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« Reply #345 on: December 03, 2023, 07:27:47 »
I see that SWR» (South Western Railway - about) are not running services between Exeter and Waterloo today with services starting at Yeovil Junction instead.

Given the circumstances, I think that’s wise with no GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) London services. You would have people coming up from the South West trying to connect onto the Waterloo services which were already operating half the usual number of services owing to engineering work between Yeovil and Salisbury.

The potential for dangerous chaos at Exeter St David’s was there and has been wisely avoided IMHO▸ ('in my humble opinion').

Edit: The Exeter to Yeovil shuttle service isn’t running either.
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« Reply #346 on: December 03, 2023, 09:09:02 »
Pnz to Bristol.
Bristol to Southampton.
Southampton to Waterloo.

Not sure of ticketing options!(that's where a person in an office would be useful).
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« Reply #347 on: December 03, 2023, 09:25:22 »
Quote from: GBM on December 03, 2023, 09:09:02
Pnz to Bristol.
Bristol to Southampton.
Southampton to Waterloo.

Not sure of ticketing options!(that's where a person in an office would be useful).

A38/M5/M4
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« Reply #348 on: December 03, 2023, 09:26:56 »
Quote from: GBM on December 03, 2023, 09:09:02
Pnz to Bristol.
Bristol to Southampton.
Southampton to Waterloo.

Not sure of ticketing options!(that's where a person in an office would be useful).
Bristol-Westbury or Salisbury to pick up a Yeovil/Salisbury-Waterloo service
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« Reply #349 on: December 03, 2023, 19:15:10 »
Just for the record, three trains in each direction DID▸ (Didcot Parkway) operate between Swindon and London.

They were:
Swindon-Paddington 0845, 1245 and 1750
Paddington to Swindon 1012, 1412 and 1912
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« Reply #350 on: December 20, 2023, 10:00:09 »
ASLEF» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) clearly not interested in ordering any strike action, or action short of a strike, over the Christmas and New year period.
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« Reply #351 on: December 20, 2023, 10:19:18 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on December 20, 2023, 10:00:09
ASLEF» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) clearly not interested in ordering any strike action, or action short of a strike, over the Christmas and New year period.

Anything to do with the 24th and 31st being, what for many ASLEF members, will be lucrative Sunday turns?

It's notable that none of the strikes or overtime bans called by ASLEF have included Sundays. No doubt they'll argue that the differing contracts across TOCs▸ (Train Operating Company), and even within TOCs, where Sundays may or may not be part of the working week, make including Sundays in any action impractical. I think though, it's more likely that members, for whom Sundays can be a nice earner, would be less likely to vote for action that would include a Sunday.
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« Reply #352 on: December 20, 2023, 10:33:16 »
The last round of action included a Sunday.
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« Reply #353 on: December 20, 2023, 12:17:14 »
Quote from: JayMac on December 20, 2023, 10:19:18
Anything to do with the 24th and 31st being, what for many ASLEF» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) members, will be lucrative Sunday turns?

If it is, and I don’t think it is, it still leaves the 22nd, 23rd, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 1st and 2nd.
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« Reply #354 on: December 21, 2023, 17:16:03 »
Too late now for any pf those dates.

A chance for drivers to pay for their Christmas expenditure by working normally.
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« Reply #355 on: December 21, 2023, 19:24:32 »
Quote from: ChrisB on December 21, 2023, 17:16:03
Too late now for any pf those dates.

Yes, that was my point.
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