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« Reply #150 on: April 10, 2017, 16:10:57 »

I know that when my phone lights up at 16:00 (the start of my SMS alerting window) that  it's from GWR (Great Western Railway)...

The residuals drag on...
Following a fault with the signalling system between London Paddington and Slough some lines towards Reading are disrupted.
Impact: Train services running to and from these stations are returning to normal. Disruption is expected until 16:15 10/04.


Due to a broken down train between Reading and Westbury the line towards Westbury is blocked.
Impact: Train services running to and from these stations will be diverted via Swindon. Pewsey will not be served. Disruption is expected until 16:30 10/04.
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« Reply #151 on: April 10, 2017, 17:05:56 »

Due to a broken down train between Reading and Westbury the line towards Westbury is blocked.
Impact: Train services running to and from these stations will be diverted via Swindon. Pewsey will not be served. Disruption is expected until 16:30 10/04.

Explains the High Speed Train (HST (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))) that passed through Melksham at 16:33, much to the surprise of us passengers awaiting the 16:37 to Swindon which dragged in about 8 minutes late.  Don't really mind ... plenty of London connections at Swindon (I hope).

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« Reply #152 on: April 10, 2017, 17:53:37 »

Six days since the last post.  That must be a record...?  Wink

The Last Post - could be GWR (Great Western Railway)'s theme tune!  Wink
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« Reply #153 on: April 10, 2017, 21:00:05 »

I know that when my phone lights up at 16:00 (the start of my SMS alerting window) that it's from GWR (Great Western Railway) ...

Perhaps rather interestingly, I have a very similar set up on my own mobile phone (my version starts at 16:30) - dating back to the days when I was commuting between Nailsea and Bristol.

I haven't taken the trouble to update / remove that facility - if only because it reminds me why I so enjoy not having to rely on trains for my commute to work these days.  Wink Cheesy Grin

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« Reply #154 on: April 12, 2017, 06:10:47 »

............the shape of things to come........

Cancellations to services between Slough and Twyford


Due to an object being caught on the overhead electric wires between Slough and Twyford some lines towards Twyford are blocked.
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 07:15 12/04.
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« Reply #155 on: April 12, 2017, 07:06:41 »

A sheet of polythene caught on a tensioning wire.
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« Reply #156 on: April 12, 2017, 07:09:22 »

............the shape of things to come........

Let's hope not ... but I'll admit to drawing a deep breath when I saw two successive threads on the WNXX (Stored Unserviceable, Mainline Locos HQ All Classes) forum's "breaking news" section ...


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« Reply #157 on: April 18, 2017, 13:19:11 »

Does anyone know what the issues are today. Both relief lines seem open as does the down main. The up main seems closed though Paddington to the other side of Slough.

Thanks.
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« Reply #158 on: April 18, 2017, 13:23:57 »

Does anyone know what the issues are today. Both relief lines seem open as does the down main. The up main seems closed though Paddington to the other side of Slough.

Thanks.

There's a broken rail on the Up main near Southall.
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« Reply #159 on: April 18, 2017, 13:26:26 »

Ah thanks.
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« Reply #160 on: April 18, 2017, 16:02:20 »

16:00 rolls around for the daily good news:

Due to a fault with the signalling system at London Paddington:
Impact: Train services running to and from this station may be delayed or revised. Acton Main Line will not be served. Disruption is expected until 16:45 18/04.
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Any customers travelling to Acton Main Line should utilise London Underground Central Line to North Acton then Transport for London Bus route 266 (and customers from Acton Main Line same arrangement applies but in reverse).
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« Reply #161 on: April 19, 2017, 08:53:36 »

Due to engineering works not being finished on time at Bath Spa fewer trains are able to run on all lines.
Impact: Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed by up to 30 minutes. Disruption is expected until 11:00 19/04.

This had knock on effects through Reading this morning (and a lot of angry people at Bath on Twitter). Was cancellation of 1A72 due to this ?

Non-infrastructural - a broken down train affected the Reading-Basingstoke line earlier according to my SMS alert. Realtimetrains says "a problem with the traction equipment (MC)."

Then I took 1L10 into Paddington which was late into Reading due to (according to the on-board announcments) a broken down train around Didcot.

Due to an Olympic style sprint at Reading I was only 5 mins late.
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« Reply #162 on: April 19, 2017, 09:13:46 »

A lot of angry people at Bath on Twitter.
There would have been as Bath is already down to one Paddington train an hour due to only one platform being available. Other local services were cancelled as well.

The sad thing is all the work being carried out will only partly benefit Bath passengers, enabling new trains to call, now electrification won't be coming through the station.
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« Reply #163 on: April 19, 2017, 09:22:45 »

UPDATE: Obviously more serious than just overrunning engineering work.

From Twitter: Disruption due to overrunning works at Bath Spa is expected until the end of the day.
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« Reply #164 on: April 19, 2017, 09:27:32 »

And apparently a replacement coach service laid on around 0830 has broken down shortly after leaving Bath.
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