2018 cancellation and amendment log

[whole diary]

[grahame]

07:21 Westbury to Swindon due 08:05
07:21 Westbury to Swindon due 08:05 will be cancelled.
This is due to the train for this service having broken down.
Additional Information
Customers at Westbury and Trowbridge travelling to Chippenham or Swindon should travel on the 07:38 Great Malvern service (07:44 from Trowbridge) and change at Bath Spa for the 08:14 service to London Paddington which calls at Chippenham (08:25) and Swindon at 08:41.

Customers at Westbury and Trowbridge travelling to Melksham should contact station staff or use the Customer Help-Point.

Customers at Melksham will be provided road transport to Chippenham from the station car park.

08:28 Swindon to Westbury due 09:14
08:28 Swindon to Westbury due 09:14 will be cancelled.
This is due to the train for this service having broken down.
Additional Information
Customers at Swindon and Chippenham travelling to Trowbridge or Westbury should travel on the 09:01 Bristol Temple Meads service from Swindon (09:15 from Chippenham) and change at Bath Spa for the 09:36 service towards Portsmouth Harbour which calls at Trowbridge (09:54) and Westbury (10:01).

Customers travelling to Melksham should change at Chippenham and speak to station staff.

Customers at Melksham will be provided road transport from the station car park.

[railfan26]

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[phile]

17:11 Westbury to Warminster due 17:20
17:11 Westbury to Warminster due 17:20 will be cancelled.
This is due to a speed restriction because of high track temperatures.
Last Updated:16/07/2018 10:38
Due   Station   Status
17:11   Westbury   Not Stopping
17:13   Dilton Marsh   Not Stopping
17:20   Warminster   Not Stopping

Cardiff Portsmouths stopping Dilton Marsh in lieu.  Reasons already posted in Post #355

[grahame]

17:11 Westbury to Warminster due 17:20
17:11 Westbury to Warminster due 17:20 will be cancelled.
This is due to a speed restriction because of high track temperatures.
Last Updated:16/07/2018 10:38
Due   Station   Status
17:11   Westbury   Not Stopping
17:13   Dilton Marsh   Not Stopping
17:20   Warminster   Not Stopping

Cardiff Portsmouths stopping Dilton Marsh in lieu.  Reasons already posted in Post #35

That is typically a very quiet train indeed, as it runs just 10 minutes behind the Portsmouth; it does carry a few more passengers back from Warminster at 17:28, as in that direction it splits the hour (17:03 and 18:01 calls on Portsmouth - Cardiff)

[grahame]

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44
17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44 will no longer call at Melksham.
It has been delayed at Gloucester and is now 17 minutes late.
This is due to train crew being delayed.

Note for any readers who deal with train regulation.  We would much have trains 15 to 20 minutes late than not at all, even if the delay knocks on to our end of service!

[bobm]

Problem is being that late it would hold up those very important express trains which are using “our” single line. 

[martyjon]

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44
17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44 will no longer call at Melksham.
It has been delayed at Gloucester and is now 17 minutes late.
This is due to train crew being delayed.

Note for any readers who deal with train regulation.  We would much have trains 15 to 20 minutes late than not at all, even if the delay knocks on to our end of service!

Disgraceful !

[bobm]

16:20 Westbury to Swindon due 17:04

16:20 Westbury to Swindon due 17:04 will be cancelled.
This is due to the train for this service having broken down.

Further Information
Customers travelling from unstaffed stations are requested to make use of the Customer Help Point systems available, or contact National Rail Enquiries on 03457 484 950 detailing the total number of passengers travelling, and their intended destinations

17:18 Swindon to Westbury due 17:59


17:18 Swindon to Westbury due 17:59 will be cancelled.

This is due to the train for this service having broken down.

Further Information
Customers travelling from unstaffed stations are requested to make use of the Customer Help Point systems available, or contact National Rail Enquiries on 03457 484 950 detailing the total number of passengers travelling, and their intended destinations

[grahame]

18:39 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21
18:39 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21 has been delayed at Westbury and is now 30 minutes late.
This is due to this train being late from the depot.

At least they found a train.  THANK YOU.

[bobm]

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 broken down train.

[grahame]

17:41 Cheltenham Spa to Southampton Central due 20:44 will be reinstated.
It will be started from Westbury.

So that's the quietest segment of the service ...

[bobm]

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 with the signalling system earlier today.

[grahame]

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 with the signalling system earlier today.

Eh?  The only signalling fault I was aware of earlier today was on the North Cotswold Line.   Has someone got "Melksham" and "Moreton" mixed up??

[bobm]

Problems at North Somerset junction for a while.  Several services diverted from Swindon to Temple Meads via Hullavington. 

[grahame]

Problems at North Somerset junction for a while.  Several services diverted from Swindon to Temple Meads via Hullavington. 

Hmmm ... OK. But it does seem odd that long distance diversions earlier on are all cleared now (if I look at Journey Check) - yet somehow there's a knock-on to the TransWilts, who's trains don't even run over North Somerset Junction!

I appreciate that we've got engineering works going on at Newbury at the moment, and it's far more of an operational nuisance than normal to run the 17:36.   Sad to see that the nuisance factor seems to correlate with the reliability factor.