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| Re: Driving licences and tests - ongoing discussion In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [369865/19893/51] Posted by TonyK at 21:27, 20th December 2025 |      |
From the BBC:
Driving test touts offer instructors £250 monthly kickbacks
Driving instructors are being offered kickbacks of up to £250 a month to sell their official test-booking login details to touts, a BBC investigation has found.
Touts use these login details to book driving tests in bulk and sell them to learners on WhatsApp and Facebook, charging as much as £500 for tests that should cost no more than £75. This makes it harder for learners to book through legitimate routes and adds to already lengthy waiting times.
The BBC has also uncovered evidence that the outgoing head of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Loveday Ryder, was told about these operations in February - yet some sellers reported to the DVSA are still operating. In response, the DVSA said it does not comment on specific complaints but has zero tolerance for those exploiting learner drivers.
We have identified touts operating in London, Birmingham, Manchester and the Home Counties. Posing as driving instructors, we approached them on WhatsApp and were offered monthly payments in exchange for login details to the DVSA's system, where instructors can book tests.
One tout boasted he worked with more than 1,000 instructors - while another, Anil Ahmed, who goes by the name "Ahadeen", said he signed up two instructors every week. We could not independently verify either of these claims. When we later confronted Mr Ahmed in person he denied any involvement, but we have found significant evidence implicating him.
The BBC has not been able to identify specific driving instructors selling their details but our conversations with these touts, the sheer volume of tests they are selling, and images of test-booking systems shared on WhatsApp suggest hundreds of rogue instructors might be involved.
Separately, 30 instructors we spoke to across Great Britain - England, Scotland and Wales - said they had heard of test slots being sold at huge mark-ups. Ten of them told us they had been approached by touts or had spoken to other instructors who had been.
At the end of October, 642,000 learners in Great Britain were waiting to take a test, with an average wait time of 21 weeks, DVSA data shows. There is a separate system in Northern Ireland.
Waits can be as long as six months, according to learners we spoke to - some say they are turning to touts out of desperation. A recent DVSA survey suggested about one in three learners had used "third parties" to book their driving tests.
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander recently announced plans to change driving test rules, which it is hoped will stop touts and reduce the backlog. From the spring, only learners - not instructors - will be able to book test slots.
Instructors we spoke to welcomed the Department of Transport's (DfT) proposals, but also said they had been raising these issues for some time and now want to know whether the government will root out rogue teachers. Tests have been bulk-booked and resold for profit for years, but these instructors say it is now getting much worse.
(BBC article continues)
Driving instructors are being offered kickbacks of up to £250 a month to sell their official test-booking login details to touts, a BBC investigation has found.
Touts use these login details to book driving tests in bulk and sell them to learners on WhatsApp and Facebook, charging as much as £500 for tests that should cost no more than £75. This makes it harder for learners to book through legitimate routes and adds to already lengthy waiting times.
The BBC has also uncovered evidence that the outgoing head of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Loveday Ryder, was told about these operations in February - yet some sellers reported to the DVSA are still operating. In response, the DVSA said it does not comment on specific complaints but has zero tolerance for those exploiting learner drivers.
We have identified touts operating in London, Birmingham, Manchester and the Home Counties. Posing as driving instructors, we approached them on WhatsApp and were offered monthly payments in exchange for login details to the DVSA's system, where instructors can book tests.
One tout boasted he worked with more than 1,000 instructors - while another, Anil Ahmed, who goes by the name "Ahadeen", said he signed up two instructors every week. We could not independently verify either of these claims. When we later confronted Mr Ahmed in person he denied any involvement, but we have found significant evidence implicating him.
The BBC has not been able to identify specific driving instructors selling their details but our conversations with these touts, the sheer volume of tests they are selling, and images of test-booking systems shared on WhatsApp suggest hundreds of rogue instructors might be involved.
Separately, 30 instructors we spoke to across Great Britain - England, Scotland and Wales - said they had heard of test slots being sold at huge mark-ups. Ten of them told us they had been approached by touts or had spoken to other instructors who had been.
At the end of October, 642,000 learners in Great Britain were waiting to take a test, with an average wait time of 21 weeks, DVSA data shows. There is a separate system in Northern Ireland.
