North Cotswold Line delays and cancellations - 2024

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[Worcester_Passenger]

Sunday September 22

18:50 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 21:08 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:22/09/2024 04:53

[charles_uk]

A horribly wet morning - not the day to be stuck waiting for late running trains after cancellations.

The 1P11 0514 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington was cancelled due to a problem with the traction equipment (MD).

The following 1P02 0523 Hereford to London Paddington departed 39 late and was 50 late by Norton Junction. It then ran fast up the North Cotswold Line missing out most of its scheduled stops. That left the short-formed 1P16 0643 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington train, delayed by almost half an hour due to the late running 0523 Hereford to Paddington service, as the first up train for many.

[charles_uk]

Realtime Trains showing the first three up services as five coach short-formations this morning

0514 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington
0523 Hereford to London Paddington
0643 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington

[Witham Bobby]

22:51 London Paddington to Worcestershire Parkway Hl due 01:06 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:24/09/2024 08:33

So I'm guessing that there will be at least one short-form tomorrow morning.  Do you like sardines?  GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) seem to think you do

[charles_uk]

22:51 London Paddington to Worcestershire Parkway Hl due 01:06 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:24/09/2024 08:33

So I'm guessing that there will be at least one short-form tomorrow morning.  Do you like sardines?  GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) seem to think you do

Was also cancelled last night which would have explained one of the short-formations.

[charles_uk]

This morning's 0523 Hereford to London Paddington service was cancelled due to more trains than normal needing repair. Fortunately, the following 0643 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington train was a full (and it was!) nine coaches for the first time this week.

[Witham Bobby]

Anyone would think that a service has been advertised and promoted while there are insufficient staff and insufficient trains to run it.  But that couldn't be true, could it?

[Witham Bobby]

19:53 London Paddington to Hereford due 22:58 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link, Great Malvern, Colwall, Ledbury and Hereford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:25/09/2024 02:06

A cancellation for anyone who was expecting to travel beyond Worcester Shrub Hill, then.

[Worcester_Passenger]

And an early warning for tomorrow (Thursday September 26):

26/09/24 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:24 will be started from Great Malvern.
It will no longer call at Hereford, Ledbury and Colwall.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:25/09/2024 14:11

In the end, the 19:53 made it to Hereford, and came back as the 05:23 this morning.

[Witham Bobby]

The GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) timetable for Paddington to Oxford, Worcester and Hereford now needs a health warning on it.

How does "This timetable is an ambition of ours, but that doesn't mean we have the resources to operate it" sound?

[Worcester_Passenger]

The GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) timetable for Paddington to Oxford, Worcester and Hereford now needs a health warning on it.

How does "This timetable is an ambition of ours, but that doesn't mean we have the resources to operate it" sound?

I prefer "This timetable is an aspiration of ours, but that doesn't mean we have the resources to operate it".

[Worcester_Passenger]

Yesterday's big one was a bit special:

22:00 Hereford to London Paddington due 01:15 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Additional Information
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Customers are advised to take the next available West Midlands Railway service to Worcester Shrub Hill. Your tickets will be accepted at no extra cost. We are currently attempting to get road transport in place forward from Worcester Shrub Hill and will update this page when we know what this will look like.
Last Updated:26/09/2024 22:56

The stock ran ECS^▸ (Empty Coaching Stock) from Hereford to Oxford.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Friday September 27:
1W25 1251 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate St left +17, arrived Shrub Hill +23 and was cancelled thereafter.
That doesn't sound much, but it can be very annoying.  Most of West Midlands' Birmingham - Hereford trains don't serve Shrub Hill. If you were using the 12:51 to try to get beyond Worcester, then there's a (poor) WMR connection at Foregate Street at 15:34. But if you've been left at Shrub Hill at 15:20 (scheduled 14:57), then you'll have to wait for the next GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) train, an hour later, at 16:01. That'll take you to Great Malvern, where you can change onto WMR's 16:32 to Hereford.

The trip round to Foregate St gets cancelled so that the service back to Paddington can run to time.

15:17 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 17:29 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to congestion.
Last Updated:27/09/2024 14:16

Not sure "congestion" is the right word here. In the event, the 15:17 left +9 from Shrub Hill.

[TaplowGreen]

This won't help...........

Cancellations to services between Moreton-In-Marsh and Evesham
Due to the emergency services dealing with an incident near the railway between Moreton-In-Marsh and Evesham all lines are blocked.
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 14:00 28/09.

[Worcester_Passenger]

Sunday September 29

29/09/24 07:36 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 10:15 will be started from Reading and terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:28/09/2024 22:18

Stock ran as ECS^▸ (Empty Coaching Stock) from Paddington to Shrub Hill.

29/09/24 08:45 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:15 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:28/09/2024 22:24

19:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 22:16 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:29/09/2024 02:53

11:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:26 will be reinstated.
It will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:29/09/2024 03:49

29/09/24 13:11 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 15:32 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:28/09/2024 23:04

Removed from JourneyCheck list at some stage (but not 'reinstated') and ran normally.

20:46 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 23:40 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:29/09/2024 02:47

Also removed from JourneyCheck list at some stage (but not 'reinstated').