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« Reply #135 on: April 17, 2025, 07:59:21 »
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06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47

Facilities on the 06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47.
Will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 2.

Happy with that ... and if it weren't school holidays that would be very welcome indeed beyond Swindon
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« Reply #136 on: April 17, 2025, 14:25:14 »
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13:14 Swindon to Westbury due 13:57

13:14 Swindon to Westbury due 13:57 has been delayed at Swindon and is now 20 minutes late.
This is due to a points failure.

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14:18 Westbury to Swindon due 15:00

14:18 Westbury to Swindon due 15:00 will be starting late from Westbury and is expected to be 5 minutes late.
This is due to a points failure.
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« Reply #137 on: April 18, 2025, 02:24:30 »
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16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19

17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
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« Reply #138 on: April 18, 2025, 08:45:43 »
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16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:05
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19

17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

At around 08:45, re-instated, I notice.

Damage already done - day planned and planned without a return to Melksham on those trains, comment made in public at https://www.passenger.chat/t30162.html and onto Facebook.
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« Reply #139 on: Yesterday at 04:33:19 »
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11:41 Swindon to Weymouth due 13:53

11:41 Swindon to Weymouth due 13:53 will be terminated at Westbury.
It will no longer call at Bruton, Castle Cary, Yeovil Pen Mill, Thornford, Yetminster, Chetnole, Maiden Newton, Dorchester West, Upwey and Weymouth.
This is due to a shortage of train crew


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18:11 Castle Cary to Swindon due 19:33

18:11 Castle Cary to Swindon due 19:33 will be terminated at Westbury.
It will no longer call at Trowbridge, Melksham, Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

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19:43 Swindon to Westbury due 20:25

19:43 Swindon to Westbury due 20:25 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Stay-at-home Sunday for me then ... on an 8 out of 15 FOSW▸ (Freedom of (the) South West Rover) ticket and Sundays have the advantage of the early start being allowed, but I'me replanning for this to be a day of rest.   Yes, I know that evening round trip might get re-instated but there's no comfortable "Plan B" for Sunday evenings

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Damage already done - day planned and planned without a return to Melksham on those trains, comment made in public at https://www.passenger.chat/t30162.html and onto Facebook.
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« Reply #140 on: Yesterday at 08:44:45 »

08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 09:02
08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 09:02 was terminated at Westbury.
It will no longer call at Trowbridge, Melksham, Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.

09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49 will be cancelled.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.
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« Reply #141 on: Yesterday at 08:58:09 »
Oh goodie - 4 out of 14 (28% cancellation rate) not calling at Melksham on what's probably going to be the first really busy Sunday of the year. Just taken a look at the two morning cancellations and there's nothing helpful there about buses or taxis - just an offer to give you your money back ...
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« Reply #142 on: Yesterday at 09:24:52 »
Over running engineering works have also done for the first service from Swindon to London Paddington (starts Didcot Parkway) and first westbound service to Bristol and Exeter St Davids (starts Bristol Temple Meads).
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« Reply #143 on: Yesterday at 09:54:46 »
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Over running engineering works have also done for the first service from Swindon to London Paddington (starts Didcot Parkway) and first westbound service to Bristol and Exeter St Davids (starts Bristol Temple Meads).

Oh dear ...  From Swindon to London, there's an 08:00 bus (change Reading) and an 09:40 train ... first train to Westbury now 2 hours after that. Passenger volumes are of course very different, but it's also a reminder of just how serious cancelling even one train on an infrequent service is.

Nearly 4 hours to wait for public transport home to Melksham now if you miss the 17:44 (and on a Sunday, the evening buses from Bath don't run so even those of us in "the know" would struggle)
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