North Cotswold Line delays and cancellations - 2024

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[Worcester_Passenger]

Tuesday February 13:

20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 23:12 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/02/2024 19:22

[TaplowGreen]

That's novel!


Thu, 15 February 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:24

15/02/24 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:24 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Perhaps down to

19:53 London Paddington to Hereford due 22:58 will be terminated at Reading.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:14/02/2024 20:32

[Worcester_Passenger]

And another very early warning for Thursday (Feb 15):

18:57 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 21:21 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:15/02/2024 02:00

Will 'cancelled' change to be 'has been reinstated' during the course of the day?

[Worcester_Passenger]

07:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 10:12 will be started from Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to congestion.
Last Updated:15/02/2024 07:14

08:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 10:23 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:15/02/2024 07:22

[Witham Bobby]

07:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 10:12 will be started from Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to congestion.
Last Updated:15/02/2024 07:14

08:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 10:23 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:15/02/2024 07:22

RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) reports that 1P02 the 0523 Hereford to Paddington was cancelled this morning, because of "an excluded reason"

So, from a timetabled five Up trains at Evesham before 0900 this morning, only three actually ran

People not bothering with trains any more would be perfectly understandable

[Mark A]

A couple of aspects to this from the point of view of a passenger is that someone heading for the 05:23 from Hereford, as well as several of the later ones will be more than usually motivated to travel for some time-critical reason. They will also be paying peak time prices for a service which has now evolved to be very flaky.

Mark

[Worcester_Passenger]

18:57 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 21:21 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:16/02/2024 02:11

[stuving]

RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) reports that 1P02 the 0523 Hereford to Paddington was cancelled this morning, because of "an excluded reason"

RTT gives the code itself too: PL. The wordy version for that is "Exclusion commercially agreed and documented between Network Rail and Train Operator", or AGREED EXC. But in fact all codes starting with P are excluded from the Track Access Performance Regime. Top of the list of P-codes are PA^▸ (Public Address) and PB, for temporary speed restrictions. You may think they are all in some sense NR^» (Network Rail - home page)'s fault, but these TSRs^▸ (Temporary Speed Restriction) are left out of the calculations.

Also in the list is PG: "Planned cancellation where that cancellation is identified and agreed prior to 22.00 the day before the schedule runs", PLAND CAPE^▸ (Cancelled At Point of Entry or Cancel All Previous Entries - a cancelled train). So that's the P-code for trains that are P-coded, if you like,.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Sunday February 18
Fortunately we're not affected by the flooding, but...

08:44 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:15 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It is being delayed between Moreton-In-Marsh and Honeybourne and is now expected to be 42 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:18/02/2024 11:09

11:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:28 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:18/02/2024 11:09

[Worcester_Passenger]

Monday February 19
RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) reports that train 1W01 09:52 London Paddington to Hereford "was cancelled between Great Malvern and Hereford due to a problem at the depot (MU^▸ (Multiple Unit))."
It lef Paddington 19 late, lost more time, stood at Oxford for 13 minutes, was held at Evesham for 18 minutes (awaiting the on-time 11:57 from Great Malvern), and arrived Great Malvern 59 late.

13:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 16:25 will be started from Great Malvern.
This is due to this train being late from the depot.
Last Updated:19/02/2024 11:27

[Witham Bobby]

17:34 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:26
17:34 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:20/02/2024 13:32

[Worcester_Passenger]

17:34 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:26 will be reinstated.
It will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:20/02/2024 16:43

22:00 Hereford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 22:51 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:20/02/2024 16:43

[charles_uk]

07:13 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 09:42 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:21/02/2024 05:55

[Witham Bobby]

08:51 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:14 will be terminated at Moreton-In-Marsh.
It will no longer call at Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
This is due to a fault on this train
Last Updated:21/02/2024 10:01

RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) has the return working 1P28 1157 Great Malvern to Paddington cancelled too.  Not surprising, since the failed 1W17 0851 Paddington was sent back empty from Moreton in Marsh to North Pole as 5Z01

09:52 London Paddington to Hereford due 12:46 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link, Great Malvern, Colwall, Ledbury and Hereford.
It has been delayed at London Paddington and is now 13 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Further Information
Last Updated:21/02/2024 10:4

13:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 16:25 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Hereford, Ledbury, Colwall, Great Malvern, Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:21/02/2024 10:45

The silence you hear is the bigwigs who "run" the railway not giving a stuff about their paying passengers on the OWW^▸ (Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton) (fully living up to its name).  The clunks you hear are people getting into their cars and closing the doors, having given up on trains as a bad job