Gloucester - station, facilities, services, events & incidents (merged posts)

[whole diary]

[Red Squirrel]

I've just checked with one of my old school mates who used to do Days Out with me in the mid-70's and he confirms what we all suspected - I have indeed gone mad. My '74 timetable has the first 529 to Gloucester going out at 0605, and the first 419 to Swindon at 0640... which is early enough for a teenager, especially given the need to get the bus into town from Hengrove before I started!

[infoman]

being reported on BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) points west local news at 06:25am on Tuesday.

Available to re-watch for 24 hours

[Kernow Otter]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-58871999

The photo is decidedly not anywhere in Gloucestershire.....

[infoman]

On the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) POINTS WEST lunch time news at 13:30pm on tuesday has the item on again,available for 24 hours only

[infoman]

involving the front of the station is being reporting on BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) points west local morning News.
Maybe more info on the evening news,and maybe BBC radio Gloucestershire might carry further info.

[froome]

Maybe they could build a light rail to connect platforms 2 and 1! 

[infoman]

or a moving walking escalator?

[infoman]

posting this info as the delays are expected till the end of service on saturday 27 August.

Looks as if the cross country trains are not effected

[grahame]

JourneyCheck tells us:

Delays to services between Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa

Due to a points failure at Gloucester disruption is expected until the end of the day on 27/08/22.

Train services between Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa will be delayed by up to 10 minutes.

Customer Advice

Northbound local stopping trains will reverse at Gloucester, using an alternative line towards Cheltenham Spa. This will add delay to your journey. We are sorry for any further disruption this brings to your journey.

Additional Information

Points allow trains to switch between different tracks. When points fail, some parts of the railway can become congested or even blocked. Points can fail due to many reasons, such as debris, cold weather, or even due to the fail-safe system activating.

A set of points east of Gloucester station are restricted from moving until Network Rail can repair them.

[grahame]

Looks as if the cross country trains are not effected

Although the line towards South Wales is closed at the moment so lots of buses not trains around.

[ChrisB]

From the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

Pedestrians are being allowed through Gloucester railway station while an underpass is closed for refurbishment.

Work began in January to remove the steps and a blind bend, to make the underpass fully accessible.

It will be shut until the summer and a diversion is also in place via London Road.

Gloucester MP^▸ (Member of Parliament) Richard Graham and city council leaders worked with Great Western Railway on the solution, which requires users to get an access card.

It will allow access through the station using the footbridge for the duration of the works so long as they enter and exit the station in 15 minutes.

Great Western Railway (GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway)) closed the route in January to make it step-free, improve lighting and widen the northern entrance and is expected to take nine months to complete, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

People wishing to cross the station will need to sign up for a GWR SmartCard.

There is a £1 validation cost which can be reclaimed at a later date.

Councillor Jeremy Hilton, who represents the area, said: "I am delighted that a practical solution has been found.

It will shorten the walk from the bus station to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, whilst the subway is out of action.

"That can only be good for staff, outpatients and visitors. It will also be popular with residents of my ward who regularly use the underpass to access the city centre."

[infoman]

effecting lines to south wales and bristol parkway reported approx one hour ago.

delays expected till 10:30am friday 16 june

[JayMac]

Loss of signalling control and indicators at Gloucester Panel due to blown fuse. Replacement fuse also blew. Severe wire degradation discovered. Currently (0700) no route setting available in and out of Gloucester. Only route available is north/south on the main line avoiding Gloucester.

[Red Squirrel]

Loss of signalling control and indicators at Gloucester Panel due to blown fuse. Replacement fuse also blew. Severe wire degradation discovered. Currently (0700) no route setting available in and out of Gloucester. Only route available is north/south on the main line avoiding Gloucester.

Would it be an overreaction to find this extremely worrying? ‘Degraded wires’ suggests the possibility of false indications, as happened at Clapham all those years ago…

[Henry]

 Spent a 'delightful'  3hrs 15mins at Cam and Dursley this morning. 
 
 No sign of the 'Great Experience Makers'  GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) brag about.
 Watching both XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) and GWR flying through, (perhaps a special stop order might have been appropriate).
 So my thanks to the local passengers who kept my declining spirits up.