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« Reply #1860 on: July 12, 2024, 21:29:21 »

Thanks, grahame.

It gets even better, though.

Bearing in mind the known limitations of the Coffee Shop forum's search facility, I have enjoyed an evening trawling through historic posts relating specifically to the Night Riviera and combined them all here.  We now have 1858 posts on the same subject, sorted in chronological order and with their original post headings preserved whenever possible.

If someone wanted to write a book about the Night Riviera, here would be a good place to start!  Grin

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« Reply #1861 on: August 17, 2024, 05:46:02 »

21:45 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:09
16/08/24 21:45 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:09 will be diverted between Taunton and Reading and terminated at Reading.

It will no longer call at London Paddington.
It has been previously delayed, has been further delayed at Exeter St Davids and is now 172 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on this train.
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« Reply #1862 on: August 17, 2024, 07:11:09 »

It arrived into Reading nearly two hours and 15 minutes late.

It was slightly delayed in west Cornwall following a late running train which had been held at St Erth awaiting police.  Apparently three teenagers had been running wild in one coach of a 158 and vandalised a toilet in the process.

The real problems began at Hemerdon, east of Plymouth, and it was nearly an hour late by Totnes.  It then didn’t leave Exeter St David’s until gone 4am, nearly three hours late.  Some time was clawed back by sending it via Newbury instead of Bristol and Swindon as planned.

It’s the second night running the up service has had problems.  Thursday night’s train was nearly an hour late by Truro but managed to recoup half that by London Paddington.
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« Reply #1863 on: August 19, 2024, 05:52:58 »

21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05

18/08/24 21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05 is being delayed between Swindon and Didcot Parkway and is now expected to be 132 minutes late.

This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
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« Reply #1864 on: August 25, 2024, 06:40:14 »

21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05
21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
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« Reply #1865 on: August 25, 2024, 10:59:53 »

21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05
21:15 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:05 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Now reinstated.
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« Reply #1866 on: August 25, 2024, 11:01:06 »

... and on a Sunday.  Shocked
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« Reply #1867 on: August 25, 2024, 12:18:09 »

... and on a Sunday.  Shocked

Not a normal Sunday though.  I expect it will be quite quiet tonight.
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« Reply #1868 on: September 10, 2024, 01:57:55 »

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This is due to a fault on this train.
Due to a technical fault on this train, this service is heavily delayed upto 2 hrs.
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« Reply #1869 on: September 10, 2024, 04:03:20 »

Night of Monday September 9:
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21:45 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:04 is being delayed at Penzance.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Due to a technical fault on this train, this service is heavily delayed upto 2 hrs.
Last Updated:09/09/2024 22:52
Currently +116 at Plymouth.
Left Penzance 115 down, currently 100 down at Fairwood Junction.
Wondering if it will be capped at Reading.
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« Reply #1870 on: September 10, 2024, 06:44:17 »

Night of Monday September 9:
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21:45 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:04 is being delayed at Penzance.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Due to a technical fault on this train, this service is heavily delayed upto 2 hrs.
Last Updated:09/09/2024 22:52
Currently +116 at Plymouth.
Left Penzance 115 down, currently 100 down at Fairwood Junction.
Wondering if it will be capped at Reading.

It wasn't - 05:38 rather than the planned 05:04 into Paddington.

What a disaster for all those passengers travelling on the train who were rushing to appointments and connections in London ...  Grin ... at least there would be some acknowledgment of this very serious hold up though delay repay ...
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« Reply #1871 on: September 10, 2024, 08:05:28 »

What a disaster for all those passengers travelling on the train who were rushing to appointments and connections in London ...  Grin ... at least there would be some acknowledgment of this very serious hold up though delay repay ...

It's not the passengers travelling on the train who I'd be concerned about - I've caught the sleeper from Bodmin Parkway in the past, and the idea of waiting there for nearly two hours doesn't appeal.
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« Reply #1872 on: September 10, 2024, 10:11:54 »

Best for those Bodmin Parkway passengers last night would have been a timely instruction to take the service down to Penzance where their beds were, but an instruction like that is fraught with uncertainties.

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« Reply #1873 on: September 10, 2024, 12:35:51 »

Or at least as far as Truro where there is also a staffed waiting room.
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« Reply #1874 on: September 10, 2024, 13:16:13 »

Delay repay is excellent on the sleeper as most people are quite happy arriving late but are still entitled to a refund!
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