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| Re: Tarka Line - Exeter to Barnstaple: merged topics, ongoing issues and discussion In "Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and South" [368423/30974/24] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 17:45, 20th November 2025 |      |
From the BBC:
Petition launched after flooded rail line issues
A petition has been launched after commuters faced more than a week of train cancellations due to flooding.
North Devon MP, Ian Roome, who launched the petition, said ongoing problems on the Tarka Line, in Devon, were "totally unacceptable" and residents had been left with "a second class service".
Earlier in November, rail passengers and campaigners called for change on the line due to delays, cancellations, flooding, and overcrowding.
Full service on the line - which stretches from Barnstaple to Exeter - has since resumed and Network Rail said it closed the flooded line "for the safety of customers".
During the closure limited replacement buses and taxis were put on, with journey times often taking longer, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. People who regularly use the service, which has about 800,000 passenger journeys a year, said they frequently experienced delays or cancellations on the line and were calling for it to be made more resilient.
Roome said: "I am pushing for structural improvements, additional train carriages to deal with persistent overcrowding, additional drainage work, longer platforms at some stations en route, and more passing places along the single track line so the train timetable can be improved. This is one of the most successful train lines in the country in terms of passenger numbers and we will be lobbying the rail minister to put it at the top of his agenda. It's time to future proof the Tarka Line."
Great Western Railway said it was aware some trains immediately before and after the start of the college day were in demand, and with non-Exeter College travellers using the route it was over capacity on some services during peak times. It said it was looking at providing more trains and carriages with selective door opening to cater for shorter platforms and was supportive of the campaigns to upgrade the infrastructure.
On Tuesday, Network Rail said: "Water levels have receded below the closure mark on all three bridges along the Barnstaple line, which allowed specialist divers to carry out an inspection of each structure earlier today." It said divers found no damage to any of the bridges and had to run an inspection train along the entire length of the line before it could be reopened to passenger trains.
A petition has been launched after commuters faced more than a week of train cancellations due to flooding.
North Devon MP, Ian Roome, who launched the petition, said ongoing problems on the Tarka Line, in Devon, were "totally unacceptable" and residents had been left with "a second class service".
Earlier in November, rail passengers and campaigners called for change on the line due to delays, cancellations, flooding, and overcrowding.
Full service on the line - which stretches from Barnstaple to Exeter - has since resumed and Network Rail said it closed the flooded line "for the safety of customers".
During the closure limited replacement buses and taxis were put on, with journey times often taking longer, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. People who regularly use the service, which has about 800,000 passenger journeys a year, said they frequently experienced delays or cancellations on the line and were calling for it to be made more resilient.
Roome said: "I am pushing for structural improvements, additional train carriages to deal with persistent overcrowding, additional drainage work, longer platforms at some stations en route, and more passing places along the single track line so the train timetable can be improved. This is one of the most successful train lines in the country in terms of passenger numbers and we will be lobbying the rail minister to put it at the top of his agenda. It's time to future proof the Tarka Line."
Great Western Railway said it was aware some trains immediately before and after the start of the college day were in demand, and with non-Exeter College travellers using the route it was over capacity on some services during peak times. It said it was looking at providing more trains and carriages with selective door opening to cater for shorter platforms and was supportive of the campaigns to upgrade the infrastructure.
On Tuesday, Network Rail said: "Water levels have receded below the closure mark on all three bridges along the Barnstaple line, which allowed specialist divers to carry out an inspection of each structure earlier today." It said divers found no damage to any of the bridges and had to run an inspection train along the entire length of the line before it could be reopened to passenger trains.
| Re: Closure proposal - five intermediate stations on Marston Vale line In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [368422/31117/51] Posted by Red Squirrel at 17:33, 20th November 2025 | |
Yep - and statistically, the 4 new stations may be closer to where they start or finish their journey than the current five for many of them - so gainers & losers.....
The four 'new' stations are at or near the existing locations of Woburn Sands, Ridgmont, Lidlington and Stewartby stations.
They might be more convenient for people who live in these places.
They certainly won’t be more convenient for people living nearer to Fenny Stratford, Bow Brickhill, Aspley Guise, Millbrook or Kempston Hardwick.