Waits can be as long as six months, according to learners we spoke to - some say they are turning to touts out of desperation. A recent DVSA survey suggested about one in three learners had used "third parties" to book their driving tests.
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander recently announced plans to change driving test rules, which it is hoped will stop touts and reduce the backlog. From the spring, only learners - not instructors - will be able to book test slots.
Instructors we spoke to welcomed the Department of Transport's (DfT) proposals, but also said they had been raising these issues for some time and now want to know whether the government will root out rogue teachers. Tests have been bulk-booked and resold for profit for years, but these instructors say it is now getting much worse.
(BBC article continues)
Having spent some time in the investigation of fraud, I have learned that any opportunity to exploit a good idea from the government will indeed be exploited by the ruthless. At the dawn of tax credits, my colleagues and I were given a presentation on how it would work, and immediately pointed out the most glaring gaps in security that would soon be picked up on. We were told not they wouldn't, and as it was another government department, we wouldn't be involved. It took a matter of days for us to notice our prophecy coming to fulfilment, and another year of pointing this out and trying to refer things we spotted before suddenly, a huge programme of tightening up and trying to get the cash back began, along with training staff to deal with the fraud we were so confidently told wouldn't happen.
Years later, the Covid PPE, emergency rules for Universal Credit, bounce-back loans, furlough support etc, etc, suggested that lessons had not been learned, and this driving test fiasco is nothing but the latest initiative to be used for the wrong reason. When I first heard of third parties selling driving tests a couple of years ago, the remedy was obvious to me. It seems that DVSA has now twigged. It looks like it is going to take a long time to sort out. The first step should be to stop tests being booked without the driver number from a provisional licence, with no option to hand the test booking to anyone else. A fair cancellation policy will help sell that to the schools. All instructors who book on behalf of students should be required to reset passwords, and any that abuse the system should face consequences. I'll come out of retirement for a few months to help if need be. I have a clean licence.
| Re: New timetables - but from where to where? AQ25 - 15th In "The Lighter Side" [369864/31264/30] Posted by Hafren at 21:05, 20th December 2025 | |
After initially completely missing it, knowing one is in GWR territory has made me look again and I realise there's a Rhubarb Loop parly on there, and the middle segment is BTH-BRI.
2 and 7 both have hints at triangular arrangements. I was wondering about northern suburban areas with tangled networks that I don't know too well, and I think I've landed on 7 by brute force i.e. taking a peek at RTT.
| The Two Ronnies, The Little Trains of Wales In "The Lighter Side" [369863/31303/30] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:43, 20th December 2025 | |
With my apologies if this has been posted here before on the Coffee Shop forum.
From YouTube, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcyQJbMO4_s
| Re: Holding GWR to account - service reliability In "TransWilts line" [369862/31113/18] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 18:53, 20th December 2025 | |
Thank you for that image. I am minded of a music clip on YouTube, featuring a clearly military band of the pipes and drums of a Scottish Regiment.
There was no image, other than a national flag: just the skirl of pipes and martial beat of the drums - to which someone had added a comment, "Ye want to hear this beside you, not in front of you."
(My highlighting) CfN.
| Re: 19th Advent Quiz - Old Pictures - where are they? In "The Lighter Side" [369861/31292/30] Posted by Oxonhutch at 18:07, 20th December 2025 | |
Very few companies used somersault signals like these. A big user was the GNR along with MGNR and a selection from the Welsh valleys.
| Re: New timetables - but from where to where? AQ25 - 15th In "The Lighter Side" [369860/31264/30] Posted by grahame at 17:50, 20th December 2025 | |
1. North Cotswolds
3. Maidenhead to Marlow
4. West Highland Line
5. Yeovil Junction to Pen Mill
6. Newquay to Par
8. Southminster Branch
6 worked out - so that leaves three to get. Two of these are within GWR territory too
2.
7.
