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| Re: NPPF revisions - more homes can be built near stations? In "Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 years" [378514/32385/40] Posted by grahame at 16:32, 21st August 2026 |      |
Yes;....so would apply if the service swapped direction midway through the day to maintain peak flow of 2tph....
That's the old fashioned way of doing it? I remember from my commutes to school seeing a succession of trains in the morning peak coming up from Ashford and Hastings through Sevenoaks and Orpington headed for Cannon Street and Charing Cross. During the day, the overnight-empty shed at Grove Park and the sidings on Blackfriars Bridge were populated with 12 carriage trains, which in the evening headed out of town again having filled up with the same people they brought in that morning at one of the two termini. During the day, services to / from Hastings were just hourly, just (!) 6 carriages, and all stations too once they got out beyond Tonbridge.
| Re: NPPF revisions - more homes can be built near stations? In "Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 years" [378513/32385/40] Posted by ChrisB at 16:08, 21st August 2026 | |
Yes;....so would apply if the service swapped direction midway through the day to maintain peak flow of 2tph....
| Re: Wilts & Berks Canal - merged posts, ongoing developments and discussion In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [378512/28863/47] Posted by ChrisB at 16:02, 21st August 2026 | |
Indeed - if they actually already had a canal that was disused, then their request would hold more water. Just as they have an unconstructed [plan, it's at the same stage as the reservoir, but of course that is far more likely to get the funds for construction sooner. I agree with others that their request is a huge stretch & unlikely.
I doubt they were talking about this reservoir in 1971.....I have relatives in Sutton Courtenay, and they would have heard by then.
| Re: NPPF revisions - more homes can be built near stations? In "Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 years" [378511/32385/40] Posted by Trowres at 15:58, 21st August 2026 | |
Two tph in the peak direction?....
Do you mean "in the direction to which most people would be travelling" ?
The frequency of services, be it 2 or 4, had to be maintained "throughout the daytime"; whatever that means (longer in the summer?).
| Re: Wilts & Berks Canal - merged posts, ongoing developments and discussion In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [378510/28863/47] Posted by Mark A at 15:58, 21st August 2026 | |
1971, and us, teenagers in a skiff, having arrived in Oxford via the canal, we headed up the Thames and I can't recall where a lunchtime stop was or what it was that indicated to us that the reservoir proposal was very much a live issue with the public - and I don't think this concerned the nearby Farmoor reservoir. The new reservoir here has been a very long time under discussion.
A day or so later, our attempt to reach Cricklade sputtered out and we stopped overnight at Castle Eaton - summer water levels were challenging and it emerged that not nearly enough people from Swindon could have been using the toilet that day. (The flow of the River Ray, which joins the Thames about 3/4 mile below Cricklade was at that time very closely related to the output of the exemplary Swindon water treatment works...)
Mark
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2026 In "London to the Cotswolds" [378509/31371/14] Posted by charles_uk at 15:33, 21st August 2026 | |
I do sometimes wonder if GWR wouldn't be that upset if they didn't have to run trains to/from Hereford:
1P10 0523 Hereford to London Paddington cancelled due to late arrival of an inbound service (YI)
1W01 0952 London Paddington to Hereford cancelled due to the train being swapped (YU)
1W01 0952 London Paddington to Hereford cancelled due to the train being swapped (YU)
| Re: Castle Cary station - services, incidents, facilities, car parking and awards (merged topic) In "Heart of Wessex" [378508/618/19] Posted by Mark A at 15:17, 21st August 2026 | |
Somewhat similar colours on a door in this photo from the end of July 2006. This was the little corrugated iron station building at Trawscoed, at the end of its life, somewhat ruined and about to be swept away.
For a few months more, as a reminder of railway freight traffic, there would be coal on the platform. People would have to dig deep to recover memories of HRH Queen Elizabeth the Second's overnight stay there in 1955.
Mark
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2026 In "Across the West" [378507/31163/26] Posted by Trowres at 15:03, 21st August 2026 | |
From the 2026 RT report that Stuving has found:
This activity aims to remove obsolete equipment and replace select assets with newer models with an improved reliability profile. Our W63 replacement programme continues to 2027 due to a revised plan.
• We are supplementing our W63 replacements with work on RT60 type points which increased in priority due to an FY26 increase in reliability issues. We are on plan for W63 replacements with delivery now transferred to the maintenance organisation. We have plans to deliver 13 sets of points in FY27, 9 in FY28, and 20 in FY29.
