Unusual reason for delay

tramway

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Unusual reason for delay

« on: February 11, 2011, 09:18:43 »

A wee bit chaotic this morning at Trowbridge. (And elsewhere locally no doubt)

Station staff did well keeping people informed of the delays but AFAIK^▸ there wasn't a reason given. A quick check
on 'current running' revealed the following, don't recall seeing that one before.

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06:45 Frome to Cardiff Central due 08:46

This train will be started from Westbury.It will no longer call at: Frome.This is due to a train late from the depot. Last Updated: 11/02/2011 05:57

Any number of underlying reasons I suppose. DUFF STOCK anyone. Wink


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grahame

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Re: Unusual reason for delay

« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2011, 11:38:24 »

I've seen that one a few times ... although more usually on HST^▸ services than 15x operated services. But overall I think I'm seeing noticeably fewer short workings flagged up - it's certainly a lot better than it was in the immediate approach to Christmas and at the start of the new year; a good sign.

Express frustration - yes, absolutely, but in the long term I suspect that shouting things like DUFF STOCK all over the place will be less than helpful in our relations with FGW^▸ , even though it may be a good approach with other companies. And somehow I think you agree with me, Tramway, judging by your Grin


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tramway

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Re: Unusual reason for delay

« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2011, 15:14:45 »

Graham, if I posted about every frustration I have with FGW^▸ I think I would be banned from the board and lose my job for not doing what I^m supposed to, I leave that to survey time. I hope the topic came across as being positive.

Thinking about it ^uncommon^ was probably a better way of describing it, I just thought that the statement was a neat description that ^for whatever reason we couldn^t get your train to it^s start point^. There could be a plethora of causes for why it was actually late off. (Perhaps BNM could sneak in ^plethora^ next time he speaks to a PCO)

Trowbridge office guys are generally pretty good when things go awry, just wish there was better PA^▸ coverage, coverage from the weather^.


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dog box

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Re: Unusual reason for delay

« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2011, 20:32:43 »

SPM^▸ is quite a restricted site and with the amount of stock entering and exiting the site you only need one problem and things get late very quickly


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