Out of interest, does anyone have a view on whether these stations would have survived had the Varsity Line not been closed?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [368421/29711/14] Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 17:32, 20th November 2025 | |
...and an unusual one:
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore and Evesham.
It has been delayed at Great Malvern and is now 17 minutes late.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:20/11/2025 16:59
Departed +19, passed Evesham +10, has a 16-minute stand at Moreton.It has been delayed at Great Malvern and is now 17 minutes late.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:20/11/2025 16:59
| Re: Weather updates, from across our area - ongoing discussion, 2025 In "Across the West" [368420/30953/26] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 17:25, 20th November 2025 | |
A weather update, from the BBC:
Ice warnings spread across parts of UK gripped by cold snap
Icy conditions will sweep into more parts of the UK overnight, after snow and ice forced hundreds of schools to shut and closed roads in the worst-hit areas.
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for ice in north-east Scotland, western Wales, south-west England, and along England's east coast, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders into Friday. Snow and ice warnings are already in place in some areas.
The North York Moors and parts of the Yorkshire Wolds are under an amber warning for snow and could see between 15-25 cm (6-10ins).
Thursday is expected to see the week's coldest night, with temperatures widely falling below zero and down to -12C in rural Scotland.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued cold-health alerts for England until Saturday, saying there could be significant impacts to the elderly and people with health conditions.
Snow blanketed locations across the country on Thursday, with Altnaharra in northern Scotland and Loch Glascarnoch in west Scotland recording 9 cm as of 11:00 GMT.
The snow and ice yellow warnings currently in place are:
Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Swansea until 23:59
North-east England, south-west Scotland and Yorkshire & Humber until 23:59
Central and northern Scotland until 21:00
In these regions, expect 2 to 5cm of snow, even for low-lying areas, with perhaps as much as 10 to 20cm of snow for the highest ground in northern Scotland.
The yellow ice warnings due to come into force later on Thursday are:
South-west England from 18:00 to 11:00 on Friday
Eastern and south-east England from 18:00 Thursday until 11:00 Friday
North-east Scotland from 21:00 to 11:00 on Friday
North-east England, south-west Scotland and Yorkshire & Humber from 00:00 until 12:00 Friday
Western Wales from 00:00 to 11:00 on Friday
An amber warning for snow is in place until 21:00 Thursday and covers parts of north-east England and Yorkshire and the Humber.
(BBC article continues)
Icy conditions will sweep into more parts of the UK overnight, after snow and ice forced hundreds of schools to shut and closed roads in the worst-hit areas.
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for ice in north-east Scotland, western Wales, south-west England, and along England's east coast, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders into Friday. Snow and ice warnings are already in place in some areas.
The North York Moors and parts of the Yorkshire Wolds are under an amber warning for snow and could see between 15-25 cm (6-10ins).
Thursday is expected to see the week's coldest night, with temperatures widely falling below zero and down to -12C in rural Scotland.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued cold-health alerts for England until Saturday, saying there could be significant impacts to the elderly and people with health conditions.
Snow blanketed locations across the country on Thursday, with Altnaharra in northern Scotland and Loch Glascarnoch in west Scotland recording 9 cm as of 11:00 GMT.
The snow and ice yellow warnings currently in place are:
Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Swansea until 23:59
North-east England, south-west Scotland and Yorkshire & Humber until 23:59
Central and northern Scotland until 21:00
In these regions, expect 2 to 5cm of snow, even for low-lying areas, with perhaps as much as 10 to 20cm of snow for the highest ground in northern Scotland.
The yellow ice warnings due to come into force later on Thursday are:
South-west England from 18:00 to 11:00 on Friday
Eastern and south-east England from 18:00 Thursday until 11:00 Friday
North-east Scotland from 21:00 to 11:00 on Friday
North-east England, south-west Scotland and Yorkshire & Humber from 00:00 until 12:00 Friday
Western Wales from 00:00 to 11:00 on Friday
An amber warning for snow is in place until 21:00 Thursday and covers parts of north-east England and Yorkshire and the Humber.