9.
| Re: Holding GWR to account - service reliability In "TransWilts line" [369858/31113/18] Posted by grahame at 17:32, 20th December 2025 Already liked by Chris from Nailsea | |
| Re: 19th Advent Quiz - Old Pictures - where are they? In "The Lighter Side" [369857/31292/30] Posted by TonyN at 17:11, 20th December 2025 | |
I think its Aberdeen Waterloo.
| Re: 19th Advent Quiz - Old Pictures - where are they? In "The Lighter Side" [369856/31292/30] Posted by TonyN at 16:51, 20th December 2025 | |
The engine looks like a Highland Railway Loch class 4-4-0 but what looks like a large church tower in the left background is unusual for Scotland.
| Re: In and around Cardiff - capital of Wales since 20 December 1955 In "Shorter journeys in South and West Wales" [369855/31301/23] Posted by Mark A at 16:30, 20th December 2025 | |
Speaking of holes in bridges, the Midland line's bridge at Locksbrook, on the route into Bath, there's a hand-sized bomb splinter hole in the upstream web of the south side span.
Mark
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [369853/29711/14] Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 16:23, 20th December 2025 | |
11:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:24 has been reinstated.
It will be terminated at Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to the train departing late to maintain customer connections.
It will be terminated at Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to the train departing late to maintain customer connections.
This seems an odd explanation. The train arrived at Evesham +6 but departed +27. Not a lot of connections on offer at Evesham.
| Re: Problems with IET trains from April 2021 In "Across the West" [369852/24934/26] Posted by Mark A at 16:22, 20th December 2025 | |
Wondering if the abstract from this paper relates to the issue - sodium in biofuels via the manufacturing process used for the fuel.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26273275
Mark
| Re: 19th Advent Quiz - Old Pictures - where are they? In "The Lighter Side" [369851/31292/30] Posted by grahame at 16:01, 20th December 2025 | |
9 cannot surely be Carnforth! So far all I have been able to make out is that the locomotive on the right is an Adams LSWR class 135 4-4-0! So some where on the LSWR system, but where I can't make out. It looks like a terminus, and the only other visual clue is that church tower in the background. Does that help anyone solve it?
Any points for identifying the loco, making the picture likely to be between the 1880s and 1920?
Any points for identifying the loco, making the picture likely to be between the 1880s and 1920?
It's not Carnforth but unless I have misread the source, it's not on the LSWR system either. It is a terminus though not one I have visited for many years and when it was very different to shown in this picture.
| Re: Problems with IET trains from April 2021 In "Across the West" [369849/24934/26] Posted by ChrisB at 15:44, 20th December 2025 | |
As for a timetable change.... The number of GU's isolated has dropped significantly so I can't see them making that decision now. They believe the problem is related to contaminated fuel (salt specifically)
url=https://www.railmagazine.com/news/gwr-iet-maintenance-steps-up-as-investigation-suggests-fuel-issues]RAIL catches up....[/url]
GWR IET maintenance steps up amid investigation into fuel issues
Maintenance of Great Western Railway’s IET fleet has been stepped up while an investigation looks into the cause of engine problems that have plagued the trains since mid-August.
The Hitachi-built Class 800 and’ 802’ bi-mode trains have been suffering from generator unit (GU) issues since mid-August.
RAIL understands fuel filters have become blocked which has then affected the effectiveness of the fuel pumps.
Investigations now trying to understand if the issue is with the fuel itself or the storage, and why it has only affected GWR’s Hitachi trains.
Hitachi has strengthened its maintenance regime in recent weeks and will continue to do so until the root cause is identified and addressed.
This has included replacing filters every 36 days or if fuel pressure drops before then. Filters are normally replaced every six months.
A Hitachi spokesperson said the manufacturer and GWR were “conducting a detailed review to understand the factors”.
“Since September, we have steadily increased the scale and breadth of our mitigations through an enhanced maintenance programme, and these efforts are now delivering results,” they said.
In November it was suggested that around a third of engines on GWR’s ‘800s’ and ‘802s’ were not functioning. That rate has now come down by around 25%-30%, with RAIL understanding trains are now being repaired at a faster rate than problems are occurring.
Apologising for the issues, GWR Managing Director Mark Hopwood said: “We hope this rate of improvement will continue, but we know there is some way to go before we are delivering the level of service our customers expect.”
He added: “We're sorry for the delays some customers have experienced on our long-distance services in recent weeks. We're currently experiencing an issue affecting our Intercity Express Trains, which is impacting punctuality on some services."
RAIL was told the issue is not affecting ‘80x’ fleets being used by other operators.
