Great Malvern services today

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[Steve Bray]

How many FGW^▸ (First Great Western) services from Great Malvern towards Bristol actually operated today?

From this morning, I recall seeing that the 0851 to Westbury was cancelled; the 1051 to Brighton was starting at Worcester FS; the 1451 is starting from Bristol, and I see that the 1528 from Warminster to Great Malvern, only seems to be running between Bristol and Worcester.

Not much of a service is it?

Add to that, delays on the Cotswold Line this morning, and some delays this evening, then it doesn't say much for First's super-slow, robust timetable a week into it?

[Jim]

05.30 Padd Right Time
06.13 Padd 13 late
07.15 Padd 24 late (sat there for 5 mins)
08.54 Westbury Canned
10.43 Brighton Canned
11.06 Padd 3 late
11.29 Hereford 9 late
12.51 Weymouth 1 late
13.53 Padd 2 late
14.51 Weymouth Canned
15.51 Padd Right Time
17.06 Padd Right Time
18.54 Weymouth Canned

[Mookiemoo]

05.30 Padd Right Time
06.13 Padd 13 late
07.15 Padd 24 late (sat there for 5 mins)
08.54 Westbury Canned
10.43 Brighton Canned
11.06 Padd 3 late
11.29 Hereford 9 late
12.51 Weymouth 1 late
13.53 Padd 2 late
14.51 Weymouth Canned
15.51 Padd Right Time
17.06 Padd Right Time
18.54 Weymouth Canned

0715 arrived at Pad over an hour late!  I was on it

[Graz]

I was unfourtunately tangled up in the web of cancellations because my 17:28 Great Malvern-bound train failed at Westbury...after starting at Warminster! Click here!

That said, it did eventually run...65 minutes late...

Edit: Oh dear, I just checked the live departure boards and it departed Cheltenham Spa 1 hour 50 minutes late and is expected 2 hours 50 late into Great Malvern!!

[Lee]

19/12/2007 :

08:51 Great Malvern to Westbury due 11:36
This train has been cancelled.This is due to a train fault.

Replacement road transport has been arranged between Worcester Foregate Street and Gloucester.

[Steve Bray]

This Thursday (3rd January) wasn't much better.

The 0851 Great Malvern to Westbury started at Worcester (That's becoming a fairly regular cancellation); the 1551 and 1706 from Great Malvern to Paddington didn't go (the latter started at Worcester), and the 0531 Great Malvern to Paddington started down the road at Didcot!

[vacman]

I don't envy you lot up that part of the world, all you ever see on the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) website is Malvern trains terminating short of their destination due to traincrew unavailiabilty, when are they going to sort out their rostering!

[smokey]

Like I've said before, when 3 drivers are booked to work ONE train, it's no wonder that there's a shortage of train crew for other services.

I've also seen an HST^▸ (High Speed Train) working forward ECS^▸ (Empty Coaching Stock) empty coaching stock as being worked forward DOO^▸ (Driver-Only Operation (that is, trains which operate without carrying a guard)) (Driver Only Operation).
Only thing didn't go anywhere as the 1 member of train crew was a Train Manger not a Driver, it will never get better when rosters don't know Drivers from Guards.

[supersonic]

ever since the new timetable came out for the great malvern to bristol services came out, i was saying to people, that they never will be on time, or will get cancelled e.g at WOF or Cheltenham... Another First Great Western S*** Service !

[Steve Bray]

So 3 ex-Wessex services didn't or won't start from Great Malvern: the Brighton, the 1251 to Weymouth and the mid-evening service to Warminster.

And the 1706 to Paddington is starting at Worcester

So are things improving?