(BBC article continues)
| Re: Weather updates, from across our area - ongoing discussion, 2025 In "Across the West" [368419/30953/26] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 17:19, 20th November 2025 | |
That's not what I meant, ChrisB.
I meant that, if any member wants the removal of something they posted, but which they are unable to edit for whatever reason, I can help. CfN.
| Re: Tiverton parkway parking In "London to the West" [368418/31122/12] Posted by red cuillen at 17:10, 20th November 2025 | |
That's very interesting and sounds like the cause! Impressive then how many people use the service from Barny then. The Sampford Perverell road was full, we made sure we didn't block a driveway or park on double yellows, unlike those cars on the approach road! Thanks
| Re: Holding GWR to account - service reliability In "TransWilts line" [368417/31113/18] Posted by John D at 16:20, 20th November 2025 | |
Relevant to this is GWR have recently updated their 4 weekly performance
EF10 area Bristol suburban is 4.05% cancelled
EF13 South Wales - South Coast is 7.18% cancelled
On time and time +3 minutes
EF10 53.34% and 71.50%
EF13 52.65% and 69.75%
So currently can expect about half trains to be late, and about 30% not to be within 3 minutes. And about 1 in 14 to 1 in 25 to not run.
https://www.gwr.com/-/media/gwr-sc-website/files/about-gwr/what-you-can-expect/our-performance/GWR-Periodic-Web-Report-P2608.pdf
Doesn't really feel good enough to me, don't know what others think.
| Re: Closure proposal - five intermediate stations on Marston Vale line In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [368416/31117/51] Posted by ChrisB at 16:17, 20th November 2025 | |
Yep - and statistically, the 4 new stations may be closer to where they start or finish their journey than the current five for many of them - so gainers & losers.....
| Re: Weather updates, from across our area - ongoing discussion, 2025 In "Across the West" [368415/30953/26] Posted by ChrisB at 16:09, 20th November 2025 | |
So - edit it first to say simply "deleted", then contact CfN to get it hidden.
| Re: Weather updates, from across our area - ongoing discussion, 2025 In "Across the West" [368414/30953/26] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 16:05, 20th November 2025 | |
[how do you delete a post, or can't you?]
You can't - but you can edit it to say "deleted" for a considerable time after you have posted it, and the moderators / admins will tidy up in due course.
If you ever have an urgent need for a post to be removed (for whatever reason) matth1j, just send me a PM and I'll deal with it. It won't be deleted altogether, but it will be moved out of public view immediately. CfN.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [368412/29711/14] Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 14:57, 20th November 2025 | |
11:52 London Paddington to Hereford due 14:44 will be terminated at Great Malvern.
It has been delayed between Evesham and Pershore and is now 23 minutes late.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:20/11/2025 14:09
Stock +14 from depot, departed +18, lost time AUW-EVE (35 instead of 30). Evesham +27, arrived Shrub Hill +28.It has been delayed between Evesham and Pershore and is now 23 minutes late.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:20/11/2025 14:09
15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29 will be started from Great Malvern.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:20/11/2025 14:09
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:20/11/2025 14:09
| Next to Safety, Punctual Running of Trains is Most Important In "Across the West" [368411/31126/26] Posted by grahame at 14:52, 20th November 2025 | |
"Next to Safety, Punctual Running of Trains is Most Important"
From over 100 years ago. Do you agree in today's world
| Re: Tarka Line - Exeter to Barnstaple: merged topics, ongoing issues and discussion In "Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and South" [368410/30974/24] Posted by The Tall Controller at 14:09, 20th November 2025 | |
How great an effect on capacity would be achieved by creating a double track section for Okehampton and Barnstaple services between Yeoford and Crediton, and restoring the junction for Okehampton and Barnstaple lines at Coleford? This would of course mean bringing the second platform at Yeoford back into service as well, so wouldn't come cheap.
None at all really. The only benefit would be for punctuality, giving extra time for late-running trains to be passed.
