2021 - TransWilts cancellation and amendment log

[whole diary]

[grahame]

20:20 Westbury to Swindon due 21:04
21:13 Swindon to Westbury due 21:53

21:13 Swindon to Westbury due 21:53 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[grahame]

06:11 Swindon to Southampton Central due 08:08

06:11 Swindon to Southampton Central due 08:08 will be starting late from Swindon.
This is due to a fault on this train.

[grahame]

18:39 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21
20:47 Swindon to Westbury due 21:28

20:47 Swindon to Westbury due 21:28 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Fourth day out of nine so far in December with cancellations ... and the base service on this line is so infrequent that each and every cancellation means serious disruptions to people's schedules - in none of these cases is it "there will be another one along in half an hour ..." but rather "yikes - what do we do now?"

[brooklea]

Points failed at Thingley Junction. 1315 Swindon to Westbury has just diverted via Bathampton Junction. Next round trip will clearly be disrupted too.

[grahame]

Points failed at Thingley Junction. 1315 Swindon to Westbury has just diverted via Bathampton Junction. Next round trip will clearly be disrupted too.

Indeed ...

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:02
15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:55 will be cancelled.
This is due to a points failure.

[grahame]

Cancellations to services between Westbury and Swindon
Due to a points failure between Westbury and Swindon fewer trains are able to run.
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 18:30 09/12.
Customer Advice
Following an earlier points failure and subsequent train cancellations, train crew have been displaced.

Passengers from Westbury and Trowbridge are advised to await the next service towards Bath Spa and then change there for services towards Chippenham and Swindon.
Passengers from Swindon and Chippenham are advised to await the next service towards Bath Spa and then change there for services towards Trowbridge and Westbury.
Passengers from Melksham are advised to please use the Customer Help Point or contact National Rail Enquiries on 03457 484 950 detailing the total number of passengers in your party and your intended destination. This will enable us to get suitable replacement transport to you as quickly as possible.
Passengers from Westbury or Trowbridge for Melksham should contact station staff for onward road transport.
Passengers from Swindon for Melksham should travel to Chippenham on the next available service and then liaise with station staff for onwards road transport to Melksham.

[grahame]

17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17

17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17 will be cancelled.
This is due to train crew being delayed by service disruption.

[bobm]

Points failed at Thingley Junction. 1315 Swindon to Westbury has just diverted via Bathampton Junction. Next round trip will clearly be disrupted too.

It sat at Chippenham for over half an hour before diverting.

[grahame]

So today

21:12   Westbury      a shortage of train crew
20:22   Cheltenham Spa   On time   -
19:17   Southampton Central   On time   -
18:55   Swindon      a shortage of train crew
18:01   Westbury      train crew being delayed by service disruption
16:41   Swindon      train crew being delayed by service disruption
15:39   Westbury      a points failure
14:32   Swindon      a points failure
13:40   Westbury      a points failure
12:33   Swindon   On time   -
11:30   Westbury   11:32   --
10:02   Swindon   On time   -
09:10   Westbury   On time   -
07:51   Swindon   On time   -
07:20   Cheltenham Spa   On time   -
06:36   Southampton Central   06:37   --
05:33   Swindon   On time   -

Melksham times, train destinations. 17 scheduled, 10 ran - that's 41% cancellation, for multiple reasons (the later cancellations were reported long before the points failure, so cannot have been in consequence from it).

[grahame]

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:02

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:02 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[grahame]

and the inevitable ...

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:55

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:55 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[grahame]

17:50 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 20:36

17:50 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 20:36 will be starting late from Gloucester.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Last day south of Warminster ... almost as if it's going very, very reluctantly!

[grahame]

16:25 Westbury to Swindon due 17:08
17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17

17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17 will now run as scheduled.

And so it should 

[grahame]

14:07 Westbury to Swindon due 14:55
15:05 Swindon to Westbury due 15:52 
19:34 Swindon to Westbury due 20:16
21:10 Swindon to Westbury due 21:51

21:10 Swindon to Westbury due 21:51 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

That look asymmetric - but then there are some very odd workings on a Saturday evening where (in theory, anyway) the northbound service finishes at half past six but the last southbound train doesn't reach end of journey until nearly 10 O'Clock.

[bobm]

The 18:35 from Westbury was cancelled at 09:50 today but then re-instated just under an hour later along with the 19:34 from Swindon.