FGW serves Dean and Mottisfont / Dunbridge again

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[grahame]

11:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 14:45
    This train has been revised.It will call additionally at: Mottisfont & Dunbridge and Dean.This is due to signalling problems.

12:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 15:43
    This train has been revised.It will call additionally at: Mottisfont & Dunbridge and Dean.This is due to signalling problems.


Fareham         1147            1149
Southampton Central     1210            1215
Romsey  1221            1227
Dean    1228            1239
Salisbury       1241            1252
Warminster      1301            1313
Westbury        1308            1320
Trowbridge      1314            1326
Bradford-on-Avon        1320            No report
Bath Spa        1335            1344
Bristol Temple Meads    1354            1358
Filton Abbey Wood       1401            1406
Newport (South Wales)   1426            1428

Until December 2006, TransWilts services except the last one of the day carried on to Southampton, serving Dean and Dunbridge. Since December 2007, FGW^▸ (First Great Western) have operated (but not served) those stations ... interesting to see that they have been doing so today, and that the Portsmouth / Cardiff service that was 2 minutes late at Fareham was still just tow minutes late at Newport, in spite of what looks like a holdup at Dean (in reallity, signalling problems in that area).

[Graz]

It also happened on the 07:26 from Bath Spa to Portsmouth Harbour today. All seemed to be fine, and it's nice to see the extra station stops didn't cause much of a delay by the end of the journey.

[Lee]

This has happened on several occasions since December 2006, and there is enough recovery time in the schedule to allow this if necessary.