2018 cancellation and amendment log

[whole diary]

[grahame]

14:10 Frome to Swindon due 15:07

14:10 Frome to Swindon due 15:07 will be terminated at Westbury.
It will no longer call at Trowbridge, Melksham, Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to a fault on this train.

15:19 Swindon to Westbury due 16:00

15:19 Swindon to Westbury due 16:00 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

This has gone way, way beyond a joke.  Complete service only 1 day in the last 10. That was 25th June, and we may have missed logging; I am giving GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) the benefit of the doubt.

On 29th June they put a one car on the 17:36.  Now I love the 153s, but there's a reason they're no longer supposed to be on that service - and that's because they can't cope.    All other days are significant cancellations, and with Chippenham Station seemingly moving towards being an unstaffed halt, arranging alternative transport is likely to be as poor as it is at Trowbridge.

[bobm]

16:21 Westbury to Swindon due 17:07

16:21 Westbury to Swindon due 17:07 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Further Information
Swindon   will be terminated at   Westbury
Westbury   is cancelled   
Swindon   is cancelled   
Westbury   is cancelled   

17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17

17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Further Information
Swindon   will be terminated at   Westbury
Westbury   is cancelled   
Swindon   is cancelled   
Westbury   is cancelled   

[bobm]

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central (via Melksham) due 20:44

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

Now partially re-instated

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44 will be reinstated.
It will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Cheltenham Spa, Gloucester, Stonehouse, Stroud, Kemble, Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge.
This is due to a fault on this train.

[phile]

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central (via Melksham) due 20:44

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

Now partially re-instated

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44 will be reinstated.
It will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Cheltenham Spa, Gloucester, Stonehouse, Stroud, Kemble, Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge.
This is due to a fault on this train.

The SWR^» (South Western Railway - about) hire 158

[bobm]

Indeed 158 888

[grahame]

2O00 again ... but this time a much more minor problem at the far north of its run.

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44
17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44 will be started from Gloucester.
It will no longer call at Cheltenham Spa.
This is due to a points failure.

Serious for people from Cheltenham Spa and north thereof to Stonehouse and south thereof, mind you!

[grahame]

20:02 Cheltenham Spa to Westbury due 21:50
Facilities on the 20:02 Cheltenham Spa to Westbury due 21:50.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3.

Talc  - see http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=20049.msg241443#msg241443

[bobm]

15:06 Westbury to Swindon due 15:50

15:06 Westbury to Swindon due 15:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

15:22 Swindon to Warminster due 16:21

15:22 Swindon to Warminster due 16:21 will be started from Westbury.

It will no longer call at Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[Adelante_CCT]

Shortage of train crew, around 15:00 today, hmmmmmmmm

[bobm]

16:32 Westbury to Swindon due 17:22

16:32 Westbury to Swindon due 17:22 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[TaplowGreen]

Shortage of train crew, around 15:00 today, hmmmmmmmm

In the old days in the rugby fraternity it was known as "International Flu" 

[bobm]

17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:20

17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:20 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Additional Information
Customers at Swindon and Chippenham should travel on the 18:01 service towards Bristol Temple Meads (18:16 from Chippenham) and change at Bath Spa for the 18:36 Portsmouth Harbour service which calls at Trowbridge (18:54) and Westbury (19:02).

Customers requiring Melksham should contact station staff or use the customer help point.

Replacement road transport will be provided for customers at Melksham.

18:32 Westbury to Swindon due 19:22

18:32 Westbury to Swindon due 19:22 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Additional Information
Customers at Westbury and Trowbridge travelling to Chippenham or Swindon should travel on the 18:46 from Westbury (18:52 from Trowbridge) towards Bristol Temple Meads and change at Bath Spa for the 19:43 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington which call at Chippenham (19:56) and Swindon (20:12).

Customers requiring Melksham should contact station staff or use the customer help point.

Replacement road transport will be provided for customers at Melksham.

19:36 Swindon to Westbury due 20:20


19:36 Swindon to Westbury due 20:20 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Additional Information
Customers at Swindon and Chippenham should travel on the 20:01 service towards Bristol Temple Meads (20:16 from Chippenham) and change at Bath Spa for the 20:36 Portsmouth Harbour service which calls at Trowbridge (20:54) and Westbury (21:02).

Customers requiring Melksham should contact station staff or use the customer help point.

Replacement road transport will be provided for customers at Melksham.

[CMRail]

Rather strange that the inbound train had two members of staff who left their kit on the 150, still on after departure time. Yes, it was Swindon platform 2.

[bobm]

Which inbound train was that?

[grahame]

Shortage of train crew, around 15:00 today, hmmmmmmmm

In the old days in the rugby fraternity it was known as "International Flu" 

One has to wonder if this offers an explanation. From The BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

How England v Sweden interrupted a nation

England fans up and down the country interrupted weddings, holidays and other sporting events to make sure they caught England take on Sweden in the World Cup quarter-finals.