2023 Delays and Cancellations

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[Worcester_Passenger]

An unusual entry on JourneyCheck today:

     14:27 Hereford to Oxford due 16:28
     14:27 Hereford to Oxford due 16:28 will no longer call at Ledbury, Colwall, Great Malvern and Malvern Link.
     This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[ChrisB]

10cars maybe with only one train manager until GMV?

All/any pax at HFD^» (Hereford - next trains) into one 5car unit with TM^‡(resolve), then non-stop to GMV to pick up second member of staff?

[Worcester_Passenger]

RealTimeTrains is reporting it as a five-car unit.

[Witham Bobby]

21:00 Worcester Foregate Street to Oxford due 22:30 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough and Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Surely this is a cancellation of the service, in all but name?

[Witham Bobby]

21:00 Worcester Foregate Street to Oxford due 22:30 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough and Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Surely this is a cancellation of the service, in all but name?

Well, it wasn't terminated at Shrub Hill or cancelled.  The service ran as timetabled, and the same unit returned from Oxford to Worcester later as the last down service of the day

[Worcester_Passenger]

Lots of cancellations posted on JourneyCheck for today due to shortage of train crew:

05:10 Oxford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 06:15 ("due to the emergency services dealing with an incident near the railway yesterday")
11:45 Oxford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 13:01
13:16 Worcester Shrub Hill to Oxford due 14:29
17:30 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:26
19:45 Great Malvern to Oxford due 21:30
21:43 Oxford to Great Malvern due 23:11
22:00 Hereford to Oxford due 00:07
00:15 Oxford to Worcestershire Parkway Hl due 01:19

[Worcester_Passenger]

And more today:

Due to shortage of train crew:

10:50 Great Malvern to Oxford due 12:22
15:46 Oxford to Great Malvern due 17:14
17:30 Hereford to Oxford due 19:27

Due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time:

19:46 Oxford to Hereford due 21:55
19:58 Great Malvern to Oxford due 21:28
20:46 Oxford to Great Malvern due 22:17

[didcotdean]

GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) is apparently trying to rustle up some road transport to provide some kind of substitution, but how successful this is remains to be seen.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Getting worse. JourneyCheck is now reporting as cancelled:

15:30 Hereford to Oxford due 17:28
17:30 Hereford to Oxford due 19:27
18:58 Great Malvern to Oxford due 20:25
19:58 Great Malvern to Oxford due 21:28

17:46 Oxford to Great Malvern due 19:14
19:46 Oxford to Hereford due 21:55
20:46 Oxford to Great Malvern due 22:17
21:46 Oxford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 22:59

This leaves a four-hour gap in the timetable in each direction.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Getting worse. JourneyCheck is now reporting as cancelled:

15:30 Hereford to Oxford due 17:28
17:30 Hereford to Oxford due 19:27
18:58 Great Malvern to Oxford due 20:25
19:58 Great Malvern to Oxford due 21:28

17:46 Oxford to Great Malvern due 19:14
19:46 Oxford to Hereford due 21:55
20:46 Oxford to Great Malvern due 22:17
21:46 Oxford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 22:59

This leaves a four-hour gap in the timetable in each direction.

And now there's a line cancellation note : "Replacement road transport has been requested to operate in both directions between Hereford and Oxford".

Plus...

16:46 Oxford to Great Malvern due 18:17 - terminate at Shrub Hill
16:58 Great Malvern to Oxford due 18:25 - start from Shrub Hill

18:46 Oxford to Great Malvern due 20:14 will be reinstated and will now run as scheduled.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 5. First class not available.

20:40 Great Malvern to Oxford due 22:22 will be reinstated and will now run as scheduled.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 5. First class not available.

22:46 Oxford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 23:59 will be reinstated and will now run as scheduled.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 5. First class not available.

[Worcester_Passenger]

And the problems continue into Monday morning, with JourneyCheck reporting as cancelled due to repairs

05:10 Oxford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 06:15
05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:24 [via Stroud]
06:35 Evesham to Oxford due 07:29
07:25 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 10:00 [via Stroud]
07:48 Oxford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 09:05

That leaves, out of Shrub Hill

    05:14 to Oxford
    06:43 to Oxford
    07:01 to Oxford ("halts train")
    07:31 from Great Malvern to Oxford

RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) is showing both the 05:23 Hereford - Paddington and the 07:25 Shrub Hill - Paddington as operating, but as empty coaching stock.

[Witham Bobby]

It's as if we've time-warped back to pre-2011 redoubling style reliability levels

And the amount of concern this is to anyone in authority will be close to zero, I bet.  Stuff the passengers.  They're only fare payers, after all

[Worcester_Passenger]

From JourneyCheck:

14:45 Oxford to Great Malvern due 16:15 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

16:32 Great Malvern to Oxford due 18:26 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[Worcester_Passenger]

20:56 Worcester Foregate Street to Oxford due 22:21 was terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

But RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) reports that it did operate as empty coaching stock Shrub Hill - Oxford.

[Worcester_Passenger]

It's Sunday again. Journey Check is reporting the following as being cancelled due to a shortage of train crew:

13:11 Worcester Foregate Street to Oxford due 14:28
14:46 Oxford to Hereford due 17:00
17:30 Hereford to Oxford due 19:27
19:46 Oxford to Hereford due 21:55