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 on: Today at 08:37:31 
Started by matth1j - Last post by grahame
I - totally - agree with you on reliability of information; I have a smidgin of sympathy with the chaps and chapesses in "Control" who have to do their best in developing situations, but in my view some of the tools they have to help them are very crude and blunt, and there are far to many situations that simply should not develop in the first place.   

I raised these very matters along with nearly two dozen others with GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) and NR» (Network Rail - home page) managers last Tuesday in London - a dozen of them during a round table (OK, it was not really round in physical terms) with our MP▸ (Member of Parliament) and this week I am distilling and writing up element of that list to stop the key ones being lost in the flood, and to help the ones that can quickly be assigned to get actually followed though by someone else moved on.

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 on: Today at 08:32:25 
Started by TaplowGreen - Last post by TaplowGreen
Good news for the local economy......closed during COVID;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce989vjn4n7o

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 on: Today at 08:27:32 
Started by matth1j - Last post by TaplowGreen
Quote from: matth1j on Today at 07:59:14
After a successful 3 commutes last week I got up nice and early again to catch the 06:32 Melksham to Trowbridge service, only to see that it hadn't left Gloucester - 'delayed'. Kept checking it (National Rail, phone (app) & laptop), but no change. So I was resigned to reverting back to the 07:21 Melksham Chippenham service.

And I was checking that the 7:21 was on time just before 6, when I noticed that the 06:32 was showing as on time! The revised timings were now showing it as having left Gloucester 2 mins late, followed by lots of 'Information Unavailable' at subsequent stops, but on time at Swindon and beyond.

I just managed to get out of the door and jog a significant portion of the 1.6 miles to Melksham to catch it, but honestly I'm not sure what's worse - unreliable trains or unreliable train times  Huh

Well, with GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) we get plenty of both!  Smiley

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 on: Today at 07:59:14 
Started by matth1j - Last post by matth1j
After a successful 3 commutes last week I got up nice and early again to catch the 06:32 Melksham to Trowbridge service, only to see that it hadn't left Gloucester - 'delayed'. Kept checking it (National Rail, phone (app) & laptop), but no change. So I was resigned to reverting back to the 07:21 Melksham Chippenham service.

And I was checking that the 7:21 was on time just before 6, when I noticed that the 06:32 was showing as on time! The revised timings were now showing it as having left Gloucester 2 mins late, followed by lots of 'Information Unavailable' at subsequent stops, but on time at Swindon and beyond.

I just managed to get out of the door and jog a significant portion of the 1.6 miles to Melksham to catch it, but honestly I'm not sure what's worse - unreliable trains or unreliable train times  Huh

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 on: Today at 03:18:06 
Started by ChrisB - Last post by grahame
Quote from: eXPassenger on Yesterday at 22:31:28
The man has now been released with 'no further action' according to police.

That is a very important update indeed

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyq414d9g2o

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A man arrested on suspicion of murder after three people, including a four-year-old girl, died in a house fire at a converted railway station has been released without charge.

At the early stages of an investigation, all possibilities need to be considered and where there's even a remote possibility of something as serious as it being a murder scene, that must be looked into and in a way that is safe for everyone, even if it means that someone who's later adjudged to be innocent gets held initially.   We do not know how this case / the reason for the fire will go on.   Thoughts with the friends and families of those who died.

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 on: Yesterday at 22:31:28 
Started by ChrisB - Last post by eXPassenger
The man has now been released with 'no further action' according to police.

 7 
 on: Yesterday at 21:14:06 
Started by grahame - Last post by grahame
From Trains Omnibus Tram staff magazine, January 1933

 8 
 on: Yesterday at 19:55:46 
Started by Lee - Last post by TaplowGreen
Quote from: TaplowGreen on Yesterday at 07:08:50
Quote from: UstiImmigrunt on March 29, 2025, 20:26:24
And cancelled throughout from Paddington to Penzance tomorrow night.

Not quite, but apparently it's going to be "started from Exeter St Davids" at 0436, so no-one will be getting much sleep!

Update.......now cancelled throughout.

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 on: Yesterday at 18:54:47 
Started by infoman - Last post by grahame
Quote from: ChrisB on Yesterday at 17:14:09
I drtopped in online for a couple of hours. Got less interesting towards the end I thought.

Somewhat, maybe ... some of the speakers were friends we already know well and they may have been less interest to us but they are an important part of the picture - especially (GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) and Go-op) for the next couple of years.

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 on: Yesterday at 17:42:00 
Started by hoover50 - Last post by ChrisB
But of course, if the railway hadn't been there in the first place....bit of a silly item.

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