Westbury - engineering works from 24th December 2024 for 30 days

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[bradshaw]

GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) are using the WoE line to swap stock on the Portsmouth run.
The Exeter-Axminster service is extended to Yeovil Junction as ecs. It seems then to run to Salisbury attached to an SWR^» (South Western Railway - about) service. In the reverse it runs ecs Salisbury to Exeter

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:YVJ/2025-01-09/0200-0159?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=GW^▸ (Great Western)

https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/gwr-stock-swaps-using-west-of-england-line.279323/

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[Mark A]

Trowbridge: catching a train twice in the last week, a bit after sunset.

The second occasion was beneath clear skies so, a good opportunity for some astronomy.

The first, a wet night and temperatures about one degree centigrade, so, time to appreciate that at a little before 5pm, the waiting room/booking hall/ticket office/loos were open.

The second time round all were closed, but there is provision of a couple of portable loos for rail travellers in a compound in the car park. They're not signed though, so people need to ask staff for them.

Two staff on duty both times, one on each platform, and then the various people marshalling travellers to the coaches.

If the infrastructure supports it, for the duration of the disruption, in the future, is it possible to operate the railway there as two single lines, bringing passenger services to the same side as the transfer to coaches, and keeping the other line for other movements? This would make things easier for the procession of luggage-encumbered passengers who headed across the footbridge from arriving trains.

Mark