be 13 minutes late from Bradford-On-Avon. This train will call additionally at Freshford and Avoncliff. This is due to an unusually large passenger flow. Last Updated: 03/12/2011 18:06 ??? Title: Re: It's all happening at Freshford and Avoncliff tonight? (3 December 2011) Post by: JayMac on December 03, 2011, 20:15:35 I know it's been discussed before, but just what exactly constitutes 'an unusually large passenger flow'?
Is it a flow of unusually large passengers? :P ;) ;D Title: Re: It's all happening at Freshford and Avoncliff tonight? (3 December 2011) Post by: super tm on December 03, 2011, 20:51:10 I guess with the christmas market shoppers some passengers were unable to get on the previous train which was stopping at Freshford and Avoncliff.
Title: Re: It's all happening at Freshford and Avoncliff tonight? (3 December 2011) Post by: John R on December 03, 2011, 21:07:50 The 1632 would certainly have had capacity as it was 5 coaches, due to the rugby in Cardiff (and indeed wasn't even full leaving Cardiff as the stadium was considerably slower than usual to empty).
As an aside, in the morning the 1001 from Nailsea into Bristol (2 coaches) left around 20 unable to board as it was completely jammed inside with Xmas shoppers. Title: Re: It's all happening at Freshford and Avoncliff tonight? (3 December 2011) Post by: Timmer on December 03, 2011, 21:48:13 BBC Points West reported an extra 30K visited Bath today which isn't unusual for the time of year with the Christmas market. Even with a small percentage of these extra visitors using the train would have ensured services to/from Bath would have been busier than usual though I'm sure any town/city was a busy day today.
Title: Re: It's all happening at Freshford and Avoncliff tonight? (3 December 2011) Post by: Bob_Blakey on December 03, 2011, 22:56:47 I know it's been discussed before, but just what exactly constitutes 'an unusually large passenger flow'? Is it a flow of unusually large passengers? :P ;) ;D I originally thought it referred to an unfortunate combination of obesity and incontinence. ;D ;D ;D Title: Re: It's all happening at Freshford and Avoncliff tonight? (3 December 2011) Post by: Phil on December 03, 2011, 23:08:44 ha ha!!!
Title: Re: It's all happening at Freshford and Avoncliff tonight? (3 December 2011) Post by: phile on December 04, 2011, 18:53:22 This reference to flow of passengers is a TOC standard reason. It is completely unsatisfactory as it can be difficult to comprehend in many instances.
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