Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 05:15 19 Apr 2025
 
- British man, 27, killed by avalanche in French Alps
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railsay Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM
14/05/25 - West Wiltshire RUG

On this day
19th Apr (1938)
Foundation, Beatties of London (link)
Train RunningCancelled
05:58 Westbury to Portsmouth Harbour
06:31 Truro to Falmouth Docks
06:52 Par to Newquay
07:15 Falmouth Docks to Truro
16:38 Bristol Temple Meads to Worcester Foregate Street
18:52 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
21:32 Cheltenham Spa to Swindon
22:39 Swindon to Gloucester
Short Run
07:27 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
08:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
08:27 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
08:38 Bristol Temple Meads to Worcester Foregate Street
10:52 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
11:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
11:42 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury
12:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
13:07 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
13:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
14:38 Bristol Temple Meads to Worcester Foregate Street
14:52 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
15:42 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury
16:52 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
17:06 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
17:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
18:12 Salisbury to Cheltenham Spa
20:45 Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth
21:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Westbury
Delayed
An additional train service has been planned to operate as shown 13:59 Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
•
PollsThere are no open or recent polls
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
April 19, 2025, 05:33:07 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[147] FOSS and FOSW validity - some quirks
[111] Fifteen years of the Transwilts CRP
[97] Wiltshire Day Rover - new multi-operator bus ticket
[81] St Erth station - facilities, footbridge, improvements, incide...
[56] Destination: London Travelcard Zones 1-6
[44] Melksham's rail service - where are we, on the anniversary of ...
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > Journey by Journey > TransWilts line (Data Manager: Reginald25) > 2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury
Pages: 1 ... 19 20 [21] 22 23 ... 54
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: 2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury  (Read 138852 times)
IndustryInsider
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 10450


View Profile
« Reply #300 on: June 11, 2024, 09:22:19 »
Yes that’s very true, Graham.  It’s very dependent on time of day and route offered, but certainly is often the case.
Logged
To view my GWML▸ (Great Western Main Line) Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43843



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #301 on: June 13, 2024, 10:56:59 »
Quote
16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17

17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
TaplowGreen
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 8612



View Profile
« Reply #302 on: June 13, 2024, 14:53:15 »
20:06 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 22:05
20:06 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 22:05 will be terminated at Swindon.
It will no longer call at Kemble, Stroud, Stonehouse, Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43843



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #303 on: June 13, 2024, 17:11:52 »
Quote from: grahame on June 13, 2024, 10:56:59
Quote
16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17

17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Think it was / is re-instated.   Now this gem added

Quote
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06
Facilities on the 17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 4.

Which is a wee surprise because I would have not expected it to be planned as 4 ....  2 is plenty, though
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
ChrisB
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 13322


View Profile Email
« Reply #304 on: June 13, 2024, 17:21:04 »
Aren't two detached at BRI» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains)?
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43843



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #305 on: June 13, 2024, 17:31:11 »
Quote from: ChrisB on June 13, 2024, 17:21:04
Aren't two detached at BRI» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains)?

Err - this train takes the best route (  Cheesy ) and goes nowhere near Bristol. 
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
ChrisB
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 13322


View Profile Email
« Reply #306 on: June 13, 2024, 17:38:28 »
Sorry, should have checked....
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43843



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #307 on: June 14, 2024, 08:35:24 »
Quote
21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58

21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43843



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #308 on: June 14, 2024, 10:07:45 »
Quote from: grahame on June 14, 2024, 08:35:24
Quote
21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58

21:16 Westbury to Swindon due 21:58 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

and as sure as night follows day ...

Quote
22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12

22:31 Swindon to Westbury due 23:12 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
TaplowGreen
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 8612



View Profile
« Reply #309 on: June 14, 2024, 10:16:11 »
.........every day is BBQ day it would seem!

More seriously though, this ("crew shortage") does seem to be becoming a daily occurrence now whereas before it was at least almost solely a Sunday feature.
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43843



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #310 on: June 14, 2024, 11:33:11 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on June 14, 2024, 10:16:11
.........every day is BBQ day it would seem!

More seriously though, this ("crew shortage") does seem to be becoming a daily occurrence now whereas before it was at least almost solely a Sunday feature.



Theory ...Regular industrial action co-ordinates the times that drivers did not work onto selected dates ... but without any industrial action scheduled in the run up to the election, the cancellations are much more scattered and happening at much shorter notice.
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43843



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #311 on: June 15, 2024, 08:18:12 »
Quote
13:13 Swindon to Westbury due 13:55

13:13 Swindon to Westbury due 13:55 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

In amongst a veritable flood of GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) cancellations and short runs today - 20 cancellations and 18 short runs across the area.  Almost all "shortage of train crew", though I do note the Swansea to Pembroke Dock service missing out Carmarthen because of a points failure.

Is it a co-incidence that this staff shortage is severe today when the Euros are underway?
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
bobm
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 10234



View Profile
« Reply #312 on: June 15, 2024, 09:44:58 »
Quote
16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05

16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Quote
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:18

17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:18 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Logged
TaplowGreen
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 8612



View Profile
« Reply #313 on: June 15, 2024, 10:00:38 »
Quote from: grahame on June 15, 2024, 08:18:12
Quote
13:13 Swindon to Westbury due 13:55

13:13 Swindon to Westbury due 13:55 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

In amongst a veritable flood of GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) cancellations and short runs today - 20 cancellations and 18 short runs across the area.  Almost all "shortage of train crew", though I do note the Swansea to Pembroke Dock service missing out Carmarthen because of a points failure.

Is it a co-incidence that this staff shortage is severe today when the Euros are underway?

Possibly, but given the fact this is now becoming a daily occurrence it smacks more of very poor workforce management - but for your theory I'd say tomorrow is the day to watch - BBQ Sunday and England playing later in the day.
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43843



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #314 on: June 16, 2024, 14:47:50 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on June 15, 2024, 10:00:38
Possibly, but given the factthis is now becoming a daily occurrence it smacks more of very poor workforce management - but for your theory I'd say tomorrow is the day to watch - BBQ Sunday and England playing later in the day.

Across GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) today is horrendous.  On TransWilts I bring you

Quote
20:38 Westbury to Swindon due 21:23

20:38 Westbury to Swindon due 21:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: 1 ... 19 20 [21] 22 23 ... 54
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page