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« on: November 17, 2018, 21:08:40 »
Today, Saturday 17 November 2018, I suffered what seemed like the worst ride I have had for 35 years on the Down Main Paddington to Reading and Berks and Hants to Taunton.  Earlier in the day I travelled Crewe to London Euston on the Up WCML▸ (West Coast Main Line) and the ride was very smooth.  Either the HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) sets are not getting the dedicated maintenance they used to, or the GWML▸ (Great Western Main Line) trackwork is falling to pieces (and yes, I am aware of the embankment slip issues between Castle Cary and Athelney).....

Have others experienced this?
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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2018, 21:13:10 »
Bit of both I suspect. Hard to give the same care and attention to something you know is going.
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2018, 22:13:22 »
Various people mention the ride quality of the B&H▸ (Berks and Hants - railway line from Reading to Taunton via Westbury) however not to many extremes. Could me a bit of both.
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« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2018, 13:38:10 »
Quote from: Charlie (in Gloucester) on November 17, 2018, 22:13:22
Various people mention the ride quality of the B&H▸ (Berks and Hants - railway line from Reading to Taunton via Westbury) however not to many extremes. Could me a bit of both.

As I said in another post, the line from Cheltenham to Barnwood Junction is also bad, we need a Filton bank there, nice and smooth.


It is like a roller coaster, bounces the trains up and down if drivers go at speed.
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« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2018, 17:29:11 »
Quote from: Timmer on November 17, 2018, 21:13:10
Bit of both I suspect. Hard to give the same care and attention to something you know is going.

Been along the B&H▸ (Berks and Hants - railway line from Reading to Taunton via Westbury) a couple of times recently in an IET▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) and I think it is the track....
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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2018, 20:14:17 »
There’s quite a lot of emergency and temporary speed restrictions in place..... definitely the track.
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« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2019, 09:03:42 »
With the engineering access for electrification work it possible access for track maintenance has been a bit limited; also as NR» (Network Rail - home page) reaches the end of CP5▸ (Control Period 5 - the five year period between 2014 and 2019) budgets get a bit tight so while ride might be a bit rough the Route team may decided there is no safety issue and live with the performance hit and have chosen to spend any funds at more important locations
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« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2019, 13:35:48 »
Quote from: a-driver on December 31, 2018, 20:14:17
There’s quite a lot of emergency and temporary speed restrictions in place..... definitely the track.

Maybe NR» (Network Rail - home page) Should run a tamper up and down the lines first, to see if that corrects it.
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