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« Reply #720 on: November 15, 2023, 12:19:03 »
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12:17 Westbury to Swindon due 12:59

12:17 Westbury to Swindon due 12:59 will be starting late from Westbury and is expected to be 10 minutes late.
This is due to train crew being delayed.

Again a relatively minor issue.
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« Reply #721 on: November 16, 2023, 08:23:32 »
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06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47

Facilities on the 06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 2.

No problem  Cheesy
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« Reply #722 on: November 17, 2023, 17:18:34 »
That's a new one!!!

16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:08
16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:08 has been delayed at Trowbridge and is now 18 minutes late.

This is due to this train not stopping in the correct position at a station.

Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 2.
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« Reply #723 on: November 17, 2023, 18:02:52 »
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17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:20

17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:20 has been delayed at Swindon and is now 12 minutes late.
This is due to a train not stopping in the correct position at a station.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 2.

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17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06 will be terminated at Westbury.
It will no longer call at Dilton Marsh, Warminster and Salisbury.
This is due to a train not stopping in the correct position at a station earlier today.
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« Reply #724 on: November 17, 2023, 18:04:05 »
Station overruns or stop short incidents usually happen a couple of dozen times a year over the network.  There aren’t usually any consequences for passengers other than a delay of the sort in the incident above.  

This time of year, overruns due to railhead contamination are especially common.
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« Reply #725 on: November 17, 2023, 18:52:18 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on November 17, 2023, 18:04:05
Station overruns or stop short incidents usually happen a couple of dozen times a year over the network.  There aren’t usually any consequences for passengers other than a delay of the sort in the incident above.  

This time of year, overruns due to railhead contamination are especially common.

I note "usually" but an reminded of the consequences of the overrun at Salisbury Tunnel a couple of years ago. Of course, no way of knowing whether there is any similarity.
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« Reply #726 on: November 18, 2023, 08:02:53 »
20:08 Westbury to Swindon due 20:54
20:08 Westbury to Swindon due 20:54 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

21:07 Swindon to Westbury due 21:49
21:07 Swindon to Westbury due 21:49 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
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« Reply #727 on: November 19, 2023, 08:18:29 »
Yesterday's cancellations re-instated; they disappeared from the cancellation list at around 5 p.m. and in the end all services through the day ran with nothing delayed by more than 10 minutes.  Provided that no connections were lost, that's 100% record as far as I am concerned.  Good.  But do we have the correct method and mix for sourcing resources to run that 100% service and for flagging up any issues that arise?   What custom and goodwill are lost with the published flakey-ness, even if the train runs in the end?
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« Reply #728 on: November 19, 2023, 15:20:13 »
Quote from: grahame on November 19, 2023, 08:18:29
Yesterday's cancellations re-instated; ...

I wonder if today's will be re-instated.  Sorry to hear of the driver being taken ill (and get well soon) - how many drivers do GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) have to be able to call in another ...

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18:27 Frome to Swindon due 19:33
19:42 Swindon to Westbury due 20:25

19:42 Swindon to Westbury due 20:25 will be cancelled.
This is due to the train driver being taken ill.
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« Reply #729 on: November 19, 2023, 16:32:09 »
Quote from: grahame on November 19, 2023, 08:18:29
 What custom and goodwill are lost with the published flakey-ness, even if the train runs in the end?

I wouldn't imagine many if any non-rail-enthusiasts (you know who you are) spend all day checking their train service until around an hour or so before setting out. If it's showing as cancelled that close to departure then pretty much all good will would be lost - much before & very little. IMHO▸ ('in my humble opinion') of corse.

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I wonder if today's will be re-instated.  Sorry to hear of the driver being taken ill (and get well soon) - how many drivers do GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) have to be able to call in another ...

That all depends on their route knowledge, doesn't it? And the number of 'spares' at a depot.
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« Reply #730 on: November 19, 2023, 19:29:52 »
Given the 18:27 from Frome is just approaching Swindon it looks like they were both reinstated.
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« Reply #731 on: November 19, 2023, 19:50:37 »
Quote from: bobm on November 19, 2023, 19:29:52
Given the 18:27 from Frome is just approaching Swindon it looks like they were both reinstated.

Yes, I think they were ... disappeared off the disruption map between an hour and two ago - thought I had posted but probably got swept away in other things going on.  Anyone's guess as to how much traffic would have been lost.
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« Reply #732 on: November 22, 2023, 16:55:13 »
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17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06 will be starting late from Gloucester.
This is due to a fault on this train.
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« Reply #733 on: November 22, 2023, 22:05:49 »
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17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06 will be starting late from Gloucester.
This is due to a fault on this train.

An interesting study ...
15 late off Gloucester
8 late off Swindon
On time off Westbury
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« Reply #734 on: November 23, 2023, 12:51:21 »
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12:17 Westbury to Swindon due 12:59

12:17 Westbury to Swindon due 12:59 will be starting late from Westbury.
This is due to train crew being delayed by service disruption.
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