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« Reply #660 on: October 28, 2018, 13:57:52 » |
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Someone needs to tell GWR▸ 's Journeycheck team. It's currently saying Customers travelling to destinations in Devon and Cornwall are advised to travel via London Waterloo either to Reading or via Salisbury to interchange with West Country services at Exeter St Davids.
An update will follow within the next 2 hours.
Last Updated:28/10/2018 13:41 Agree, though technically speaking you can but need to change at either Guildford for a bus or change at Reading for a train to Basingstoke by which time you are better off staying at Reading in the hope of a GWR service to the SW showing up. |
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« Reply #661 on: October 28, 2018, 14:05:18 » |
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I'm supposed to be flying from London City this evening. I saw the disruption warning on the National Rail app and decided to catch a much earlier Taunton - Paddington train. Currently on the 13:15 Taunton to Paddington train and - so far - no announcement has been made about the disruption beyond Reading.
Just left Westbury, next stop Reading. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Of this would be the one trip I take from City rather than Bristol or Heathrow. :-(
Fingers crossed!
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« Reply #662 on: October 28, 2018, 14:08:37 » |
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I'm supposed to be flying from London City this evening. I saw the disruption warning on the National Rail app and decided to catch a much earlier Taunton - Paddington train. Currently on the 13:15 Taunton to Paddington train and - so far - no announcement has been made about the disruption beyond Reading.
Just left Westbury, next stop Reading. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Of this would be the one trip I take from City rather than Bristol or Heathrow. :-(
Fingers crossed!
Wishing you all the best Wilf19. Almost certain your train will terminate at Reading. Head over to the Platforms for the service to Waterloo. Let us know how it goes. |
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« Reply #663 on: October 28, 2018, 14:17:57 » |
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I'm supposed to be flying from London City this evening. I saw the disruption warning on the National Rail app and decided to catch a much earlier Taunton - Paddington train. Currently on the 13:15 Taunton to Paddington train and - so far - no announcement has been made about the disruption beyond Reading.
Just left Westbury, next stop Reading. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Of this would be the one trip I take from City rather than Bristol or Heathrow. :-(
Fingers crossed!
Wishing you all the best Wilf19. Almost certain your train will terminate at Reading. Head over to the Platforms for the service to Waterloo. Let us know how it goes. 14:51 arriving 16:23 at Waterloo or 15:21 arriving 16:59. Or you could try 15:11 XC▸ to Oxford, change to 15:41 Chiltern to Marylebone arriving at 16:51 if the SWR» services are too packed - though they're both 10-cars which is good news. |
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« Reply #664 on: October 28, 2018, 14:29:09 » |
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Thanks for the info, I'm ready to be quick off the mark at Reading. When I saw the issue I caught a train 2 hours earlier than I originally planned and - me being me - I had already allowed a lot of slack in case of problems. My flight isn't until 8pm so I should make it one way or another but that could be tempting fate!
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« Reply #666 on: October 28, 2018, 14:35:48 » |
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I really hope this isn’t the future of travelling in and out of Paddington that these two incidences last week and again today aren’t connected. |
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« Reply #667 on: October 28, 2018, 14:55:38 » |
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I really hope this isn’t the future of travelling in and out of Paddington that these two incidences last week and again today aren’t connected.
Now I'd say that if these two incidents have a common cause, that's less of a problem - if the cause can be found and fixed. If there are two independent causes, that means two causes to find which must be harder. Of course the second one is probably a "normal" wire break, due to wear. That's worrying as condition monitoring ought to prevent it, but no doubt there's always a residual level of failures below which it will never go, and if this is one of those it's not a new thing to worry about. |
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« Reply #668 on: October 28, 2018, 15:20:28 » |
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I made it as far as Slough on the 11.17 Mai to pad when everything ground to a halt.. Luckily at a station for me rather than stranded between stations like other trains. I was on my way to walk part of the capital ring which is one of my current walking projects.. Instead I made a quick change of plans and got the train to Windsor and walked back to Maidenhead from there.. I wonder if it will be sorted before tomorrow mornings commute..
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« Reply #669 on: October 28, 2018, 15:51:27 » |
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Hearing that Reading-Waterloo trains (in both directions) are so packed that people are unable to board and are being left behind.
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« Reply #670 on: October 28, 2018, 15:58:51 » |
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Hearing that Reading-Waterloo trains (in both directions) are so packed that people are unable to board and are being left behind.
No surprises there! Mind you, at least they now have 10 carriages in the main and wide platforms at Reading for passengers to circulate as best as possible. |
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« Reply #673 on: October 28, 2018, 16:36:14 » |
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I don’t think network rail will be recommending the poundland glue sticks they use to hold up the wires.
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« Reply #674 on: October 28, 2018, 16:42:27 » |
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It's probably only going to get worse too - anyone whose travelled from the Westcountry on a GWR▸ cattle truck on a Sunday will know how hopelessly overcrowded they are and with everyone else added into the mix (+ luggage) and the end of the half term holidays it'll be dreadful. At least they seem to be running some local trains as far as Maidenhead - I'd suggest anyone going to Heathrow goes there and gets a cab (if they can't get on the railair bus - if that still runs?) Another dreadful day/advert for the railways |
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