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« Reply #300 on: December 20, 2010, 11:31:29 » |
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well im in london
At the moment am rebooked onto a virgin flight on wednesday!!!!!!!
think I may pass you over the north atlantic - lets hope we both manage to get in the air
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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #301 on: December 20, 2010, 14:24:30 » |
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I see a lot, if not all, the xx55 services from Cardiff-Paddington have been cancelled. I guess this makes sense if the lots of the xx25 services are delayed due to disruption between Swansea-Cardiff too.
Said on ATW▸ facebook page that Valley Lines and Cardiff local routes are suspended until further notice. Not sure if they have restarted now, but there cant be too many trains in Cardiff today.
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« Reply #302 on: December 20, 2010, 14:44:48 » |
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« Reply #303 on: December 20, 2010, 15:01:55 » |
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I see a lot, if not all, the xx55 services from Cardiff-Paddington have been cancelled. I guess this makes sense if the lots of the xx25 services are delayed due to disruption between Swansea-Cardiff too.
Said on ATW▸ facebook page that Valley Lines and Cardiff local routes are suspended until further notice. Not sure if they have restarted now, but there cant be too many trains in Cardiff today.
There was disruption on the line between Cardiff Central & Queen street. I think there was a shuttle on the coryton line between Coryton & Heath Low Level |
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« Reply #304 on: December 20, 2010, 15:59:46 » |
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Surprised it hasn't happened sooner, but there are now problems on the Severn Beach Line.
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« Reply #305 on: December 20, 2010, 16:02:53 » |
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For passengers in South Wales, looks like the following have been cancelled tomorrow (info from ATW▸ facebook page)
Depart From To Arrive
04.25 Holyhead Cardiff 09.18
05.32 Holyhead Cardiff 09.58
06.29 Holyhead Cardiff 11.14
07.50 Holyhead Cardiff 12.24
08.05 Holyhead Cardiff 13.17
10.33 Holyhead Cardiff 15.18
14.32 Holyhead Cardiff 19.18
16.36 Holyhead Cardiff 21.14
05.10 Cardiff Holyhead 10.01
07.20 Cardiff Holyhead 12.09
09.20 Cardiff Holyhead 14.11
11.20 Cardiff Holyhead 16.11
13.20 Cardiff Holyhead 18.16
15.20 Cardiff Holyhead 20.13
16.15 Cardiff Holyhead 20.44
17.20 Cardiff Holyhead 22.19
18.17 Cardiff Holyhead 22.35
19.34 Cardiff Holyhead 00.52
11.10 Swansea Cardiff 12.16
15.10 Swansea Cardiff 16.13
17.10 Swansea Cardiff 18.18
09.14 Cardiff Swansea 10.17
11.14 Cardiff Swansea 12.17
13.14 Cardiff Swansea 14.17
15.14 Cardiff Swansea 16.17
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Jez
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« Reply #306 on: December 20, 2010, 16:05:23 » |
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Its now only saying the Swansea-Cardiff's are cancelled not the Holyheads! Also an amended service on Valley Lines. Prob best just to check what is running in the morning!
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« Reply #307 on: December 20, 2010, 16:35:28 » |
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Not much fun on the buses today either. First Bus in Bristol, Bath and the West have suspended all services in Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater and Taunton. There is disruption and cancellations in Bristol and Bath. First Bus' Customer Service centre has closed early at 1600. First Bus in Devon and Cornwall are also experiencing problems with some cancellations. Stagecoach in Devon are running limited services but may suspend all services if conditions deteriorate. |
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« Reply #308 on: December 20, 2010, 17:27:29 » |
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An insane amount of snow fell in Exeter this morning between 0430 & 0900. Only the first train of the day made it to Barnstaple (arriving back in Exeter over 2hours late) due to frozen points at Crediton before 1030. Apparently you couldn't actually see the rail head at all, and snow was drifting too. Staff & passengers had to be dug out of the car parks at EXD» too.
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« Reply #309 on: December 20, 2010, 18:27:54 » |
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Dare I attempt the 01:15 to Bath Spa - Cardiff Central Tomorrow Morning?? Need to be at Cardiff Airport for 5AM...!    Despite in the process of recovering from Glandular Fever, I have been persuaded with some brute force and ignorance to go on Holiday this Christmas, in return I will receive a nice shiny new piece of equipment... Shame FGW▸ don't offer complimentary Mince Pies in First Class...  XC▸ Do |
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« Reply #310 on: December 20, 2010, 19:11:47 » |
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FGW▸ do offer mince pies on first class trolley.....unless i am going mad because there were some circular pastry things in tin foil cases on the trolley today
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« Reply #311 on: December 20, 2010, 19:41:33 » |
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-8.5 in Melksham at 18:45 yesterday evening as I did a pickup run to the station; train virtually on time. My biggest decision was whether to risk driving down the station approach and risk getting stuck there ...
No such decision required tonight: 16:49 Great Malvern to Southampton Central due 20:48
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« Reply #312 on: December 20, 2010, 20:04:40 » |
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FGW▸ do offer mince pies on first class trolley.....unless i am going mad because there were some circular pastry things in tin foil cases on the trolley today
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
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« Reply #313 on: December 20, 2010, 20:19:11 » |
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Journeys from Maidenhead today were not good. If there had been a departure board (!) it would have been a sea of delays and cancellations. However the 07:41 ex Bourne End was bang on time. A bit of a pity that a late running stopper hampered our progress at West Drayton. I wonder why the signalmen doggedly keep this train on the slow lines, even when there's not a great deal happening on the fasts?
This evening was potentially a disaster- all the Maidenhead fasts had either been cancelled or severely delayed. I decided to go via Reading (ticket not valid to do so, but who's going to check under the circumstances?), and actually managed to get home only 10 minutes late. Not bad.
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« Reply #314 on: December 20, 2010, 20:32:38 » |
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A more restricted and detailed service plan has been released for tomorrow. Today would have probably been the same had their been enough time to plan a detailed one, but the run-nearly-everything-late approach held up pretty well to be honest. Tomorrow sees a thinning out of the service between Reading and Paddington, with the off-peak Cardiff to London trains cancelled (as today), the Bedwyn-Paddington services only running as far as Reading, and a significant reduction in the Oxford to Paddington fast services with at least one of the two trains an hour being cancelled. Perhaps the only area that I think they might have gone a bit too far with as it means pretty much the only trains running are those coming through from the Cotswold Line. So, for example, that's only five trains between 9am and 5pm - perhaps some more of the xx:31 departures should have been spared to give an hourly service? There's also the usual precautions on the Marlow and Henley lines with through trains from/to London removed. Also, two late evening Cotswold Line services will run 'if the weather doesn't improve' which I read to mean 'If the engineering possession can't be taken'! Details here: http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=5012 |
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