2022 - TransWilts cancellations and amendments log

[whole diary]

[grahame]

05:17 Westbury to Swindon due 05:59

05:17 Westbury to Swindon due 05:59 will be starting late from Westbury.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.

[grahame]

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:01

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:01 is being delayed at Chippenham.
This is due to a problem currently under investigation.

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:58

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:58 will be started from Chippenham.
It will no longer call at Swindon.
This is due to passengers causing a disturbance on a train earlier today.

[grahame]

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:01

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:01 is being delayed at Chippenham.
This is due to a problem currently under investigation.

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:58

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:58 will be started from Chippenham.
It will no longer call at Swindon.
This is due to passengers causing a disturbance on a train earlier today.

Not entirely what happened ... the 14:16 from Westbury terminated at Chippenham, and it appears sat there a while because the London Express had to wait 20 minutes for the platform.   I suspect it ran up empty to Swindon and formed the 15:14, at 15:31 to Westbury - only real harm in that direction was missing the Portsmouth connection which is very popular off that train as it didn't reach Westbury until 6 minutes after the Portsmouth train had left.

[grahame]

18:52 Swindon to Salisbury due 20:05

Facilities on the 18:52 Swindon to Salisbury due 20:05.
Toilet facilities are not available. Disabled toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.

[grahame]

All trains CANCELLED Today.  No alternatives provided  (just 'find another way yourself') and nothing suggested except "travel another day"

Cancellations to services on all routes
Due to industrial action:
Train services running across the whole Great Western Railway network will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day on 18/08/22.

Customer Advice

Planned industrial action by the RMT^▸ (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers) and TSSA^» (Transport Salaried Staffs' Association - about) unions means we expect rail services to be severely affected on Thursday 18 August and a significantly reduced temporary timetable will be in place.
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An extremely limited service will operate between 07:00 and 18:30, and the last trains will leave much earlier.
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Where trains are able to operate, they will be extremely busy.
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Customers are advised to find alternative ways to travel. Only travel if absolutely necessary. The majority of train services will not operate and there will be no services on many routes.
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No rail services will operate on the following routes:
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All lines in Cornwall, including all branch lines
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West of Exeter towards Plymouth/Cornwall
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All branch lines in Devon (Barnstaple, Exmouth, Paignton, Okehampton)
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South Wales main line (Carmarthen/SwanseaCardiff Central)
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Berks & Hants line (ReadingTaunton via Castle Cary)
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Wessex main line (Bath SpaPortsmouth Harbour)
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Heart of Wessex line (WestburyWeymouth)
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TransWilts line (SwindonWestbury via Melksham)
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Severn Beach line (Bristol Temple MeadsSevern Beach)
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North Cotswolds line (Hereford/WorcesterOxford)
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South Cotswolds line (Cheltenham SpaSwindon)
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Worcester/Gloucester
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Greenford branch line
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North Downs line (ReadingGatwick Airport)
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To help customers, GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) is allowing people with tickets for travel on Thursday 18 August to travel up to and including Tuesday 23 August.
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[TaplowGreen]

All trains CANCELLED Today.  No alternatives provided  (just 'find another way yourself') and nothing suggested except "travel another day"

Cancellations to services on all routes
Due to industrial action:
Train services running across the whole Great Western Railway network will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day on 18/08/22.

