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« Reply #480 on: December 02, 2016, 22:27:29 »

Travelled on 11:08 Taplow Padd and 15:42 Padd Taplow both prety much on time!

Saw Duchess of Sutherland and 46100 (Scot) both in steam at Southall.
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« Reply #481 on: December 05, 2016, 12:28:00 »

And the new week starts with:

Alterations to services between Didcot Parkway and Oxford
Due to a fault with the signalling system between Didcot Parkway and Oxford trains have to run at reduced speed on the line towards Oxford.
Train services running through these stations may be delayed by up to 10 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until 12:00 06/12.

edit - it's got worse... now delayed by up to 45 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until 18:00 06/12

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Alterations to services between Hayes & Harlington and Slough
Following a fault with the signalling system between Hayes & Harlington and Slough some lines are now open.
Train services running through these stations are returning to normal but some services may still be delayed by up to 15 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until 18:00 05/12.
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« Reply #482 on: December 07, 2016, 07:58:36 »

Alterations to services at Slough


Due to a fault with the signalling system at Slough trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines towards London Paddington.
Train services running through this station may be delayed by up to 20 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until 09:00 07/12.

-loads of cancellations London bound between Reading and Slough. This will not be a good morning..........again.
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« Reply #483 on: December 07, 2016, 08:43:17 »

Another awful commute. Actual delays are in the order of 35 minutes.
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« Reply #484 on: December 14, 2016, 16:39:03 »

Due to a fault with the signalling system at Hayes & Harlington some lines are blocked.
Impact: Train services running through this station may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 17:30 14/12.
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« Reply #485 on: December 17, 2016, 08:26:22 »

Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Slough

Following a person being hit by a train between London Paddington and Slough all lines have now reopened.
Train services running to and from these stations are returning to normal but some services may still be cancelled or delayed by up to 45 minutes. Disruption is expected until 08:30 17/12.

Must have been very early this morning, awful at any time of year but even worse at Christmas, thoughts with all affected.
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« Reply #486 on: December 17, 2016, 08:51:48 »

Prior to 0600 I think...trains from Oxford around that time were cancelled.

Journeycheck saying lines open, service slowly recovering @ 0845
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« Reply #487 on: December 19, 2016, 08:32:38 »

Due to a fault with the signalling system between Ealing Broadway and London Paddington trains have to run at reduced speed on the line towards London Paddington.
Impact:
Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed by up to 15 minutes. Disruption is expected until 10:00 19/12.
Additional Information:
There is a fault on the approach to Paddington station with the system that reports the position of trains to the signalman. This means that trains need to be stopped, and then proceed forward at caution through the affected section before resuming normal speed.
The fault is affecting the London-bound slow line, but congestion may occur on the fast line also with trains diverted from the slow line around the failure.
Network Rail Engineers are currently on site assessing the problem.
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« Reply #488 on: December 19, 2016, 09:08:22 »

There is a fault on the approach to Paddington station with the system that reports the position of trains to the signalman.

Is this a quotation from an official announcement? Is 'signalman' the official job description of the signallers on NR» (Network Rail - home page)? Just wondering.  Smiley
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« Reply #489 on: December 19, 2016, 09:32:37 »

Perhaps there are no women staffing the workstations at that end of the route at TVSC» (Thames Valley Signalling Centre - about) in Didcot this morning.  Grin
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« Reply #490 on: December 19, 2016, 10:01:18 »

There is a fault on the approach to Paddington station with the system that reports the position of trains to the signalman.
Is this a quotation from an official announcement? Is 'signalman' the official job description of the signallers on NR» (Network Rail - home page)? Just wondering.  Smiley

Smiley That was lifted from gwr.com and it's still there, delays until 10:00 now
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« Reply #491 on: December 19, 2016, 10:06:20 »

'Signalman' and 'slow lines'.  Must be a Midland or North Western chap!  Grin
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« Reply #492 on: December 19, 2016, 14:41:57 »

I doubt the general commuter knows what Relief lines are - so no problem using 'slow' in this context! But Signaller, surely?
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« Reply #493 on: December 22, 2016, 19:58:16 »

Another wonderful day of multiple signal failures. Maybe I was just unlucky but my train in was cancelled 10 mins after it was due and my train home ran non-stop skipping the scheduled stops.

Is there more work than usual happening in the Christmas run up or has this week just been worse than normal?
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« Reply #494 on: December 23, 2016, 11:22:34 »

Is there more work than usual happening in the Christmas run up or has this week just been worse than normal?

Sounds about normal. today's 11:18 ex Reading stopper to Padd left Reading 6 late

Just hope that all the work that affects running trains gets done over Christmas
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