• In Period 2, RT60 points reliability saw numerous high impact failures and are now subject to concerted focus, including work with Technical Authority to re-design components for upgrade.
Replacement of these assets is aimed at reducing failure rates, improving reliability and simplifying maintenance activity.
• Route-wide Points delay per incident has reduced from 3.9 in Period 08 FY24 to 2.0 in Period 13
FY26.
• We are supplementing our W63 replacements with work on RT60 type points which increased in priority due to an FY26 increase in reliability issues. We are on plan for W63 replacements with delivery now transferred to the maintenance organisation. We have plans to deliver 13 sets of points in FY27, 9 in FY28, and 20 in FY29.
• In Period 2, RT60 points reliability saw numerous high impact failures and are now subject to concerted focus, including work with Technical Authority to re-design components for upgrade.
Replacement of these assets is aimed at reducing failure rates, improving reliability and simplifying maintenance activity.
• Route-wide Points delay per incident has reduced from 3.9 in Period 08 FY24 to 2.0 in Period 13
FY26.
I haven't found anything to suggest that W63 is not a reference to a point operating machine. However, RT60 refers to a particular design for a complete point. Hard to find details of it, but here's a potential (or actual?) replacement...
https://www.thepwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/21-July-14-Why-NR60-Mk2-Ian-Bostock.pdf
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2026 In "Across the West" [378506/31163/26] Posted by stuving at 14:48, 21st August 2026 Already liked by Trowres | |
DU must mean delivery unit, in this context maintenance delivery unit. So the east one must be the MDU with the full name "Western East MDU".
(Sorry this map is a bit hard to read - it was like that in the document I
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2026 In "Across the West" [378505/31163/26] Posted by Trowres at 14:16, 21st August 2026 | |
Sorry, Stuving: I have now corrected the link in my previous post.
| Re: Castle Cary station - services, incidents, facilities, car parking and awards (merged topic) In "Heart of Wessex" [378504/618/19] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 13:50, 21st August 2026 | |
An update, from the BBC:
Railway station gets heritage-inspired overhaul
The revamped waiting room at Castle Cary recalls the station's historic character - Image © Daniel Mumby
A railway station has been overhauled to acknowledge its heritage in an £835,000 refit.
The waiting room and ticket office at Castle Cary Station in Somerset has been refitted in a classic style, its original entrance has reopened and a new ramp for wheelchair-users has been installed.
More seating has been put in on the platform, along with a digital departure board and larger toilet and baby-changing facilities.
The project was funded by the government, which provided £560,000, together with £275,000 from the Railway Heritage Trust, which aims to maintain and preserve the historic features of British railways.
Castle Cary is one of Somerset's busiest railway stations and, as the main stop for Glastonbury Festival, serves more than 350,000 passengers each year. The station has benefitted from investment in recent years - a new car park opened in March 2024 and the 567 bus route recently launched on a six-month trial basis to connect the station to Glastonbury and Street.
Sir Andrew Haines, chair of the Department for Transport Operator Limited, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service the revamp was a good example of "how we can provide meaningful benefits to the public while remaining true to the station's iconic heritage".
"I hope Castle Cary's passengers are pleased with the improvements and enjoy their journeys to and from this unique station," he said.
The ramp will allow wheelchair-users to access the ticket office and platform one of the station, but staff assistance will still be needed to reach platform two via the track-level barrow crossing.
The ticket office has been refitted as part of the £835,000 project - Image © Daniel Mumby
Tim Hedley Jones, director of the Railway Heritage Trust, told the BBC the changes were intended to give passengers "a positive experience of their time at the station".
"I'm particularly pleased to see the reproduction of the original Great Western Railway benches so that people can appreciate the quality of furniture that was provided in stations, and also the colours that were used," he said. "This is about marketing the modern railway. Great Western Railway has had a lot of investment in new trains, and it's important to reflect that with investment in stations.
"Historic stations have character," he added. "This project, whilst also bringing back the old heritage at the station, removed the clutter and made it a much more positive experience for passengers in a modern context."
The revamped waiting room at Castle Cary recalls the station's historic character - Image © Daniel Mumby
A railway station has been overhauled to acknowledge its heritage in an £835,000 refit.
The waiting room and ticket office at Castle Cary Station in Somerset has been refitted in a classic style, its original entrance has reopened and a new ramp for wheelchair-users has been installed.
More seating has been put in on the platform, along with a digital departure board and larger toilet and baby-changing facilities.
