Loadings, cancellations and other issues

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[grahame]

19:32 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 21:33
This train will be delayed at Gloucester and is expected to be 10 minutes late.
This train will be started from Gloucester.
This train will no longer call at Westbury, Trowbridge, Melksham, Chippenham, Swindon, Kemble, Stroud and Stonehouse.
This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable. Last Updated :16/03/2015 16:54

Err .. it may be on the "service update" list ... but it looks awfully like a cancellation as far as the TransWilts is concerned!

[grahame]

17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:21 This train has been delayed between Swindon and Chippenham by 15 minutes, is being further delayed between Chippenham and Melksham and is now expected to be 23 minutes late.
This is due to signalling problems. Last Updated :20/03/2015 18:14
Scheduled    Expected   Destination
17:36   17:36    Swindon
17:53   18:08    Chippenham
18:03   18:26    Melksham
18:13   18:36    Trowbridge
18:21   18:44    Westbury

[John R]

This is because the preceding service (1630 PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) to TAU^» (Taunton - next trains)) was diverted via MKM^» (Melksham (Station code) - next trains) due to signalling problems.  The 1700 thus overtook it between CPM^» (Chippenham - next trains) and BTH^» (Bath Spa - next trains)!

[bobm]

From Journeycheck

19:32 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 21:33 
 
This train will be started from Swindon.
This train will no longer call at Westbury, Trowbridge, Melksham and Chippenham.
This is due to signalling problems.

Last Updated :09/04/2015 18:24

[bobm]

Been in a, not too interesting, meeting tonight, so hard to follow what was going on.

There was a problem with the signalling and points at Bradford North junction.  For a time nothing could run through the area, not only TransWilts but also services to and from Weymouth and the Cardiff/Portsmouths.  The 17:36 from Swindon was sent back to Melksham from the junction for a time while the problem was sorted.

Meanwhile the 18:36 to Swindon and the return working were both cancelled and the 18:52 (the service from Cheltenham) was cancelled at Swindon.

[JayMac]

All this led to a 7 car train (150/1, 150/9, 2 car 158) being coupled up at Westbury to get the stock and staff where they needed to be.

[bobm]

The 09:10 Swindon to Westbury and the 11:14 Westbury to Swindon are both cancelled "owing to congestion caused by earlier delays".

Seems they have fallen victim to the engineering work which is diverting High Speed Services from South Wales and Cheltenham from Swindon to Reading via Chippenham and the TransWilts line and then the Berks & Hants.  One train from London to South Wales is over three hours late at present.

Taxis being provided to/from Melksham from Chippenham/Trowbridge.

[grahame]

Oh f***.  I'm on the 12:36 change at Trowbridge, Bristol, Stafford, Crewe, Chester and Holyhead for a 23:45 arrival in Dublin.

[bobm]

Well that (the 12:10 ex SWI^» (Swindon - next trains)) could still run - given the unit is still at Swindon.

[grahame]

Well that (the 12:10 ex SWI^» (Swindon - next trains)) could still run - given the unit is still at Swindon.

Well - it ran.  -0 +4 -> 28    28/4.   Apparently failed freight and failed HST^▸ (High Speed Train) at Swindon and line closed for engineering ... they attached the TransWilts 153 to the Cheltenham and gave it a trip up there.    If only I had know - just departing Cheltenham myself now, via Trowbridge and BRI^» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains)!

[bobm]

14:14 Westbury to Swindon and 15:14 Swindon to Westbury cancelled after a bridge strike at Yarnton (between Westbury and Trowbridge).

[grahame]

14:14 Westbury to Swindon and 15:14 Swindon to Westbury cancelled after a bridge strike at Yarnton (between Westbury and Trowbridge).

Coming to this thread a bit late - it seems that the effect of a bridge strike on the main Portmsouth - Cardiff line (the segment the TransWilts shares) is one Portsmouth - Cardiff train being turned around at Newport (leaving a gap of perhaps 20 minutes between those cities) and a TransWilts round trip being cancelled completely, leaving a gap from 12:47 to 17:36 off Swindon.

[grahame]

I stand corrected ... additional changes

14:38 Westbury to Bristol Parkway due 15:46 This train will be terminated at Bristol Temple Meads.
This train will no longer call at Bristol Parkway.
This is due to a vehicle striking a bridge earlier

15:53 Bristol Parkway to Bath Spa due 16:21 This train will be started from Bristol Temple Meads.
This train will call additionally at Bristol Temple Meads.
This train will no longer call at Bristol Parkway and Filton Abbey Wood.
This is due to a vehicle striking a bridge earlier.

[bobm]

Problem with the unit on the TransWilts.

The 09:48 from Westbury failed just outside Swindon station and finally arrived nearly half an hour late - resulting in the cancellation of the 10:47 from Swindon to Westbury.

UPDATE at 11:20:  Seems the 09:48 hasn't *quite* arrived at Swindon.  It has come to a stand blocking the lines to and from Kemble.

UPDATE at 12:15:  Passengers evacuated and walked the 25 yards onto the station platform; train now moved and Kemble lines re-opened.

However the 11:47 from Westbury also cancelled.

[grahame]

A couple of red lines on the diagram at the top of these pages - but I wasn't worried because they were at a different angle to the usual Westbury <-> Swindon lines.

Silly me:

19:32 Westbury to Chippenham due 19:58 This train will be cancelled.
This is due to signalling problems.

20:16 Chippenham to Westbury due 20:43 This train will be cancelled.
This is due to signalling problems.

and the headline:

Alterations to services at Chippenham
Due to signalling problems at Chippenham trains have to run at reduced speed on the Chippenham bound line.
Impact:
Train services running through this station may be delayed by up to 25 mins or revised. Disruption is expected until 21:00 16/05.

I guess "reduced speed" means 0 m.p.h. in the case of the TransWilts.  Always reluctant to admit cancellations in the headline!