Cotswold Line - 2018 cancellation and amendments log

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[Witham Bobby]

 

08:36 London Paddington to Hereford due 11:51
08:36 London Paddington to Hereford due 11:51 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/08/2018 06:25

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13:32 Hereford to London Paddington due 17:05
13:32 Hereford to London Paddington due 17:05 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/08/2018 06:29

16:26 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 19:05
16:26 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 19:05 will be terminated at Reading.
It will no longer call at Slough and London Paddington.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/08/2018 06:29

[charles_uk]

07:10 Moreton-in-Marsh to London Paddington due 08:51 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[charles_uk]

From Realtime Trains:

1P07 0447 Hereford to London Paddington

This service was cancelled throughout due to late arrival of an inbound service (YI).

[charles_uk]

Another of GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway)'s regular easy "fixes":

07:10 Moreton-in-Marsh to London Paddington due 08:51 will be started from Oxford.
It will no longer call at Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury and Hanborough.
This is due to this train being late from the depot.

Third time in 8 days this service has failed to run along the Cotswold Line.

[IndustryInsider]

Yep, if it’s more than 15 late and runs through it knocks the Cotswold Line out of kilter for quite a while, so better to stop it at Oxford as it’s rare to have anyone on it after Oxford so just the return journey which is affected.

[charles_uk]

...so just the return journey which is affected.

Which starts to get a little tedious for those "affected" who use it for their regular commute when it becomes a weekly or twice weekly event!

[IndustryInsider]

It is the most sensible decision, the same applies to the afternoon Moreton train which often suffers the same fate for the same reason.  Sadly that fact won’t change until more of the line is redoubled.

[Witham Bobby]

It is the most sensible decision, the same applies to the afternoon Moreton train which often suffers the same fate for the same reason.  Sadly that fact won’t change until more of the line is redoubled.

alternatively, the situation would be improved if the down services kept time better and didn't miss their path over the single line

[IndustryInsider]

Can’t disagree with you there!

[Worcester_Passenger]

05:11 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 07:25 will be diverted between Worcester Shrub Hill and Reading.
It is being delayed at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:27/08/2018 05:34

As of 06:11, RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) is reporting that it has yet to leave Shrub Hill.

[CMRail]

05:11 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 07:25 will be diverted between Worcester Shrub Hill and Reading.
It is being delayed at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:27/08/2018 05:34

As of 06:11, RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) is reporting that it has yet to leave Shrub Hill.

Cancelled throughout, train fault.

[charles_uk]

05:28 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:28 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

Last Updated:30/08/2018 03:24

[charles_uk]

A couple this morning:

06:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 09:37 will be terminated at Oxford.
It will no longer call at Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
This is due to a fault on this train.

Last Updated:31/08/2018 08:04

and the return

09:54 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 12:28 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

edit to change return from starting from Oxford to full cancellation.

[adc82140]

Looking back over this thread, thare are fewer posts than before (used to be daily)- can we deduce that the service is getting slightly better? (The emphasis is on the "slightly") The cancellations now seem to be more due to train faults rather than staffing issues. Are the recent train faults IETs^▸ (Intercity Express Train) or HSTs^▸ (High Speed Train)?

[Witham Bobby]

There was much disruption yesterday morning (30.08.2018) following the sad incident between Didcot and Oxford.  None of the cancellations of OWW^▸ (Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton) line services was posted onto this topic, but I counted at least 4 cancellations on JourneyCheck, even though some of them were classed as amendments because they ran between some stations at the London end of the route.