2019 - TransWilts cancellation and amendments log

[whole diary]

[GBM]

They appear to have found something for the first two.  Excellent ... 17:36 always bust even on a Saturday!

 

[grahame]

14:10 Frome to Swindon due 15:07
14:10 Frome to Swindon due 15:07 has been previously delayed, has been further delayed at Chippenham and is now 10 minutes late.
This is due to a late running freight train.

[grahame]

Sun, 5 May 11:05 Weymouth to Swindon due 13:22
05/05/19 11:05 Weymouth to Swindon due 13:22 will be terminated at Westbury.
It will no longer call at Trowbridge, Melksham, Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:04/05/2019 18:53

Sun, 5 May 13:38 Swindon to Weymouth due 15:54
05/05/19 13:38 Swindon to Weymouth due 15:54 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.

Fine weather, bank holiday weekend ... trains are busy.    Just back from Melksham Station; getting very hard to count, but between 15 and 18 off the 18:48 arrival from Westbury / Trowbridge, with about 9 joining.

Engineering diversions through Melksham this weekend ... with almost a day's notice of the two cancellation above, should be plenty of time to order special stops on 1A80 and 1C85 at the intermediate TransWilts stations, shouldn't there?

[grahame]

And more ...

Sun, 5 May 16:35 Westbury to Swindon due 17:18
05/05/19 16:35 Westbury to Swindon due 17:18 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Sun, 5 May 17:23 Swindon to Westbury due 18:07
05/05/19 17:23 Swindon to Westbury due 18:07 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

So that's a 31% cancellation rate (just 69% of trains running) tomorrow ...  at nearly 24 hours advanced notice, isn't there time to call in a standby?  Not exactly as if someone's failed to turn up for work, is it??

[Timmer]

Not just on the Transwilts. Cardiff-Portsmouth affected also. Well it is a Bank Holiday weekend after all.

[grahame]

Not just on the Transwilts. Cardiff-Portsmouth affected also. Well it is a Bank Holiday weekend after all.

Yep - note that's been added ... also

Sun, 5 May 18:45 Westbury to Swindon due 19:27
05/05/19 18:45 Westbury to Swindon due 19:27 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:04/05/2019 19:33

Sun, 5 May 19:54 Swindon to Westbury due 20:35
05/05/19 19:54 Swindon to Westbury due 20:35 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

So that's 46% cancelled ... any news of other trains on the line stopping to fill the gaps?

[bobm]

One round trip re-instated.

16:35 ex-Westbury and 17:23 ex-Swindon will now run.

[grahame]

One round trip re-instated.

16:35 ex-Westbury and 17:23 ex-Swindon will now run.

Thank goodness ... "better late than never" ... I was at the station for the previous train up to Swindon ... 15 people waiting on the platform (I think 3 or 4 were just seeing people off) and 5 got off ... so even on the middle day of a bank holiday, middle of the day ... the traffic is there!

[grahame]

11:47 Westbury to Swindon due 12:32
11:47 Westbury to Swindon due 12:32 is being delayed at Westbury.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.

[grahame]

11:47 Westbury to Swindon due 12:32
11:47 Westbury to Swindon due 12:32 is being delayed at Westbury.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.

12:20 Westbury to Swindon due 13:02
12:20 Westbury to Swindon due 13:02 is being delayed between Trowbridge and Melksham and is now expected to be 10 minutes late.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.

[grahame]

12:20 Westbury to Swindon due 13:02
12:20 Westbury to Swindon due 13:02 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

13:29 Swindon to Westbury due 14:10
13:29 Swindon to Westbury due 14:10 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

[bobm]

Not on Journeycheck yet but the first service to Swindon is still sitting at Westbury while an engineering train is on the single line. 

The train should have left at 08:20.

EDIT: Train just left nearly 20 minutes late.

[grahame]

Not on Journeycheck yet but the first service to Swindon is still sitting at Westbury while an engineering train is on the single line. 

The train should have left at 08:20.

EDIT: Train just left nearly 20 minutes late.

Always eventful ...

11:05 Weymouth to Swindon due 13:20
Facilities on the 11:05 Weymouth to Swindon due 13:20.
Toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Additional Information
We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause.

Lack of a loo isn't usually a problem on a 45 minute journey.  As this is over 2 hours, it could be become a wee problem!

Reminds me of the thread that we've got about 165 and 166 units being good for the shorter journeys ... but anyone headed all the way from Weymouth to Swindon might prefer the facilities of a 158 which (darn it) was designed for these middle distance journeys!

[grahame]

07:04 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 09:05
07:04 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 09:05 has been delayed at Westbury and is now 5 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on this train.

Really not a problem ... report from a user at Melksham Station suggests information board may have just been saying "delayed" due to the concerned nature of the text;  as often, the problem seems to be expanded rather than mitigated by what comes on customer information.

[grahame]

09:22 Swindon to Westbury due 10:02 has been delayed at Swindon and is now 9 minutes late.
This is due to train crew being delayed.

No problem provided it makes the Weymouth connection at Westbury