I travelled on the 14.14 from Westbury yesterday, one of about half a dozen passengers, and while I appreciate it is hardly likely to be the busiest train of the day I was truly appalled - at neither Westbury or Swindon, apart from the times on the departure sheets, there was absolutely no publicity whatsoever for the increased service, and as far as I could see nothing on any of the intermediate stations.
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From memory I thought a 158 only just fitted platform 2, but having looked at photos  a 153 would fit on top.  The SA says 80 metres so you cannot accommodate anything other than a 153 on top of a Cl.158.
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I don't think I have ever seen an fGW TAA before the deadline for my TRUK^▸ (trailer, restaurant, unclassified, kitchen) article - usually I have to search for a copy of the fGW poster and then get the article edited! 
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In fact the whole track access procedure is to my mind total nonsense - CrossCountry only got round to matching the track access contract to the service they ran from the start of the franchise in August this year, and the additional GC^» (Great Central Railway - link to heritage line) KX-Bradford which went to the disputes panel who decided (or didn't according to East Coast's interpretation) that they must be given the 16.08 KX-Newark's path now turns out to just require the latter to run one minute later!   
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Incidentally the platform working shown in RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) at Swindon doesn't work - unless both these and the Gloucester locals are going to be 153s.

An alternative would perhaps have been to hire one of the grossly underused XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) sets. 
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EMT^» (East Midlands Trains - about) could provide one too, although the Paxman engines might be a problem (as well as raising the question as to exactly why fGW sets have to have those dreadful seats).
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A poster at Oxford lists service changes from 2nd September - the 06.40 Bristol-Paddington is withdrawn.
Does this mean en extra HST^▸ (High Speed Train) working on a morning Thames Valley service?

In BR^▸ (British Rail(ways)) days Sundays were rostered outside the standard week.  In my personal experience the roster clerk woud attempt to cover any Sundays "thrown-in" rather than providing your own cover, and if he/she couldn't you were expected to work - I seem to recall this being backed up by either a court case or an employment tribunal when someone got religion.
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Somewhere along the line at some TOCs^▸ (Train Operating Company) they have become voluntary, presumably the HR^▸ (Human Resources) people employed by the bus bandits failed to see that the substantial increases to basic rates post-privatisation  meant that staff no longer relied on the Sunday pay.