Maintenance of Great Western Railway’s IET fleet has been stepped up while an investigation looks into the cause of engine problems that have plagued the trains since mid-August.
The Hitachi-built Class 800 and’ 802’ bi-mode trains have been suffering from generator unit (GU) issues since mid-August.
RAIL understands fuel filters have become blocked which has then affected the effectiveness of the fuel pumps.
Investigations now trying to understand if the issue is with the fuel itself or the storage, and why it has only affected GWR’s Hitachi trains.
Hitachi has strengthened its maintenance regime in recent weeks and will continue to do so until the root cause is identified and addressed.
This has included replacing filters every 36 days or if fuel pressure drops before then. Filters are normally replaced every six months.
A Hitachi spokesperson said the manufacturer and GWR were “conducting a detailed review to understand the factors”.
“Since September, we have steadily increased the scale and breadth of our mitigations through an enhanced maintenance programme, and these efforts are now delivering results,” they said.
In November it was suggested that around a third of engines on GWR’s ‘800s’ and ‘802s’ were not functioning. That rate has now come down by around 25%-30%, with RAIL understanding trains are now being repaired at a faster rate than problems are occurring.
Apologising for the issues, GWR Managing Director Mark Hopwood said: “We hope this rate of improvement will continue, but we know there is some way to go before we are delivering the level of service our customers expect.”
He added: “We're sorry for the delays some customers have experienced on our long-distance services in recent weeks. We're currently experiencing an issue affecting our Intercity Express Trains, which is impacting punctuality on some services."
RAIL was told the issue is not affecting ‘80x’ fleets being used by other operators.
| Re: 19th Advent Quiz - Old Pictures - where are they? In "The Lighter Side" [369847/31292/30] Posted by eightonedee at 15:24, 20th December 2025 | |
9 cannot surely be Carnforth! So far all I have been able to make out is that the locomotive on the right is an Adams LSWR class 135 4-4-0! So some where on the LSWR system, but where I can't make out. It looks like a terminus, and the only other visual clue is that church tower in the background. Does that help anyone solve it?
Any points for identifying the loco, making the picture likely to be between the 1880s and 1920?
| MOVED: Gone to the dogs? A look at greyhound racing's future - June 2025 In "Introductions and chat" [369846/31302/1] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 15:09, 20th December 2025 | |
This topic has been moved to And Also, as I would like to add a post to it, without any political repercussions.
https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=30358.0
| Re: Contactless - not always the cheapest In "Fare's Fair" [369845/31297/4] Posted by Oxonhutch at 15:05, 20th December 2025 | |
Likewise, but it seems to get more & more difficult to find somewhere/someone to do the manual linking when you get a new Railcard. When you do find somewhere - you are in queue behind 25 non-English speaking tourists trying to buy paper tickets.
I usually head straight to the gate line at a place like Paddington (District Line) and ask someone manning it (it always is) to assist.
| Re: 19th Advent Quiz - Old Pictures - where are they? In "The Lighter Side" [369844/31292/30] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 14:51, 20th December 2025 Already liked by grahame | |
2. Has to be so obscure that -
a) Graham would know it; and
b) it's in Wiltshire.
Ludgershall Station on the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway in Wiltshire.
| Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2025 In "TransWilts line" [369843/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 14:39, 20th December 2025 | |
20:08 Westbury to Swindon due 20:54
Facilities on the 20:08 Westbury to Swindon due 20:54.
Toilet facilities are not available. Disabled toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Facilities on the 20:08 Westbury to Swindon due 20:54.
Toilet facilities are not available. Disabled toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.
21:10 Swindon to Westbury due 21:52
Facilities on the 21:10 Swindon to Westbury due 21:52.
Toilet facilities are not available. Disabled toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Facilities on the 21:10 Swindon to Westbury due 21:52.
Toilet facilities are not available. Disabled toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.
| In and around Cardiff - capital of Wales since 20 December 1955 In "Shorter journeys in South and West Wales" [369842/31301/23] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 14:38, 20th December 2025 | |
We don't often see posts here on the Coffee Shop forum relating specifically to South Wales, even though it is clearly within our Great Western area.
