Unusual Train Routing

bigdaz

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« on: October 18, 2010, 20:36:49 »

If the live departure boards are to be believed:

20:34   Gatwick Airport via Guildford   Cancelled

20:34   Gatwick Airport via Guildford   On time   10

...then the 20:34 will, tonight, depart from Platform 10, which means the train will cross the UR, DR, UM, DM to the Reading Down Spur!

Anyone with access to TRUST^▸ or similar will be able to confirm this happened.


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inspector_blakey

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Re: Unusual Train Routing

« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2010, 21:11:23 »

Reports on that train available here, although I don't know how long that link will be active for.

Shown as departing Reading on time but also as cancelled at Reading. This may go back to something that was discussed a little while ago somewhere on the board, where the third-rail part of Reading station has a different location code from the main part of the station. So if the train departed from a different part of the station from the usual then it may be that it shows up as "cancelled" from the third-rail station even though it left from the main part, if you see what I mean.

Last report as I type this was 3 late Wokingham. I don't know how much jiggery-pokery is involved with routeing the train from platform 10 to the Guildford line, but it looks like this may have happened from what I can decipher.


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grahame

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Re: Unusual Train Routing

« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2010, 21:34:58 »

For the record:


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Re: Unusual Train Routing

« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2010, 22:43:01 »

Weird.
Shows calling at RDG^‡ then Cancelled.

Input for Cancelled comes up as "CIS^▸ AM05"

Also these are WTT^▸ times I guess. It actually left Guildford and Gomshall 1 Late.

Headcode: 1O92 UID: P11130 18/10/2010 2034 Reading [RDG] to Gatwick Airport [GTW]
This Train is operated by First Great Western.

Location    FD    Scheduled Arrival    Scheduled Departure    Expected Arrival    Expected Departure    Pl    Lateness    DR
Reading [RDG]             2034        2035    10   1
RDNGNJN        Pass   2035   Pass   No log
Reading [RDG]             2034        Cancelled    4B
RDNGSJN        Pass   2036   Pass   2038        2
Earley [EAR]        Pass   2038   Pass   2040        2
Winnersh Triangle [WTI]        Pass   2040   Pass   2042        2
Winnersh [WNS]        Pass   2040   Pass   2043        3
Wokingham [WKM]        2043   2043   2045   2046    1   3
Crowthorne [CRN^‡]        Pass   2050   Pass   No log
Sandhurst [SND]        Pass   2050   Pass   No log
Blackwater [BAW]        2051   2051   No log   No log    1
Farnborough North [FNN]        Pass   2056   Pass   No log
North Camp [NCM]        2057   2058   No log   No log    1
ALDRSJS        Pass   2100   Pass   No log
Ash [ASH]        Pass   2101   Pass   2102        1
Wanborough [WAN]        Pass   2103   Pass   2105        2
Guildford [GLD]        2109   2110   2110   2111    4   1
SHALFDJ        Pass   2113   Pass   2113         On time
Shalford [SFR]        2115   2115   2115   2115    1    On time
Chilworth [CHL]        2119   2119   No log   No log    1
Gomshall [GOM]        2124   2125   2124   2126        1
Dorking West [DKT]        2133   2133   No log   No log
Dorking Deepdene [DPD]        2134   2135   2133   2135    1    On time
Betchworth [BTO]        2139   2140   No log   No log    1
Reigate [REI]        2144   2145   2144   2145    1    On time
Redhill [RDH]        2150   2153   2150   2154    1   1
Earlswood (Surrey) [ELD]        Pass   2155   Pass   2156        1
EARL136        Pass   2156   Pass   No log
Salfords [SAF]        Pass   2158   Pass   No log
Horley [HOR]        Pass   2203   Pass   No log
Gatwick Airport [GTW]        2206        2203         3   -3
This page was generated at: 18/10/2010 22:40:49


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