To increase capacity on the Barnstaple line, you'll need another passing loop between Eggesford and Barnstaple in addition to this one. And that's before we look at the additional congestion this would cause in the Exeter St Davids area.
| Re: Tiverton parkway parking In "London to the West" [368409/31122/12] Posted by The Tall Controller at 13:54, 20th November 2025 Already liked by Mark A | |
The car parks are regularly full Tuesdays to Thursdays and if anything goes awry with the railway further west, many passengers will drive to Tiverton Parkway - adding to the already full car parks.
What used to be a clear road between the A361 and Sampford Peverell a couple of years ago has turned into a free car park for those unwilling/unable to pay to park at the station.
Naturally, the residents of Sampford Peverell aren't happy seeing their village turn into a car park for Tiverton Parkway.
| Re: Dilton Marsh - request stop and status In "Portsmouth to Cardiff" [368408/31124/20] Posted by grahame at 13:43, 20th November 2025 Already liked by matth1j | |
Slightly OT - do the schedules that include Dilton Marsh assume that the train will stop ie. there will be a bit of hanging around at the next stop if it doesn't?
There never seems to be a problem with lack of time - I think the assumption is that they will stop. They have to slow down anyway. Until a few years ago, we were given to understand that the 08:05 Westbury (a Portsmouth train) could not stop at Dilton Marsh because of delays it would cause, but the engineering changes team put in a stop there for three weeks and it worked perfectly. We logged that and persuaded GWR to make the stop permanent in the next timetable; it has now been adjusted by a couple of minutes so that might be to allow for the stop, which always happens during term time as it's a signifiant school train.
On trains into Westbury .. they often hang around between Dilton Marsh and Westbury to await a platform anyway ;-)
| Re: Travelling to see an old train - why not travel there on a current train? In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [368407/31125/47] Posted by Mark A at 13:29, 20th November 2025 | |
Competition between Birmingham and Exeter so that there's a fares setter alternative to Crosscountry?
Mark
| Travelling to see an old train - why not travel there on a current train? In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [368406/31125/47] Posted by grahame at 13:15, 20th November 2025 | |
From a public enthusiast's group
Hi, I understand that the hst will no longer be in service very soon. My 10yr old son is desperate to see it before this happens, I was wondering where I could take him? I live in the West Midlands so does this mean a long car journey? Many thanks
What can we do to help people who write like this think of the rail (or
Edit note: Typo corrected, for clarity. CfN.
| Re: Holding GWR to account - service reliability In "TransWilts line" [368405/31113/18] Posted by grahame at 12:50, 20th November 2025 | |
As part of a local rail user group committee update this morning, I wrote concerning Monday's meeting:
GWR were made aware:
* That Melksham is a substantial town in which the train service is a key factor - even more so into the future
* Melksham station is a grotty place to be left with minimal and uncertain information and with no staff present
* Melksham passenger groups (WWRUG, MTUG) align with parish and county medium and long terms plans
* We have eyes on the ground, experise, an ability to reach people and want to work in partnership for common good
* Rail replacement services as currently implemented / informed are often not customer friendly and are misleading
* We consider a train declared “will be cancelled” but in the end runs has lost most of its use and also bought disrepute on the service
They were also reminded that two thirds of passengers at Melksham are though - so this is far from a “just Melksham” issue
| Re: Fuel for rail: taxation: electricity versus diesel In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [368404/31123/51] Posted by stuving at 12:31, 20th November 2025 | |
Yes and no. I see that Witham Booby has just answered, but here's a more rail-specific version.
Electricity supplied to the railway is standard rated (unlike domestic supply, which bears 5%). The diesel bought by the railway is "rebated red diesel", meaning there is a 5% concessionary rate of VAT on it.
However, passenger travel is zero rated, and domestic goods transport standard rated, so the majority of the VAT paid on supplies is reclaimed. The VAT on that element in revenue is substituted by the rate of zero or 20% applied to that product. There are, as is normal practice, a few odd exceptions to this charged at the other rate. There may well be a few items of railway revenue that are VAT exempt - which means the difference in VAT rate paid on supplies is retained as is, just for that element.
| Re: Dilton Marsh - request stop and status In "Portsmouth to Cardiff" [368403/31124/20] Posted by matth1j at 12:30, 20th November 2025 | |
Slightly OT - do the schedules that include Dilton Marsh assume that the train will stop ie. there will be a bit of hanging around at the next stop if it doesn't?
| Re: Fuel for rail: taxation: electricity versus diesel In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [368402/31123/51] Posted by Witham Bobby at 12:26, 20th November 2025 | |
Thinking VAT here. Is it really the case that electricity used to power trains is rated at 20% vs diesel at 5%? (cf aviation fuel a... but let's not go there...)
