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« on: July 01, 2008, 13:23:26 »
Service: 12:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads on 01/07/2008 operated by First Great Western.
Details: This train has been revised. It will no longer call at: Reading, Swindon, Chippenham and Bath Spa. This is due to earlier emergency engineering works.

19 late off Paddington, bang on time passing Bath Spa.

If it arrives Bristol on time, I make it a journey time of 1h24...
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« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2008, 13:36:43 »
Arrived 8 minutes early.

Booked journey time 1h43...... (1200 - 1343)

In reality it did 1h16...... (1219 - 1335)

Speedy!

Performance data:
Location                  Booked          Actual
London Paddington         1200            1219
Ladbroke Grove            1203            1224
Old Oak Common West       1204            1225
Acton Main Line           1205            1225
Ealing Broadway           1206            1226
Southall                  1208            1228
Heathrow Airport Jn       1209            1230
West Drayton              1211            1230
Slough                    1213            1233
Taplow                    1215            1235
Twyford                   1219            1239
Reading                   1226-1227       1244
Tilehurst                 1230            1246
Goring & Streatley        1232            1249
Didcot Parkway            1239            1256
Wantage Road              1245            1258
Uffington                 1248            1300
Swindon                   1255-1256       1306
Wootton Basset Jn         1303            1309
Corsham                   1317            1316
Bathampton Jn             1322            1323
Bath Spa                  1324-1325       1324
North Somerset Jn         1338            1332
Bristol East Jn           1339            1335
Bristol Temple Meads      1343            1335
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« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2008, 14:16:26 »
If it arrived early it would have had time to make at least one of its stops!  It arrived at Bath on time so should have stopped there!  Doesn't this just illustrate that the performance stats are more important than the passengers!
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« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2008, 14:20:14 »
I suspect FGW▸ (First Great Western) weren't actually thinking on the basis it would catch up so time (nearly 30 minutes!) - it also shows the slack in the schedule.
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« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2008, 15:00:54 »
Looks like an average speed of around 93/4 mph.

Wonder if he stuck to 110 or went up to 125.
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« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2008, 15:37:05 »
Quote from: eightf48544 on July 01, 2008, 15:00:54
Looks like an average speed of around 93/4 mph.

Wonder if he stuck to 110 or went up to 125.



I'd say there is a fair bit of 125 in there due to the various speed restrictions along the way (Reading, Swindon and Bath - Bristol come to mind).
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2008, 16:49:45 »
Performance data - i've set it so it averages below 125mph as some figures were coming out as 140mph+!

Location                         Booked    Actual   Avg speed
000.00 London Paddington         1200      1219     000.00mph
001.73 Ladbroke Grove            1203      1224     022.95mph
003.20 Old Oak Common West       1204      1225     080.25mph
004.21 Acton Main Line           1205      1225     091.13mph
005.56 Ealing Broadway           1206      1226     086.25mph
009.06 Southall                  1208      1228     071.25mph
011.14 Heathrow Airport Jn       1209      1230     063.00mph
013.17 West Drayton              1211      1231     122.25mph
018.36 Slough                    1213      1233     117.84mph
022.39 Taplow                    1215      1235     115.27mph
031.01 Twyford                   1219      1239     122.76mph
035.78 Reading                   1226      1244     058.95mph
038.52 Tilehurst                 1230      1246     080.25mph
044.60 Goring & Streatley        1232      1249     122.00mph
053.10 Didcot Parkway            1239      1255     083.75mph
060.22 Wantage Road              1245      1258     111.91mph
066.39 Uffington                 1248      1300     124.25mph
077.23 Swindon                   1255      1306     108.00mph
082.72 Wootton Basset Jn         1303      1309     067.35mph
098.26 Corsham                   1317      1316     115.19mph
104.45 Bathampton Jn             1322      1323     053.46mph
106.71 Bath Spa                  1324      1324     093.00mph
117.46 North Somerset Jn         1338      1332     065.16mph
117.74 Bristol East Jn           1339      1334     010.50mph
118.31 Bristol Temple Meads      1343      1335     027.75mph
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« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2008, 18:21:24 »
Arrived 8 mins early? They could have made 2 stops, and still arrived early!

And surely FGW▸ (First Great Western) know how much slack they have in their own timetable?
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« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2008, 18:30:33 »
People only had to wait 11 minutes for the 1230 service anyway...
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« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2008, 18:39:44 »
Quote from: devon_metro on July 02, 2008, 18:30:33
People only had to wait 11 minutes for the 1230 service anyway...

Of course! Roll Eyes Some lines have a good servie! Grin
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« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2008, 18:41:13 »
Some lines need a service like that all day Wink
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« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2008, 19:28:35 »
I know.... Angry
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« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2008, 09:17:16 »
Quote from: devon_metro on July 02, 2008, 18:30:33
People only had to wait 11 minutes for the 1230 service anyway...

an 11 minute delay to BTM▸ (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI) but BTM is a commonly used alternative)) would be enough to loose your connection
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« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2008, 17:49:49 »
and they would have got in half an hour later than they expected.
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« Reply #14 on: July 09, 2008, 16:51:08 »

Quote from: eightf48544 on July 01, 2008, 15:00:54
Looks like an average speed of around 93/4 mph.

Wonder if he stuck to 110 or went up to 125.





Where is there a 110mph on the main line between Paddington and Bristol via Swindon?

There isn't

                                       
Speeds are Paddington 40-50-125-95-50-125-85-125-100-75-40-90-100-25-Bristol Temple Meads


Quote from: swlines on July 01, 2008, 16:49:45
Performance data - i've set it so it averages below 125mph as some figures were coming out as 140mph+!



Your system must be inaccurate then Grin Grin Grin Grin
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