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Journey by Journey / London to the West / Re: Night Riviera - merged posts, ongoing discussion
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on: March 12, 2025, 15:47:40
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Having lots of locos standing idle at depots is obviously an expensive and bad thing But one or two Thunderbird locos strategically located would be very useful.
I suppose with most passenger trains now being powered by more than a single power unit, the general thought is that even the failure of a couple of its engines would not mean a train cannot limp on
For failures in Cornwall, is there a way to seek assistant locos from the remaining loco pool for the clay traffic?
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Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025
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on: March 12, 2025, 09:32:45
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So.....aren't the early trains that start at HFD» driven by drivers from BPW» ? If not, how do they get from Hitachi to their starting point? At least one starts at Hitachi....
And 'who' is doing the forcing? GWR▸ ? DfT» ?
BPW lost Newport Hereford Malvern Wells in May 2022, all ECS▸ moves from Stoke Gifford going via Charfield. No idea whether it is DaFT» or GWR behind it, or possibly both? Other losses of route knowledge including BTM▸ HSS▸ saying goodbye to Lydney and Kemble. It has been predicted, the tunnel will shut after a London service has left Newport and when the BTM driver is asked to go the scenic way it will be a "Sorry but no. I could have last week but railway politics trumps common sense". What a way to run a railroad! |
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Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025
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on: March 11, 2025, 12:12:11
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11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:23 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough, Oxford, Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:11/03/2025 11:40 The "service" on the OWW▸ and chocolate fireguards have things in common |
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Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025
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on: March 11, 2025, 09:22:48
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Tuesday March 11 Unadvertised on JourneyCheck, the 05:23 from Hereford to Paddington (arrive 08:23) is formed of a five-car set. Later: Facilities on the 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. Service full and standing from Hanborough. There are no reservations on this service.
Last Updated:11/03/2025 07:24 Was the 9-car set sacrificed on this service to make it available for the Cheltenham gee-gees extra traffic today? Doesn't bode well for the rest of the week Gone are the days of direct D1000 hauled 10-car trains of all first class trains between Paddington and Cheltenham Racecourse (In addition to originating from Cardiff and Wolverhampton) |
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Journey by Journey / London to the West / Re: Berks & Hants Cancellations, Delays & Alterations 2025
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on: March 10, 2025, 13:51:45
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Due to a fault with the signalling system between Taunton and Castle Cary trains have to run at reduced speed on the line towards Reading. Disruption is expected until 15:00 10/03.
Train services between Taunton and Reading via Castle Cary and Westbury may be delayed.
Customer Advice
We apologise for the disruption to your journey today.
Network Rail advises that there is a fault with a track circuit on the line between Taunton and Castle Cary.
Track circuits are used to locate trains on the railway. When these fail, the train driver's are required to stop and speak to the signaller before proceeding past the local signal. This incident has affected two signals, thus causing delays of 30-40 minutes. West of England services may be terminated at Reading and started back from there. PLease check your journey.
Network Rail has colleagues on site to try and fix the faulty circuit. Last Updated:10/03/2025 13:30 |
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Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025
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on: March 07, 2025, 12:49:28
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11:52 London Paddington to Hereford due 14:44 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:07/03/2025 11:44 Posted 8 minutes before the planned departure from Paddington time 15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:07/03/2025 11:46 |
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Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025
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on: March 05, 2025, 12:43:27
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12:51 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 15:00 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system earlier today.
Last Updated:05/03/2025 12:12 15:18 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 17:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system earlier today.
Last Updated:05/03/2025 12:12 OWW▸ , and the GW» mainline services in general, not exactly covering itself in glory today. Thanks to a pesky S&T▸ fault that appears to have taken most of the morning to fix |
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Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025
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on: March 04, 2025, 11:40:18
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08:51 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:14 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
It has been delayed between Reading and Oxford and is now 30 minutes late.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:04/03/2025 10:16 11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:23 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill. It will no longer call at Great Malvern, Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:04/03/2025 10:18 |
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