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« on: February 15, 2016, 16:14:12 »
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14:04 Frome to Swindon due 15:03

This train has been delayed from Frome and is now 110 minutes late.
This train will be terminated at Westbury.
This train will no longer call at Trowbridge, Melksham, Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to passengers causing a disturbance on this train.

"Please sir, can we have our train back" ... what on earth happened?
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« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2016, 17:32:35 »
Because of this, the 14:48 from Gloucester was terminated at Westbury 'due to disorder'
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« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2016, 17:46:45 »
An abusive and threatening inebriate at Frome. Carted off by police eventually.
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2016, 12:32:18 »
That seems an excessive delay for dealing with a single drunk and abusive passenger.
Nearly 2 hours to call the police, and for the police to remove one person.
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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