2023 Delays and Cancellations

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[charles_uk]

Two cancellations from yesterday (15 August)

1704 Didcot Parkway to Moreton-in-Marsh and the returning 1851 Evesham to Oxford.

And some more morning short-formations:

15 Aug - 0514 Worcester Shrub Hill to Paddington
Today - 0523 Hereford to Paddington and 0643 Worcester Shrub Hill to Paddington

[Worcester_Passenger]

And some more morning short-formations:

15 Aug - 0514 Worcester Shrub Hill to Paddington
Today - 0523 Hereford to Paddington and 0643 Worcester Shrub Hill to Paddington

And a "long-formation" (if that makes sense). Today train 1W11, the 05:53 Paddington - Great Malvern (arrive 08:38), and the return working 1P22, the 08:56 Great Malvern - Paddington, were operated by a 9-car unit.  It was only a 5-car on Monday and Tuesday.

[charles_uk]

As a result of the issues in the Didcot area:

12:53 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 15:00 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.

whilst the previous service, 11:52 Paddington to Hereford, is currently going through Didcot North 69 minutes late, and will terminate at Great Malvern.

updated to add details of 11:52 truncation

[Worcester_Passenger]

As a result of the issues in the Didcot area:

whilst the previous service, 11:52 Paddington to Hereford, is currently going through Didcot North 69 minutes late, and will terminate at Great Malvern.

It lost even more time - 77 late at Oxford, 97 late at Shrub Hill - and 110 late at Great Malvern.
The return journey, normally the 15:18 from Hereford, left Great Malvern 27 late and was held at Charlbury. It arrived at Paddington 31 late.

And there's another cancellation this evening:

18:57 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 21:21 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:16/08/2023 02:22

Note the time-stamp. I had assumed that it would be reinstated at some stage, but no.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Facilities on the 12:53 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 15:00.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 9.
Last Updated:17/08/2023 08:52

15:17 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 17:24 will be terminated at Reading.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 9.
Last Updated:17/08/2023 08:53

[charles_uk]

For the record, both the 0523 Hereford to Paddington and 0643 Worcester Shrub Hill to Paddington were short-formed again this morning.

[Worcester_Passenger]

11:52 London Paddington to Hereford due 14:41 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It has been previously delayed and is now 23 minutes late from Moreton-In-Marsh.
This is due to this train being late from the depot.
Last Updated:17/08/2023 13:52

The empty journey from the depot ran 29 late.  It left Paddington 24 late, recovered a bit of time but then lost it again.

[Worcester_Passenger]

16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:17/08/2023 15:19

19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 22:27 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:17/08/2023 15:19

[charles_uk]

18:57 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 21:21 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

And two more peak London bound short-formations this morning - 5.14 Worcester Shrub Hill to Paddington and, for the third day running, 5:23 Hereford to Paddington.

[Worcester_Passenger]

RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) reports that

1W31 15:52 Paddington to Great Malvern (5 cars) was cancelled after Shrub Hill due to a signalling systems failure.
1W33 16:58 Paddington to Great Malvern (5 cars) was cancelled after Shrub Hill due to a signalling systems failure.
1W03 17:34 Paddington to Hereford (5 cars) was held for 12 minutes at Worcestershire Parkway. It arrived at Hereford 26 late.
1W34 17:57 Paddington to Foregate Street (5 cars) was held at Evesham and arrived 16 late.

1P40 18:02 Foregate Street to Paddington was cancelled throughout.

JourneyCheck reports that

18:57 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 21:21 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:18/08/2023 13:52

19:05 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 21:24 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:18/08/2023 18:59

It was held at Norton Junction and is now 23 late.

19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 22:24 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:18/08/2023 19:22

[ChrisB]

The CLPG^» (Cotswold Line Promotion Group - about) have been informed that "20 or so 800s are with Hitachi awaiting parts (the contract provides for only 13 undergoing overhauls at any one time)) and are told they are having to use several trains running with one diesel engine out of use. Mark Hopwood has been very vocal with Hitachi and the DfT^» (Department for Transport - about) on the issue and accusing breach of contract by Hitachi. The latter blame shortage of parts.

But MTU^▸ (Motor Traction Unit) apparently blaming Hitachi design faults with inadequate cooling systems which they apparently raised when it decided to uprate the 800s to 940 bhp ."

[Worcester_Passenger]

JourneyCheck is reporting

20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 23:12 has been delayed at Reading and is now 21 minutes late.
This is due to a road vehicle colliding with a bridge.
Last Updated:18/08/2023 22:00

...whilst RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) has

This service was cancelled between Oxford and Great Malvern due to animals on the line (I8).

[AMLAG]

1203 Padd to Penzance today was terminated, very unusually, at Redruth arrg at 1716 39 late
“Due problems with the traction equipment”
It had already had its Totnes stop cut out and was specially given a clear run there;  shades of the times when HSTs^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) on one power car did not stop at Totnes  or had a loco attached over the steep South Devon banks.
With the steadily increasing number of GW^» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about) based IETs^▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) running with engines isolated, might we see a Thunderbird loco. based at Exeter ?!

[ChrisB]

This is the Board for the North Cotswold Line, mods please move that stray animal above.

[charles_uk]

12:52 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 15:11 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to a fault on this train.

13:05 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 15:22 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

14:50 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 17:23 has been cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

18:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 21:13 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

19:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 22:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

21:52 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill due 00:08 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

22:42 Great Malvern to Evesham due 23:22 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.