North Cotswold Line delays and cancellations - 2024

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[Worcester_Passenger]

RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website):

1P11 0514 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington
This service was cancelled due to a problem with the train (M8).

JourneyCheck  is reporting a whole day's diagram:

08:51 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:14 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:12/01/2024 06:44

11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:12/01/2024 08:10

14:53 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:04 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:12/01/2024 06:44

17:26 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 19:52 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:12/01/2024 06:44

20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 23:12 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:12/01/2024 06:44

[Witham Bobby]

08:51 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:14 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:12/01/2024 06:44

11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:12/01/2024 08:10

14:53 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:04 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:12/01/2024 06:44

17:26 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 19:52 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:12/01/2024 06:44

20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 23:12 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:12/01/2024 06:44

Cotswold line should be renamed the Cinderella line, I'm sure

[grahame]

Cotswold line should be renamed the Cinderella line, I'm sure

I'm afraid it has competition at the bottom of the pile; I sometimes feel that way about the line that serves my home town too.  Like Cinderella, it was rescued many years ago (and remains appreciative) but has become the child that must give way to others wherever they need anything (like working capacity, available crews, useable trains).

I am reminded that Cinderella was a hard working young lady, artificially supressed but with an acceptance and spirit that took her through hard times maintaining a respect even for those who put her down.  And I am reminded that in the end, with help from various parties, it all comes very much right for Cinderella.

[TaplowGreen]

Cotswold line should be renamed the Cinderella line, I'm sure

I am reminded that Cinderella was a hard working young lady, artificially supressed but with an acceptance and spirit that took her through hard times maintaining a respect even for those who put her down.  And I am reminded that in the end, with help from various parties, it all comes very much right for Cinderella.

Perhaps that's the line the railway should take with all of its services between London and the Southwest at the moment, with Messrs Hopwood & Haines cast as the Ugly sisters?

[grahame]

Perhaps that's the line the railway should take with all of its services between London and the Southwest at the moment, with Messrs Hopwood & Haines cast as the Ugly sisters?

Not sure about your ugly sisters - at times I get the feeling that Messrs H and H are far more in line with us than another Mr H who tells them what to do.

I have asked the fairy godmother to (re)double and electrify some routes so the following all-electric services using EMU^▸ (Electric Multiple Unit) stock for regional journeys as well as through opportunities to London could be operated hourly.

London - Reading - Didcot - Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury - Frome - Bruton - Castle Cary - Somerton - Taunton - Wellington - Tiverton - Cullompton - Exeter St Davids

London - Reading - Didcot - Oxford - all stations to Hereford, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea

[TaplowGreen]

Perhaps that's the line the railway should take with all of its services between London and the Southwest at the moment, with Messrs Hopwood & Haines cast as the Ugly sisters?

Not sure about your ugly sisters - at times I get the feeling that Messrs H and H are far more in line with us than another Mr H who tells them what to do.

I have asked the fairy godmother to (re)double and electrify some routes so the following all-electric services using EMU^▸ (Electric Multiple Unit) stock for regional journeys as well as through opportunities to London could be operated hourly.

London - Reading - Didcot - Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury - Frome - Bruton - Castle Cary - Somerton - Taunton - Wellington - Tiverton - Cullompton - Exeter St Davids

London - Reading - Didcot - Oxford - all stations to Hereford, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea

Thankyou Cinders.......hopefully you'll get to go to the Ball, unfortunately Prince Charming is stuck in Devon thanks to today's infrastructure meltdown.

[Western Pathfinder]

Oh no he isn't.

[Fourbee]

Not sure about your ugly sisters - at times I get the feeling that Messrs H and H are far more in line with us than another Mr H who tells them what to do.

...and another Mr H who tells that Mr H that he can't have any more money.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Yesterday, Saturday January 13, was a good day on the North Cotswold line.  Attached is the RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) report for all day at Evesham - and there's no red (used for late running) visible whatsoever. Well done to all involved.

[ellendune]

Not sure about your ugly sisters - at times I get the feeling that Messrs H and H are far more in line with us than another Mr H who tells them what to do.

...and another Mr H who tells that Mr H that he can't have any more money.

Even if it will cost less in the end because more people will travel

[Worcester_Passenger]

The usual diversion of North Cotswold line trains by way of Stroud has been reversed this morning, with the morning via-Stroud train being sent via Evesham:

07:25 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 10:00 will be diverted between Worcester Shrub Hill and Didcot Parkway.
It will no longer call at Ashchurch For Tewkesbury, Cheltenham Spa, Gloucester, Stonehouse, Stroud, Kemble and Swindon.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 07:10

Meanwhile, other points failures are affecting other trains:

06:43 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 08:43 will be delayed at Oxford.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 07:39

06:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 09:29 is being delayed between Reading and Oxford.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 07:51

07:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 10:12 will be started from Reading.
This is due to a points failure.
Further InformationLast Updated:18/01/2024 07:37

The 07:50 from Paddington is being reported on RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) as cancelled throughout.

[Worcester_Passenger]

JourneyCheck is reporting

12:51 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 15:00 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 10:33

15:17 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 17:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 10:33

[Worcester_Passenger]

Getting worse:

15:23 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:47 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 15:11

18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 20:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 15:12

[Worcester_Passenger]

And this evening:

19:53 London Paddington to Hereford due 22:58 will be delayed at Oxford and is expected to be 10 minutes late.
This is due to train crew being delayed.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 20:05

Thanks to the 14 minute scheduled wait at Great Malvern, this train is now on time.

20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 23:12 will be starting late from London Paddington.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 20:20

This train started on time from Paddington and is currently on time.

20:56 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 23:29 will be delayed at Oxford and is expected to be 20 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 21:19

22:00 Hereford to London Paddington due 01:15 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:18/01/2024 20:04

The outbound working, the 17:34 from Paddington, was cancelled after arriving at Shrub Hill 11 minutes late.

[Worcester_Passenger]

This mornng is not getting off to a good start. JourneyCheck is reporting

05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:24 was terminated at Charlbury.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:19/01/2024 07:39

Stacked up behind it are

1P16 06:43 Shrub Hill - Paddington : RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) reports this as having sat at Ascott since 07:32.

2E80 07:04 Shrub Hill - Didcot 'halts' train : RTT has this sat at Moreton since 07:42.

1P18 07:13 Great Malvern to London Paddington : RTT has this sat at Evesham since 07:50.

08:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 10:23 will be diverted between Worcester Shrub Hill and Reading.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:19/01/2024 08:06

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08:26 : OpenTrainTimes is showing the dead train on the move towards Oxford as 5P02.
1P16 has arrived at Charlbury 51 late.

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08:35 : JourneyCheck is reporting

Delays to services between Worcester Shrub Hill and Oxford
Following a broken down train earlier today between Worcester Shrub Hill and Oxford all lines are now open.
Train services running through these stations are returning to normal. Disruption is expected until 10:00 19/01.
Customer Advice
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Apologies to customers travelling between Worcester and Oxford this morning.
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The 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington service unfortunately broke down at Charlbury station forcing it to terminate there. The fault has now been rectified to the point the broken train can now move empty to Oxford station allowing the stuck trains behind it resume.
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The 08:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington service was diverted via Gloucester however we are confident that will be the only diversion.
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As soon as we have further information we shall provide it accordingly however our expectation is that trains should all be back on the move in both directions by 08:30.
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We apologise for any inconvenience caused to your journey with us today,
Last Updated:19/01/2024 08:35