Customer Advice

Planned industrial action by the RMT^▸ (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers) and TSSA^» (Transport Salaried Staffs' Association - about) unions means we expect rail services to be severely affected on Thursday 18 August and a significantly reduced temporary timetable will be in place.
-
An extremely limited service will operate between 07:00 and 18:30, and the last trains will leave much earlier.
-
Where trains are able to operate, they will be extremely busy.
-
Customers are advised to find alternative ways to travel. Only travel if absolutely necessary. The majority of train services will not operate and there will be no services on many routes.
-
No rail services will operate on the following routes:
-
All lines in Cornwall, including all branch lines
-
West of Exeter towards Plymouth/Cornwall
-
All branch lines in Devon (Barnstaple, Exmouth, Paignton, Okehampton)
-
South Wales main line (Carmarthen/SwanseaCardiff Central)
-
Berks & Hants line (ReadingTaunton via Castle Cary)
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Wessex main line (Bath SpaPortsmouth Harbour)
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Heart of Wessex line (WestburyWeymouth)
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TransWilts line (SwindonWestbury via Melksham)
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Severn Beach line (Bristol Temple MeadsSevern Beach)
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North Cotswolds line (Hereford/WorcesterOxford)
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South Cotswolds line (Cheltenham SpaSwindon)
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Worcester/Gloucester
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Greenford branch line
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North Downs line (ReadingGatwick Airport)
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To help customers, GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) is allowing people with tickets for travel on Thursday 18 August to travel up to and including Tuesday 23 August.
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Were your expectations any different Graham?

[grahame]

Were your expectations any different Graham?

No.

[bobm]

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:01

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:01 is being delayed at Chippenham.
This is due to a problem currently under investigation.

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:58

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:58 will be started from Chippenham.
It will no longer call at Swindon.
This is due to passengers causing a disturbance on a train earlier today.

Not entirely what happened ... the 14:16 from Westbury terminated at Chippenham, and it appears sat there a while because the London Express had to wait 20 minutes for the platform.   I suspect it ran up empty to Swindon and formed the 15:14, at 15:31 to Westbury - only real harm in that direction was missing the Portsmouth connection which is very popular off that train as it didn't reach Westbury until 6 minutes after the Portsmouth train had left.

An update to Real Time Trains shows it did indeed depart empty to Swindon at 15:10 and arrived there at 15:26 before leaving again for Westbury, in service, five minutes later.

[grahame]

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:05

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:05 has been previously delayed but is expected to be 4 minutes late from Swindon.
This is due to a broken down train.

[TaplowGreen]

14:26 Frome to Swindon due 15:34

14:26 Frome to Swindon due 15:34 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

15:44 Swindon to Frome due 16:38

15:44 Swindon to Frome due 16:38 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[grahame]

14:26 Frome to Swindon due 15:34

14:26 Frome to Swindon due 15:34 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

and almost inevitably

15:44 Swindon to Frome due 16:38

15:44 Swindon to Frome due 16:38 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[bobm]

Both now reinstated.

[grahame]

19:29 Swindon to Cheltenham Spa due 20:32
19:29 Swindon to Cheltenham Spa due 20:32 is being delayed at Swindon.
This is due to the train departing late to maintain customer connections.

19:29 Swindon to Westbury due 20:11
19:29 Swindon to Westbury due 20:11 is being delayed at Swindon.
This is due to the train departing late to maintain customer connections.

Looks like common sense ... perhaps we should use this sort of thing to inform our friends in Salisbury that it can be done

Never noticed before that there are two departures at the same time from Swindon.

[grahame]

Looks like common sense ... perhaps we should use this sort of thing to inform our friends in Salisbury that it can be done

10 late and 9 late off Swindon, about 5 minutes after the arrival of a connection from London.

[jamestheredengine]

14:26 Frome to Swindon due 15:34

14:26 Frome to Swindon due 15:34 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

15:44 Swindon to Frome due 16:38

15:44 Swindon to Frome due 16:38 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

I actually looked at taking the 1426 today. I didn't, not because it was cancelled, but because it sits around at Westbury pointlessly, only to miss the Swansea and Cheltenham connections at Swindon by minutes – whoever does the timetable should change this to have it do a sensible two-minute stop at Westbury instead and get to Swindon at a useful time. The train two hours later is just as bad. Hence ending up on the 1233, despite my prejudice against lunchtime trains with no catering (I went to Marks and Spencer's in Frome, only to then be unimpressed with a rubbish suburban unit with no tables, not even the fold-down ones on seat backs – if there aren't enough 158s, can't GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) at least get some 156s? Or a Class 37 and Mark II stock?).