Something I stumbled across, on the BBC, was this item - specific to Cardiff, and with an interesting local railway history angle:
From bullet-hole bridge to Death Junction - nine things you might not know about Cardiff
Cardiff became capital city of Wales in 1955 - but among the many changes of the past 70 years, glimpses of its history remain
From bullet holes in a railway bridge to an underground bunker - Cardiff has a rich and diverse history.
But among the hustle and bustle of the modern day, hidden nuggets of the stories that shaped it remain.
"Cardiff has always been a friendly city... small enough for people to know one another, but big enough to have things going on," said Helen Stradling of Grangetown Local History Society, who was 11 when when the city was named Wales' capital.
In a ceremony on 20 December 1955 at Cardiff City Hall, its capital city was officially declared after a competition spanning four years with other contenders including Caernarfon and Aberystwyth.
Now, 70 years on, here are just some of Cardiff's historical gems you may just have missed.
1. Bullet-hole bridge
Look up and you might spot a series of bullet holes in this bridge, thought to date back to World War Two
If you look closely at the railway bridges in Canton, one in particular stands out.
The bridge, positioned where Lansdowne Road meets Grosvenor Street, has a series of small bullet holes, thought to date back to the Cardiff blitz era of World War Two.
As Cardiff docks constituted the biggest coal exporting port in the United Kingdom when the war broke out, the city was a major target.
There were several raids during the war, with the worst being on 2 January 1941 when a fleet of 100 German planes droned in across the Severn Estuary.
A total of 165 people were killed that night and more than 350 homes were destroyed in the 10-hour raid that saw Llandaff Cathedral badly damaged and both the Canton and Riverside areas seriously hit.
(BBC article continues)
Cardiff became capital city of Wales in 1955 - but among the many changes of the past 70 years, glimpses of its history remain
From bullet holes in a railway bridge to an underground bunker - Cardiff has a rich and diverse history.
But among the hustle and bustle of the modern day, hidden nuggets of the stories that shaped it remain.
"Cardiff has always been a friendly city... small enough for people to know one another, but big enough to have things going on," said Helen Stradling of Grangetown Local History Society, who was 11 when when the city was named Wales' capital.
In a ceremony on 20 December 1955 at Cardiff City Hall, its capital city was officially declared after a competition spanning four years with other contenders including Caernarfon and Aberystwyth.
Now, 70 years on, here are just some of Cardiff's historical gems you may just have missed.
1. Bullet-hole bridge
Look up and you might spot a series of bullet holes in this bridge, thought to date back to World War Two
If you look closely at the railway bridges in Canton, one in particular stands out.
The bridge, positioned where Lansdowne Road meets Grosvenor Street, has a series of small bullet holes, thought to date back to the Cardiff blitz era of World War Two.
As Cardiff docks constituted the biggest coal exporting port in the United Kingdom when the war broke out, the city was a major target.
There were several raids during the war, with the worst being on 2 January 1941 when a fleet of 100 German planes droned in across the Severn Estuary.
A total of 165 people were killed that night and more than 350 homes were destroyed in the 10-hour raid that saw Llandaff Cathedral badly damaged and both the Canton and Riverside areas seriously hit.
(BBC article continues)
| Re: Weather updates, from across our area - ongoing discussion, 2025 In "Across the West" [369841/30953/26] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 14:15, 20th December 2025 | |
From the BBC:
Heavy rainfall helps West Country recover from prolonged dry spell
England experienced the second driest six-month period (from March to August) since records began in 1871
Recent heavy rainfall has pulled the west of England into "recovery" status following an extensive dry spell.
Prolonged dry weather status – a precursor to drought – was announced on 10 July by the Environment Agency (EA) for its Wessex area, which includes Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and parts of south Gloucestershire. The warning followed the driest spring in a century and the hottest summer on record - a combination which depleted water reserves and triggered hosepipe bans.
Now the EA has revealed most of the West Country's water situation is recovering, with Wiltshire to follow suit once groundwater levels recharge.
A dry spring and summer exposed the parched lake bed at Chew Valley reservoir
If below-average rainfall had continued, drought was expected in the West Country next March. But in a dramatic turnaround, September saw 142% of the long-term average rainfall, followed by 128% in November and a similarly wet start to December.
The EA confirmed "high river flows and the partial refilling of water company reservoirs are signs that the water situation is improving".