Mark
Mark
Businesses exceeding the annual turnover threshold (currently £90,000, but likely to be reduced so that very small businesses get caught) are able to reclaim the VAT that they pay on their inputs. For most businesses, this is a set-off against the VAT that they must charge customers and hand over to the Revenue. But where businesses don't charge VAT on what they sell (such as train fares) the VAT is repaid to the business by HMRC
VAT is a neutral to most businesses (apart from the hassle of being an unpaid tax collector, and keeping up with the admin). It's a tax on all of us as consumers. The admin is a disproportionately large burden on small enterprises, which is why, up until now, there has been a turnover exemption for the smallest ones
| Re: Closure proposal - five intermediate stations on Marston Vale line In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [368401/31117/51] Posted by grahame at 12:24, 20th November 2025 | |
I've broken it down to the number of users per day back in 2019/2020.
TOTAL: 331
TOTAL: 331
Visualising 300 people ... from Saturnx.http on TikTok
| Re: 5th December 2025 - TravelWatch SouthWest AGM In "Diary - what's happening when?" [368400/30741/34] Posted by grahame at 11:55, 20th November 2025 | |
TravelWatch SouthWest CIC - Notice of Annual General Meeting
Dear Member
TravelWatch SouthWest’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at 1400 HRS on Friday 5th December 2025 via Teams. Please RSVP so we can send you a separate email invitation with a link to access the meeting.
The meeting will be chaired by TWSW Chairman, Nick Buckland. Representatives from all member groups are welcome to attend the AGM. During the AGM, those members entitled to vote will be asked to consider and vote on the resolutions set out below and as usual, we will hold the AGM in compliance with the rules set out in our Articles of Association.
RESOLUTIONS The following resolutions are set to be proposed at the AGM
To receive and approve the Minutes of AGM from December 2024
To receive and approve the Report and Accounts of the Company for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 inclusive.
To receive and approve the Community Interest Company Report (form CIC34) for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 inclusive.
To elect to appoint Melanie Watson as a Director of the Company
To re-elect Nick Buckland as a Director of the Company
To re-elect Christopher Irwin as a Director of the Company
To re-elect James White as a Director of the Company
To appoint Easy Accounts & Tax Plc, Registered Office: 2 Carlton Row, Trowbridge, England, BA14 0RJ as Reporting Accountants to the Company as Reporting Accountants to the Company.
To authorise the Directors to agree the fees of the reporting accountants at approximately £525 plus VAT.
By order of the TravelWatch SouthWest CIC Board
Bryony Chetwode
Company Secretary on behalf of TravelWatch SouthWest CIC
Shareholders who are entitled to attend and vote are entitled to appoint a proxy if they can’t attend the shareholders meeting. A proxy can exercise any of your rights to attend, speak and vote at the meeting. Proxies do not need to be members of the Company, but they must be appointed by you no more than 48 hours before the meeting.
TRAVELWATCH SOUTHWEST is holding its next General Meeting on Friday 6th March 2026 at the Firepool Centre in Taunton. We will send details early next year and look forward to seeing many of you there.
As at time of posting - Company Secretary: Bryony Chetwode. Directors: Nick Buckland; Richard Gamble; Christopher Irwin; Vinita Nawathe; Graham Parkhurst; James White; Graham Ellis
| Re: Closure proposal - five intermediate stations on Marston Vale line In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [368399/31117/51] Posted by IndustryInsider at 11:40, 20th November 2025 | |
I've broken it down to the number of users per day back in 2019/2020.
I've chosen that year because of Covid and the suspension of services for a year from Dec '22 to Nov '23 skewing all the figures since then. The average users per day being based on the 6-days a week service.
