7.06pm Paddington to Maidenhead 22/10/08

johoare

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7.06pm Paddington to Maidenhead 22/10/08

« on: October 22, 2008, 23:31:01 »

I was a bit concerned how early this train disappeared off of the information boards at Paddington this evening.. I was at Paddington (running late admittedly) by 7.04pm (by the station clocks) and this train was not on the departure boards any more.. I had always thought trains were taken off 30 seconds or a minute before they were due to depart? Has this changed to two minutes? Or has it always been like this?


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Re: 7.06pm Paddington to Maidenhead 22/10/08

« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2008, 10:56:57 »

Quote from: johoare on October 22, 2008, 23:31:01

Unless altered by the Control Room staff at Paddington they automatically get removed from the displays 60 seconds before. It's possible that it was manually deleted by mistake a little early?


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Re: 7.06pm Paddington to Maidenhead 22/10/08

« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2008, 11:27:42 »

It has changed to 2 minutes for HSS^▸ services. Is the 19.06 formed with an HST^▸ or turbo. If it is a turbo then it should still be a minute otherwise 2


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Re: 7.06pm Paddington to Maidenhead 22/10/08

« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2008, 11:55:28 »

Quote from: super tm on October 23, 2008, 11:27:42

It has changed to 2 minutes for HSS^▸ services. Is the 19.06 formed with an HST^▸ or turbo. If it is a turbo then it should still be a minute otherwise 2

I'd have thought it would have been more sensible to go a 2 minute removal for departures from platforms 13 and 14 to be honest. The number of people I've seen legging it down platform 12 only to trapse back forlornly a couple of minutes later.


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Ollie

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Re: 7.06pm Paddington to Maidenhead 22/10/08

« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2008, 11:57:19 »

19:06 is a turbo to Henley, so it should only be coming of the screens a minute prior to departure.


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johoare

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Re: 7.06pm Paddington to Maidenhead 22/10/08

« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2008, 21:16:01 »

Oh well, seems like I was unlucky yesterday then.. Thanks for the information though..

Having learned my lesson, today I was at Paddington at 18.50... And the 19.06 was showing on time up until.. yes you've guessed it, they finally displayed it as delayed at about 19.00.. I'd worked that out from the arrivals board already a while earlier.. So why the people in charge of the departures couldn't have done the same I don't know.

So, having arrived at Paddington nice and early so I wouldn't miss the train.. It ended up about ten minutes late.. Just my luck!

Incidentally does anyone know the reasons for the delays around about 7pm. My train wasn't the only one.

Oh, and I noticed during my time at Paddington a sign that said it was meet the managers up until 7pm today.. I didn't see any although I didn't venture all the way across Paddington towards the platform 1 area.. So maybe they were hiding there? Or, because of the impending delays, they escaped early? Wink


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Ollie

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Re: 7.06pm Paddington to Maidenhead 22/10/08

« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2008, 01:38:27 »

Services into Paddington around that time were being delayed due to poor railhead conditions between Goring and Reading and Reading and Twyford.


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Lee

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Re: 7.06pm Paddington to Maidenhead 22/10/08

« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2008, 02:23:17 »

Talking of Goring, an exciting thing happened to the Train Fellow there on Tuesday.....
http://trainfellows.blogspot.com/2008/10/worrying-sights.html


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kazbear

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Re: 7.06pm Paddington to Maidenhead 22/10/08

« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2008, 20:00:53 »

Quote from: johoare on October 23, 2008, 21:16:01

Or, because of the impending delays, they escaped early? Wink


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