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It was the London Marathon today - hottest on record. Thousands took part. And it was great to see so many GWR▸ crew running too. Wonder how much they raised for their charities. So many crew were running that GWR had to cancel no end of services to / from Paddington and West. What a great company GWR is - er - well actually perhaps not. Thank's for all of the disruption today. If GWR crew don't want to work there are hundreds of unemployed who will.
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The 2100 to Exeter is calling additionally at Pewsey, Westbury and Castle Cary but there still doesn't seem to be anything for Newton Abbot, Totnes and Plymouth (or for anyone wanting to head west from Newbury).
1V68 1403 Motherwell to Plymouth (22:47 from EXD» ) 1Z98 2320 Exeter St Davids to Plymouth that latter connects from 21:00?? |
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« Reply #617 on: April 22, 2018, 21:25:35 » |
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The 2100 to Exeter is calling additionally at Pewsey, Westbury and Castle Cary but there still doesn't seem to be anything for Newton Abbot, Totnes and Plymouth (or for anyone wanting to head west from Newbury).
1V68 1403 Motherwell to Plymouth (22:47 from EXD» ) 1Z98 2320 Exeter St Davids to Plymouth that latter connects from 21:00?? Yes, looks like it has been arranged at short notice (presumably a unit crewed by a West driver). |
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« Reply #618 on: April 22, 2018, 21:29:07 » |
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An interesting comment on the WNXX▸ Forum.... It's not just the cost of the cancellation and good will of the customer, GWR▸ have to still pay for the class 800s they don't use if Hitachi have made the train available. For example, today Hitachi provided 27 units but we only needed 21 of them - that's 6 units paid for that didn't turn a wheel.... |
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« Reply #619 on: April 22, 2018, 21:42:39 » |
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If GWR▸ crew don't want to work there are hundreds of unemployed who will.
What you fail to appreciate is that you cannot just put a card in the job centre and sift through the numerous applicant to get a train driver. This is a skill in short supply so the boot is on the other foot. Rail companies must compete for drivers by offering them the best terms (no just money) and if they train them (as GWR do) they must compete to keep them. There is a limit to how many they can train as they need senior drivers to be involved and this is difficult when they are short of drivers. The government makes the same mistakes over doctors. Mods consider merging with the more general topic of shortage of drivers http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=18719.0;topicseenAlso look at the letter from Mr Hopwood to CPLC CLPG» at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=19697.msg236334#msg236334 |
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« Reply #620 on: April 22, 2018, 21:42:59 » |
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I’m guessing there will be issues with HSS▸ services starting from Plymouth tomorrow morning if all drivers have made themselves unavailable tonight.
We're straight off one set of changes onto another ... 4 day blockage Westbury to Theale ... which is suspect changes the number of crews needed (certainly less train drivers and more bus driver needed for TransWilts services!) |
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« Reply #621 on: April 22, 2018, 21:48:42 » |
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The 2100 to Exeter is calling additionally at Pewsey, Westbury and Castle Cary but there still doesn't seem to be anything for Newton Abbot, Totnes and Plymouth (or for anyone wanting to head west from Newbury).
1V68 1403 Motherwell to Plymouth (22:47 from EXD» ) 1Z98 2320 Exeter St Davids to Plymouth that latter connects from 21:00?? Yes, looks like it has been arranged at short notice (presumably a unit crewed by a West driver). Advice is now that the 2100 PAD» -Exeter St David's will go through to Plymouth & terminate there. |
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« Reply #622 on: April 22, 2018, 21:49:37 » |
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The 2100 to Exeter is calling additionally at Pewsey, Westbury and Castle Cary but there still doesn't seem to be anything for Newton Abbot, Totnes and Plymouth (or for anyone wanting to head west from Newbury).
1V68 1403 Motherwell to Plymouth (22:47 from EXD» ) 1Z98 2320 Exeter St Davids to Plymouth that latter connects from 21:00?? Yes, looks like it has been arranged at short notice (presumably a unit crewed by a West driver). I suspect it's the same train ... 1C98 has a 2 minute "connection" into 1Z98. Shame if it isn't and the 21:00 arrival has been delayed by the extra calls ... Advice is now that the 2100 PAD» -Exeter St David's will go through to Plymouth & terminate there.
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« Reply #623 on: April 22, 2018, 22:05:25 » |
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I suspect it's the same train ... 1C98 has a 2 minute "connection" into 1Z98. Shame if it isn't and the 21:00 arrival has been delayed by the extra calls ...
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« Reply #624 on: April 22, 2018, 22:37:10 » |
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I’m pleased to see something was sorted so that the 2100 can run through to Plymouth so at least everyone stuck at Paddington will get home even if it’s later than planned.
In other news, I noticed the Par-Penzance shuttle service was being operated by a single 153 instead of an HST▸ because of shortage of traincrew. That must have been interesting at times today.
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« Reply #625 on: April 22, 2018, 22:41:37 » |
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More fun & games now at Bristol Paekway....2037 Paddington-Port Talbot terminated short with only a few minutes notice, everyone (including lots of exhausted marathon runners) turfed off and told onward transport had been arranged......only problem being.....No-one had told Bristol Parkway....and no transport arranged.
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« Reply #626 on: April 23, 2018, 09:51:20 » |
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Can a Mod correct the typo please - its [b[CLPG» [/b] CLPG
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« Reply #627 on: April 23, 2018, 16:55:01 » |
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« Reply #628 on: April 23, 2018, 18:41:34 » |
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Can a mod also fix ChrisB's attempt to bold CLPG? I am the world's wurst at spelling! Think I have done it |
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« Reply #629 on: April 23, 2018, 21:54:55 » |
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It was the London Marathon today - hottest on record. Thousands took part. And it was great to see so many GWR▸ crew running too. Wonder how much they raised for their charities. So many crew were running that GWR had to cancel no end of services to / from Paddington and West. What a great company GWR is - er - well actually perhaps not. Thank's for all of the disruption today. If GWR crew don't want to work there are hundreds of unemployed who will.
Tonight’s BBC» Points West ran a story about the problems marathon runners had getting home yesterday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b027rk/points-west-evening-news-23042018Item starts at 5.10 Expires 7pm 24/04 |
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