FGW website reports 2 min delay at Twyford

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[Gordon the Blue Engine]

From the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) website: hope that Henley commuters weren't too inconvenienced by their late arrival home this evening:

17:12 London Paddington to Henley-On-Thames due 18:13

This train will be delayed at Twyford and is expected to be 2 minutes late.
This is due to train crew having been unavailable earlier.

Message Received :18/09/2012 17:27

[bobm]

Not as inconvenienced as they might have been from the earlier message!

17:12 London Paddington to Henley-On-Thames due 18:13
This train will be terminated at Twyford at 17:57.
This train will no longer call at Wargrave, Shiplake and Henley-On-Thames.
This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable.
Message Received :18/09/2012 16:33

[Southern Stag]

Quite often get short delays reported when the service was previously shown as cancelled but was in the end reinstated, or shown as delayed indefinitely, but in the end only delayed for a short period.

[bobm]

Cos I'm a "closet controller" I was trying to work out what happened.  A return trip to Shalford was cancelled due to a train fault around the same time and I wondered if they managed to get a guard to work the service forward from Twyford.  I assume it can be worked as driver only from Paddington to Twyford but not on the branch.

[Southern Stag]

Believe it was booked a driver change at Twyford, but the relief driver was not available. Another driver who had been working on the Henley branch worked an additional round trip so the service was able to run through. The Henley branch is, I believe, DOO^▸ (Driver-Only Operation (that is, trains which operate without carrying a guard)). It is the Marlow branch which requires a guard.

[EBrown]

The Henley branch is, I believe, DOO^▸ (Driver-Only Operation (that is, trains which operate without carrying a guard)). It is the Marlow branch which requires a guard.

Correct (both), the regatta line does have a fair revenue presence (Student issues mostly) however.

[Southern Stag]

Do the Bourne End services require guards when they run in the peaks, or is it just for the Bourne End-Marlow section? The reason guards were retained on the line was to operate the ground frame at Bourne End to change the points wasn't it.