2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury

[whole diary]

[grahame]

10:52 Westbury to Swindon due 11:35

10:52 Westbury to Swindon due 11:35 will be starting late from Westbury and is expected to be 10 minutes late.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[grahame]

08:45 Swindon to Westbury due 09:26

08:45 Swindon to Westbury due 09:26 is being delayed between Chippenham and Melksham.
This is due to congestion.

[grahame]

08:45 Swindon to Westbury due 09:26

08:45 Swindon to Westbury due 09:26 is being delayed between Chippenham and Melksham.
This is due to congestion.

The 07:44 Whatley Quarry to Oxford running just under 20 minutes late. The 08:45 passenger service reported above was held at Thingley Junction and proceeded 20 minutes late as well. The London to Bristol express got stuck behing and is nearly quarter of an hour late.

It was a delight to see so much freight in my recent journeys on the continent - including using single track lines.  Plenty of loops, and with freight trains waiting for passenger services which are very rarely delayed at relatively numerous loops. Freight is necessary and makes a huge difference to the economics of the railway as a whole, sharing infrastructure costs for the benefit of both.  Electrify Chippenham - Westbury - the quarries and add a couple of loops between Chippenham and Trowbridge, flexibly signalled, and you're starting to solve the problems.

[brooklea]

Additional TransWilts travel opportunity this morning...

07:52 London Paddington to Plymouth due 11:24 will be diverted between Reading and Westbury.
It will no longer call at Newbury and Pewsey but will call additionally at Swindon.
It has been previously delayed, is being further delayed between Reading and Westbury and is now expected to be 26 minutes late.
This is due to a points failure.

The 08:52 Paddington to Plymouth is also shown as diverting between Reading and Westbury but, as that one’s not booked to call at Pewsey, it appears it’ll be running through Swindon non-stop.

[TaplowGreen]

Mon, 4 March 05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:07

04/03/24 05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:07 will be started from Swindon.
It will no longer call at Gloucester, Stonehouse, Stroud and Kemble.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.

[bobm]

Looks like there is some last minute engineering work on the Golden Valley.   Tonight's final Swindon to Cheltenham trip has been replaced by a bus according to Journeycheck.

[grahame]

Looks like there is some last minute engineering work on the Golden Valley.   Tonight's final Swindon to Cheltenham trip has been replaced by a bus according to Journeycheck.

Yep, I think so - though it says "engineering works not finished on time" in the earlier report.  I'm inclined to agree with you bobm - with the nearest standard code having been applied even if only 85% right.

[grahame]

06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47

06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to an obstruction on the track.

[grahame]

This thread is a sad log of things going wrong - but we sometimes forget just how much things go right.   A real pleasure to bring you the latest for weeks as logged by recent time trains, Melksham to Swindon

[grahame]

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06 has been delayed between Gloucester and Stonehouse and is now 20 minutes late.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.

[grahame]

05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:07

07/03/24 05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:07 will be started from Swindon.
It will no longer call at Gloucester, Stonehouse, Stroud and Kemble.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.

[grahame]

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06

Facilities on the 17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 5.

Remarkable that it should have been scheduled as 5 carriages in the first place!

[grahame]

07:45 Westbury to Swindon due 08:34
08:45 Swindon to Westbury due 09:26
09:46 Westbury to Swindon due 10:34
11:05 Swindon to Westbury due 11:47
12:17 Westbury to Swindon due 12:59
13:15 Swindon to Westbury due 13:57
14:19 Westbury to Swindon due 15:01
15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59
16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:08
17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:20
18:37 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21
20:13 Swindon to Westbury due 20:58
21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58
22:30 Swindon to Westbury due 23:11

Facilities on the 22:30 Swindon to Westbury due 23:11.
Disabled toilet facilities are not available.

[TaplowGreen]

Cancellations to services between Swindon and Westbury via Melksham

Due to a late running freight train at Melksham the line is blocked. Disruption is expected until 11:00 08/03.
Train services between Swindon and Westbury via Melksham may be cancelled, delayed or revised.


08:45 Swindon to Westbury due 09:26
08:45 Swindon to Westbury due 09:26 will no longer call at Melksham.
It will be delayed at Melksham and is expected to be 5 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.

09:46 Westbury to Swindon due 10:34
09:46 Westbury to Swindon due 10:34 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.

11:05 Swindon to Westbury due 11:47
11:05 Swindon to Westbury due 11:47 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.

12:17 Westbury to Swindon due 12:59
12:17 Westbury to Swindon due 12:59 will be diverted between Trowbridge and Chippenham.
It will no longer call at Melksham.

[IndustryInsider]

6A16 a failure?