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« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2014, 21:39:24 »
Quote from: johoare on January 08, 2014, 19:59:54
I was lucky this morning in that my fast train from Maidenhead to Paddington was relatively ok.. One of the few I think.. However the 7.45 stopping service which is usually 5 or 6 car turbo turned up as a Class-180 which surprised a few people and I'm sure some people got on thinking it was non stop.

Looking at real time trains it lost 45 minutes somewhere around about Hayes and Harlington and finally got to Paddington 45 minutes late.. Anyone know if that is what happened and if so why? Not sure the passengers would have appreciated the hour and a half to do less than 30 miles  Roll Eyes

The 7.08 was a disaster. The 7.02 and 7.16 were cancelled so when the 7.08 arrived at 7.15 it picked up EVERYONE! It took 10mins to get the doors closed.
I counted 50 people standing in my carriage but there may have been more squashed into the luggage racks.
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« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2014, 08:26:23 »
Realtime trains suggests that both the 7.02 and 7.08 were cancelled today. It's hard to tell if the 6.41 departure ran as it just doesn't appear on there. I'm very glad I'm working from home today.
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« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2014, 08:37:18 »
The FGW▸ (First Great Western) journey check is showing very conflicting information, almost impossible to check what/when trains are running from Worcester to Oxford. Fine if you have no time commitments and can turn up at the station and get on the first train that you can, not so good if you are trying to plan journey out and back in the evening with various appointments and time constraints.
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« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2014, 08:38:57 »
Quote from: johoare on January 09, 2014, 08:26:23
Realtime trains suggests that both the 7.02 and 7.08 were cancelled today. It's hard to tell if the 6.41 departure ran as it just doesn't appear on there. I'm very glad I'm working from home today.

Maidenhead was even more of a disaster today.  I write this home as I gave up after 45mins of waiting.

I checked online at 6am and noted that both the 7.08 and 7.16 were cancelled which only left the 7.02, which was listed as On Time.  Off I travelled to the station.
Got to platform 4 well in advance of the 7.02.  It was listed as On Time until 7.03, at which point it fell off the boards.  No announcement.  Nothing.  I then checked online and I received an 'unknown error'.  Skills.

How does this happen??  Does someone need to walk 100m up the track at Maidenhead to see if it hasn't fallen in to a hole or something?

Waited for some cr*ppy all-stops-two-carriage "trains" to come through but you can't put the whole of the Thames Valley on these services.

Disgrace.

Went to the ticket office to ask what happened to the 7.02 and got a lovely sarcastic chat.  Gave up and came home.
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« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2014, 09:25:26 »
According to some twitter reports Live Departures early this morning was erroneously reporting a normal service throughout with no cancellations shewn.
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« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2014, 09:57:12 »
This morning's cancellations map is very special:
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« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2014, 10:19:04 »
Reminds me of a kite flying over commuterland...
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« Reply #22 on: January 09, 2014, 10:34:07 »
Services have now been suspended between Didcot and Oxford.

I am not surprised as the water was several inches above the railhead this morning.

Not sure how I will get home from work though Embarrassed
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« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2014, 10:59:38 »
Buses still running but very delayed - up to an hour. Mind you I don't know how everyone displaced from the train could fit into them ...
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« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2014, 11:14:33 »
Quote from: NickB on January 08, 2014, 21:39:24
...when the 7.08 arrived at 7.15 it picked up EVERYONE! It took 10mins to get the doors closed.

This was on JourneyCheck (albeit against another Didcot calling service)

"This train has been delayed by an unusually large passenger flow"
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« Reply #25 on: January 09, 2014, 11:30:59 »
Looks like FGW▸ (First Great Western)/Network rail expect the line to be closed for a few days:

@FGW: There are replacement bus services in place between Didcot and Oxford for today, tomorrow and Saturday

Mind you it could take a few days just to get home given all the road closures in Oxford and around Didcot  Smiley
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« Reply #26 on: January 09, 2014, 11:49:19 »
Aerial photographs of Oxford flooding here. Taken yesterday morning I guess as one is an XC▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) train going through the floods.
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« Reply #27 on: January 09, 2014, 11:53:57 »
Live departures on National Rail is still showing the rail shuttle service between Oxford and Didcot, no mention of substitute buses...
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« Reply #28 on: January 09, 2014, 12:09:56 »
Most recent @fgw info is that there is presently a train once an hour plus some buses.

Information can't keep up with the changing situation it seems.
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« Reply #29 on: January 09, 2014, 16:55:21 »
Culham and Appleford stops now taken off Oxford-Didcot shuttles, presumably so they can run longer trains. 
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