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« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2017, 16:55:58 »
Quote from: ChrisB on March 21, 2017, 10:31:55
An improvement I am going to suggest to GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) is that they know who have booked affected trains, so why not email them & let them know? Quite easily done, I would have thought.

Not impossible, but would need cross industry co-operation to be completely effective as not everyone books a ticket for a GWR train on the GWR website.  Also if someone has booked via say the Virgin website and has ticked the opt-out box could the address even be passed on under data protection laws?
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« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2017, 21:09:28 »
Quote from: ChrisB on March 21, 2017, 10:06:21
Oh whoopee, I'm booked on the 0907 ex-Cardiff.....


Great - sharing trains to Wembley with England supporters. Wish they'd ban alcohol on these morning trains when football is on.

"Ere we go Ere we go Ere we go" (by bus)  Sad
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« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2017, 21:13:34 »
Quote from: bobm on March 21, 2017, 16:55:58
Quote from: ChrisB on March 21, 2017, 10:31:55
An improvement I am going to suggest to GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) is that they know who have booked affected trains, so why not email them & let them know? Quite easily done, I would have thought.

Not impossible, but would need cross industry co-operation to be completely effective as not everyone books a ticket for a GWR train on the GWR website.  Also if someone has booked via say the Virgin website and has ticked the opt-out box could the address even be passed on under data protection laws?

And no contact details would be available for anybody who booked in person at a ticket office.
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« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2017, 11:02:52 »
But for those who do, it would be still better than now - and a bonus to push booking on the TOCs▸ (Train Operating Company) own website?
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« Reply #19 on: March 22, 2017, 12:54:40 »
Indeed, the more people that can be reached the better.
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« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2017, 20:13:47 »
Quote from: bobm on March 21, 2017, 16:09:46
Slightly tongue in cheek - but for those who enjoy such things - as a result of this there are through trains between Swindon and Oxford via the West Curve at Didcot on Sunday.
Now, i like curves, but West curve doesn't really cut it.
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« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2017, 11:02:30 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on March 21, 2017, 11:49:39
It's for the electrification switch on and testing, isn't it?

Email from Mark Hopwood states "This will allow Network Rail to complete a key piece of work for the electrification of the Great Western mainline"
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« Reply #22 on: March 26, 2017, 12:33:03 »
I did get an email last night that mentioned the works. They seem to send a 'journey reminder' 24 hours before your booking now.

Journey was long but it worked. Hopefully it won't over run beyond 1330 as Chiltern will get seriously overrun by football suporters anyway, and they don't want/need extras this afternoon
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« Reply #23 on: March 26, 2017, 12:36:33 »
I was at Oxford at this morning and there was a sense of the lull before the storm.  Almost more staff than passengers.

Same on the train, my ticket was checked before we even left the station.
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« Reply #24 on: March 26, 2017, 13:18:06 »
The first scheduled departures and arrivals are on track, so seems to have been handed back on time.
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