North Cotswold Line delays and cancellations - 2024

[whole diary]

[Worcester_Passenger]

08:51 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:14 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:16/05/2024 08:54

11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:16/05/2024 08:54

[charles_uk]

15:23 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:47 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 20:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.

[charles_uk]

and also:

17:04 Didcot Parkway to Moreton-In-Marsh due 18:10 will be terminated at Oxford.
It will no longer call at Hanborough, Combe, Finstock, Charlbury, Ascott-Under-Wychwood, Shipton, Kingham and Moreton-In-Marsh.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Toilet facilities are not available. Disabled toilet facilities are not available.

18:51 Evesham to Oxford due 19:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[Worcester_Passenger]

05:14 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 07:24 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:20/05/2024 00:46

15:17 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 17:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:20/05/2024 07:24

17:34 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:20/05/2024 07:25

[Worcester_Passenger]

18:57 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 21:21 was terminated at Reading.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:21/05/2024 19:35

22:00 Hereford to London Paddington due 01:18 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:21/05/2024 21:18

22:51 London Paddington to Worcestershire Parkway Hl due 01:06 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to the train driver being taken ill.
Last Updated:21/05/2024 17:20

[Worcester_Passenger]

1P15 07:43 Great Malvern to London Paddington was cancelled throughout due to lack of train crew.

[Worcester_Passenger]

RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) reports that
1W03 16:52 London Paddington to Hereford departed Paddinton 20 late.
16 late at Oxford, 19 late at Charlbury, but arrived Shrub Hill 35 late and was cancelled thereafter due to a problem with the traction equipment (MD).

JourneyCheck reports that

20:20 Hereford to London Paddington due 23:38 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:25/05/2024 19:04

1P41 20:20 Hereford - Paddington is the last London train on a Saturday night.

[Worcester_Passenger]

RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) reports that 1W35 08:44 London Paddington to Great Malvern arrived Shrub Hill 13 late and was cancelled thereafter.

11:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:21 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:26/05/2024 10:24

[Worcester_Passenger]

14:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 17:14 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:26/05/2024 13:00

This one goes out of service when it arrives at Great Malvern, and runs back to Stoke Gifford empty.

[Worcester_Passenger]

JourneyCheck:

07:13 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 09:42 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:27/05/2024 06:12

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

This service was cancelled between Great Malvern and Worcester Shrub Hill due to an error having been made (OC).

Great Malvern is not having a good day : West Midlands Trains' 06:47, 07:38 and 08:00 to Birmingham New Street are all cancelled today.

[Worcester_Passenger]

The knock-on effects of the incident between Reading and Didcot:

16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:26 will be terminated at Reading.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:27/05/2024 17:16

17:34 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:26 will be diverted between Reading and Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will be delayed due to the diversion and is expected to be 31 minutes late.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:27/05/2024 17:20

20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 23:14 will be cancelled.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:27/05/2024 17:27

15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29 was terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:27/05/2024 17:30

18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 20:29 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:27/05/2024 17:27

19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 22:24 will be cancelled.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:27/05/2024 17:13

Terminating the 18:02 from Foregate Street at Shrub Hill must be eligible for some sort of prize.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Meanwhile, be aware of the following late-evening changes this week, listed on JourneyCheck under 'Improvement works':

Between London Paddington/Reading/Didcot Parkway and Oxford/Worcester Shrub Hill via Moreton-In-Marsh and Evesham
Planned engineering work will take place between London Paddington/Reading/Didcot Parkway and Oxford/Worcester Shrub Hill via Moreton-In-Marsh and Evesham on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 21:45, Monday 27 May 2024 to 03:00, Friday 31 May 2024.
Some lines will be blocked.

Additional Information
The following alterations will take place to late evening services on the North Cotswolds route:

* The 2153 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill will call additionally at Didcot Parkway at 2230, then be diverted and run non-stop to Worcester Shrub Hill at 0002. A connecting rail service will run from Didcot Parkway at 2239 to Oxford at 2256. A replacement bus will run from Oxford at 2308 to Hanborough 2333, Charlbury 2353, Shipton 0012, Kingham 0025, Moreton-in-Marsh 0047, Honeybourne 0112, Evesham 0137, Pershore 0152, Worcestershire Parkway 0204 and Worcester Shrub Hill 0222.

*The 2251 London Paddington to Worcestershire Parkway will terminate at Oxford at 0001. A replacement bus will run from Oxford at 0008 to Hanborough 0033, Charlbury 0053, Kingham 0116, Moreton-in-Marsh 0138, Honeybourne 0203, Evesham 0228, Pershore 0243 and Worcestershire Parkway 0255.

* The 2200 Hereford to London Paddington will terminate at Worcester Shrub Hill at 2251. A replacement bus will run non-stop from Worcester Shrub Hill at 2259 to Oxford at 0029, connecting into an 0036 Oxford to London Paddington, calling at Didcot Parkway 0047, Reading 0104, Slough 0118 and London Paddington 0138. A separate replacement bus will also run from Worcester Shrub Hill at 2259 to Worcestershire Parkway 2312, Pershore 2324, Evesham 2344, Honeybourne 0004, Moreton-in-Marsh 0034, Kingham 0059, Charlbury 0119, Hanborough 0144 and Oxford 0214. There will be NO onward connection to London Paddington out of this bus.
Last Updated:02/05/2024 16:22

[Worcester_Passenger]

To the earlier list we can add:

17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 20:11 will be diverted between Reading and Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will be delayed due to the diversion and is expected to be 20 minutes late.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:27/05/2024 17:45

18:57 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 21:21 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:27/05/2024 17:33

16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:27/05/2024 17:37

[Worcester_Passenger]

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

1P11 05:14 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington
This service was cancelled due to an issue with the train crew (TH).

[Worcester_Passenger]

21:53 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill due 00:02 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:28/05/2024 14:33

This one was to run non-stop from Didcot to Shrub Hill via Stroud on account of the engineering works (see above).