Fenny Stratford: 89
Bow Brickhill: 137
Aspley Guise: 31
Millbrook: 40
Kempston Hardwick: 34
TOTAL: 331
| Dilton Marsh - request stop and status In "Portsmouth to Cardiff" [368398/31124/20] Posted by grahame at 11:40, 20th November 2025 Already liked by Witham Bobby, Mark A, eightonedee | |
Almost every time I travel on a train through Dilton Marsh that might stop there, it actually does stop there. That's not withstanding that the in-train display may say "next stop Warminster" or "next stop Westbury". And I hear of trains not calling because the train manager has called though "are you for Dilton Marsh" and a chorus of "No, thank you"s has rung out, drowning out the "yes please" of one or two people, or indeed his call has not been noticed by people with EarPods or limited hearing. When a train is cancelled through Dilton Marsh, a stop order should and, patchily, is put on the Portsmouth <-> Cardiff train that follows, but there's no indication of that at Dilton Marsh and it requires a certain cheek to stick your hand out to try and stop the express if you don't know there's a stop order.
Request stops have there place. They make sense at Thornford and Chetnole - but that's no longer the case at Dilton Marsh. What was once a station set amongst the rural fields of Wiltshire and - let's face it - a unusual survivor of the Beeching era cull - is now set in amongst the houses of Westbury Leigh which has grown across to the railway, with Westbury's main primary care medical facility just a few minutes walk away, and the houses of Dilton Marsh itself which has blossomed and now presses against the edge of the railway.
Is in not time to remove the "stops by request" status and have all trains which currently may call there do so automatically?
| Re: Closure proposal - five intermediate stations on Marston Vale line In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [368397/31117/51] Posted by Mark A at 11:23, 20th November 2025 | |
Jo Kibble could have written this for Graham personally.
Mark
'On the Slow Train':
No more shall I go from Fenny Stratford to Bow Brickhill;
No cat, no porter, no permit to ride,
At Millbrook, Kempston Hardwick or old Apsley Guise,
We won't be meeting again...
https://bsky.app/profile/politicanimal.bsky.social/post/3m62huxqqb225
| Fuel for rail: taxation: electricity versus diesel In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [368396/31123/51] Posted by Mark A at 11:14, 20th November 2025 | |
Thinking VAT here. Is it really the case that electricity used to power trains is rated at 20% vs diesel at 5%? (cf aviation fuel a... but let's not go there...)
Mark
| Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2025 In "TransWilts line" [368395/29726/18] Posted by Phil at 10:50, 20th November 2025 Already liked by grahame, Witham Bobby, Chris from Nailsea | |
14:18 Westbury to Swindon due 15:00
15:15 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59
15:15 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:19/11/2025 14:17
15:15 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59
15:15 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:19/11/2025 14:17
I was caught up in this. What it doesn't mention is that the train was only cancelled at 14:17.5, by which time it was already standing on platform 1 in WSB, nicely warmed up and chugging away with the driver trying to explain to people that they couldn't get on because it might go to a different platform before going to Swindon. After half an hour or so of this it was shunted off into a siding, presumably in the hope that it could be used to provide the next scheduled service two and a half hours (!) later. I believe the next Trowbridge service didn't run until 4pm or so due to the goods train blocking the line (or do we call them freight trains now? I'm old; forgive me. "Freight" sounds so American somehow). I must confess I had already caught the 3.15 bus to Trowbridge by then.
| Re: Weather updates, from across our area - ongoing discussion, 2025 In "Across the West" [368394/30953/26] Posted by grahame at 10:05, 20th November 2025 Already liked by matth1j, Western Pathfinder | |
[how do you delete a post, or can't you?]
You can't - but you can edit it to say "deleted" for a considerable time after you have posted it, and the moderators / admins will tidy up in due course.
Very sadly, in the distant past we have had members go rogue and had to remove a facility from the many because of a very few - very much like the airports put you through an whole screening process just to pick up one rogue in a million. We keep an eye on policies / settings such as this one; for the sake of a very occasional slight inconvenience, I am inclined to leave things as they are. The damage done by one particular former member who wrote a destructive script (in 2013) could be repeated more easily if we turned in back on.