Parts of Wiltshire, indicated by the red outline, are to remain in prolonged dry weather status until the groundwater aquifer recharges
However, groundwater levels in the chalk aquifer - a vast underground store of fresh water - below the upper Hampshire Avon in Wiltshire remain "exceptionally low", the agency added. It said underground aquifers provide much of our drinking water, and these need to be replenished over several months. This area from Devizes down to Salisbury will remain in prolonged dry weather status until the aquifer is recharged.
Ian Withers, EA area director for Wessex, said: "The return of heavy rain has benefited the environment after a very dry period. But there is no guarantee that sustained rainfall will continue. We still need a wet winter to prevent the water situation from deteriorating again. The risk of flooding remains even during a drought. Stay alert, follow flood warning guidance and be ready to deploy any personal property protection," he added.
Reservoir levels for Wessex Water and Bristol Water, as of 15 December, were 94% and 77%, respectively.
England experienced the second driest six-month period (from March to August) since records began in 1871
Recent heavy rainfall has pulled the west of England into "recovery" status following an extensive dry spell.
Prolonged dry weather status – a precursor to drought – was announced on 10 July by the Environment Agency (EA) for its Wessex area, which includes Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and parts of south Gloucestershire. The warning followed the driest spring in a century and the hottest summer on record - a combination which depleted water reserves and triggered hosepipe bans.
Now the EA has revealed most of the West Country's water situation is recovering, with Wiltshire to follow suit once groundwater levels recharge.
A dry spring and summer exposed the parched lake bed at Chew Valley reservoir
If below-average rainfall had continued, drought was expected in the West Country next March. But in a dramatic turnaround, September saw 142% of the long-term average rainfall, followed by 128% in November and a similarly wet start to December.
The EA confirmed "high river flows and the partial refilling of water company reservoirs are signs that the water situation is improving".
Parts of Wiltshire, indicated by the red outline, are to remain in prolonged dry weather status until the groundwater aquifer recharges
However, groundwater levels in the chalk aquifer - a vast underground store of fresh water - below the upper Hampshire Avon in Wiltshire remain "exceptionally low", the agency added. It said underground aquifers provide much of our drinking water, and these need to be replenished over several months. This area from Devizes down to Salisbury will remain in prolonged dry weather status until the aquifer is recharged.
Ian Withers, EA area director for Wessex, said: "The return of heavy rain has benefited the environment after a very dry period. But there is no guarantee that sustained rainfall will continue. We still need a wet winter to prevent the water situation from deteriorating again. The risk of flooding remains even during a drought. Stay alert, follow flood warning guidance and be ready to deploy any personal property protection," he added.
Reservoir levels for Wessex Water and Bristol Water, as of 15 December, were 94% and 77%, respectively.
Posting personally here, as a long-time resident in this area: I have never seen the water level in the Chew Valley Lake as low as it was in those images from earlier this year. CfN.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [369839/29711/14] Posted by charles_uk at 13:48, 20th December 2025 | |
11:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:24 has been reinstated.
It will be terminated at Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to the train departing late to maintain customer connections.
13:05 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 15:22 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:17 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
14:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 17:14 will be reinstated.
It will be started from Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to train crew being delayed.
17:00 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:24 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
It will be terminated at Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to the train departing late to maintain customer connections.
13:05 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 15:22 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:17 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
14:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 17:14 will be reinstated.
It will be started from Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to train crew being delayed.
17:00 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:24 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
| Re: 19th Advent Quiz - Old Pictures - where are they? In "The Lighter Side" [369838/31292/30] Posted by Western Pathfinder at 13:03, 20th December 2025 | |
No.9 Carnforth ?..
| Re: Problems with IET trains from April 2021 In "Across the West" [369837/24934/26] Posted by GBM at 12:36, 20th December 2025 | |
09:11 Penzance to London Paddington due 14:29
09:11 Penzance to London Paddington due 14:29 was started from Plymouth.
It will no longer call at Penzance, St Erth, Hayle, Camborne, Redruth, Truro, St Austell, Par, Bodmin Parkway and Liskeard.
This is due to animals on the railway earlier today.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. Service full and standing. There are no reservations on this service.
| Re: Naming of gritter lorries In "The Lighter Side" [369836/31298/30] Posted by Clan Line at 12:33, 20th December 2025 | |
Wiltshire
