North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025

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[Worcester_Passenger]

Saturday April 12

A good day

Sunday April 13

13:41 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:16 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/04/2025 00:25

14:41 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 17:15 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/04/2025 03:35

Later:

16:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:34 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/04/2025 07:42

[Worcester_Passenger]

Monday April 14

A good day. Attached is the RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) listing for GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) at Evesham.  Only three red departures, and the worst of those was +7. No short workings.

Though 1W05 19:53 London Paddington to Hereford was a 5-car unit - which means that Tuesday's 1P02 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington (08:23) is a 5-car.

[IndustryInsider]

Monday April 14

A good day. Attached is the RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) listing for GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) at Evesham.  Only three red departures, and the worst of those was +7. No short workings.

A good idea that.  Provides a daily summary in a very clear and easy to understand format and quick and easy to do. When things go wrong more detail is useful, but most of the time a screenshot like that from RTT is perfect. 

Are you listening, Melksham? 

[Worcester_Passenger]

A good idea that.  Provides a daily summary in a very clear and easy to understand format and quick and easy to do. When things go wrong more detail is useful, but most of the time a screenshot like that from RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) is perfect. 

Are you listening, Melksham? 

What would improve it would be if short workings had their starting or finishing stations shown in red.
Are you listening, RTT?

[Worcester_Passenger]

15:18 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 17:29 has been delayed at Worcester Shrub Hill and is now 22 minutes late.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:15/04/2025 15:58

16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:15/04/2025 15:58

[ChrisB]

I'm hearing that Bristol drivers are losing driving knowledge for the North Cotswold Line at the May timetable change, so only Worcester & Oxford drivers will be signing the line after that.

So Bristol drivers take IETs^▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) out of Stoke Gifford & pass stock over to Worcester drivers when heading to the North Cotswolds....

Expect driver shortages....who's idea was that, I wonder?

[IndustryInsider]

Expect driver shortages....whose idea was that, I wonder?

All part of a depot wide review on routes.  Worcester is expanding and Oxford has a fair bit of spare capacity, so it might not be the worst idea in the world as they only cover a handful of trains over the route.  Time will tell.

[Timmer]

All part of a depot wide review on routes.  Worcester is expanding and Oxford has a fair bit of spare capacity, so it might not be the worst idea in the world as they only cover a handful of trains over the route.  Time will tell.

Let’s hope that review included having more Bristol based drivers signing the Berks and Hants again so we don’t see a repeat of the vastly reduced Sunday timetable that the last two times the line between Swindon and Didcot has been closed for engineering work.