Person hit by train between Swindon and Chippenham - 7 March 2012

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[Chris from Nailsea]

From FGW^▸ (First Great Western) JourneyCheck:

Line problem: between Swindon and Chippenham. Owing to a person hit by a train between Swindon and Chippenham all lines are blocked.

Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 20 mins or revised at short notice. An estimate for the resumption of normal services will be provided as soon as the problem has been fully assessed.

Replacement road transport services are conveying passengers between Bath Spa and Swindon via Chippenham in both directions until further notice. Arrangements have been made for First Great Western rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys.

Message Received: 07/03/2012 20:46

2 Train Cancellations

19:32 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 21:29
This train will be cancelled. This is due to a person hit by a train.

20:23 21:34 Weston-Super-Mare to Bristol Temple Meads due 22:06
This train will be cancelled. This is due to a person hit by a train.

6 Other Train Service Updates

18:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare due 20:53 This train will be terminated at Bristol Temple Meads at 20:13.
This train will no longer call at Nailsea & Backwell, Yatton, Worle, Weston Milton and Weston-Super-Mare. This is due to a person hit by a train.

19:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 20:44 This train will be diverted between Swindon and Bristol Temple Meads.
This train will no longer call at Chippenham and Bath Spa. This is due to a person hit by a train.

19:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington due 21:14 This train has been delayed by up to 15 minutes and is expected to run as shown below.
This train will be diverted between Bath Spa and Reading. This train will no longer call at Chippenham, Swindon and Didcot Parkway.
This is due to an obstruction on the line.

19:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare due 21:50 This train will be diverted between Swindon and Bristol Temple Meads.
This train will no longer call at Chippenham and Bath Spa. This is due to a person hit by a train.

20:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 21:44 This train will be diverted between Swindon and Bristol Temple Meads.
This train will no longer call at Chippenham and Bath Spa. This is due to a person hit by a train.

20:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington due 22:14 This train will be diverted between Bristol Temple Meads and Swindon.
This train will no longer call at Bath Spa and Chippenham. This is due to a person hit by a train.

[Phil]

A young friend of mine was caught up in this last evening. FGW^▸ (First Great Western) kindly laid on a taxi for him and 3 other passengers at Bath Spa. He was going to Chippenham, the other three to Swindon. The taxi driver decided en route that stopping at Chippenham Station meant having to go out of his way and dumped my friend at the side of the road, leaving him to walk, in the dark, well over a mile to the station.

I know it's not FGW's fault but it still made me cross (not least because of the phone call I got about it late at night, well after I'd gone to bed). I recommended he filled in a complaint form, as it might at the very least mean FGW wouldn't use that particular taxi company again.