The project was funded by the government, which provided £560,000, together with £275,000 from the Railway Heritage Trust, which aims to maintain and preserve the historic features of British railways.
Castle Cary is one of Somerset's busiest railway stations and, as the main stop for Glastonbury Festival, serves more than 350,000 passengers each year. The station has benefitted from investment in recent years - a new car park opened in March 2024 and the 567 bus route recently launched on a six-month trial basis to connect the station to Glastonbury and Street.
Sir Andrew Haines, chair of the Department for Transport Operator Limited, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service the revamp was a good example of "how we can provide meaningful benefits to the public while remaining true to the station's iconic heritage".
"I hope Castle Cary's passengers are pleased with the improvements and enjoy their journeys to and from this unique station," he said.
The ramp will allow wheelchair-users to access the ticket office and platform one of the station, but staff assistance will still be needed to reach platform two via the track-level barrow crossing.
The ticket office has been refitted as part of the £835,000 project - Image © Daniel Mumby
Tim Hedley Jones, director of the Railway Heritage Trust, told the BBC the changes were intended to give passengers "a positive experience of their time at the station".
"I'm particularly pleased to see the reproduction of the original Great Western Railway benches so that people can appreciate the quality of furniture that was provided in stations, and also the colours that were used," he said. "This is about marketing the modern railway. Great Western Railway has had a lot of investment in new trains, and it's important to reflect that with investment in stations.
"Historic stations have character," he added. "This project, whilst also bringing back the old heritage at the station, removed the clutter and made it a much more positive experience for passengers in a modern context."
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2026 In "Across the West" [378503/31163/26] Posted by stuving at 13:12, 21st August 2026 | |
Further grubbing located the Wales & Western Performance Improvement Plan (2024) at:
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Wales-and-Western-CP7-Delivery-Plan.pdf
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Wales-and-Western-CP7-Delivery-Plan.pdf
What I find at that link is not the 2024 improvement plan (I can't find that anywhere) but the CP7 plan. The NR page for the improvement plan only has a link the (April 2026) Performance Improvement Plan Report. That says, of the improvement plan, "April 2026 NR transitions delivery of Plan into Business-as-Usual". There is also some rather cryptic reporting of the results for e.g. W63 points replacement.
Where did you find the improvement plan itself (as a PDF)?
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2026 In "Across the West" [378502/31163/26] Posted by Trowres at 12:11, 21st August 2026 | |
Thanks, TG, for locating that thread.
It references the Network Rail CP7 Delivery Plan, which can be found at:
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Wales-and-Western-CP7-Delivery-Plan.pdf
Further grubbing located the Wales & Western Performance Improvement Plan (2024) at:
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Wales-Western-Region-Performance-Improvement-Plan.pdf
We have completed four phases of points resilience improvements works in the Thames Valley area. With the support of Intel Rail, we have scoped points for inclusion in a fifth phase of points resilience work based on previous failure history.
This work will include 25 point ends, which includes around 5% of the total population, but can be attributed to 45% of delay between P1 22/23 and P1 24/25. Previous phases have delivered a 60% uplift in points reliability.
Phase-5 will be completed in December 2025
This work will include 25 point ends, which includes around 5% of the total population, but can be attributed to 45% of delay between P1 22/23 and P1 24/25. Previous phases have delivered a 60% uplift in points reliability.
Phase-5 will be completed in December 2025
Still very much a management-orientated description. The only hint of hardware-specifics is:
W63 point machine conversions: Completion date 31:03:27 All W63 points replaced in East DU area
I guess that W63 refers to Westinghouse type M63 point machines; please correct me if you know otherwise, or if you can identify "East DU area" !
[edited to correct link]
| Re: Wilts & Berks Canal - merged posts, ongoing developments and discussion In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [378501/28863/47] Posted by Richard Fairhurst at 11:50, 21st August 2026 Already liked by Mark A | |
It has to be in the watercourse around the north and west of the reservoir really. There are several reasons why going through the reservoir wouldn't work, but principally that this is a 'bunded' reservoir raised above the nearby land on all sides, rather than a dammed valley. So you'd be locking up into the reservoir, crossing it, and then locking down again, losing water from the reservoir at each end.
I don't blame WBCT for asking for a fully constructed canal, and a bit of smart planning would see it funded by new housing and commercial development at locations along the way. But realistically I think the most they'll get is a channel of the relevant width and a promise not to block navigation in the future, and even that's a stretch.
(I'm reminded of the Droitwich Junction Canal, which was fortuitously able to make use of the Body Brook culvert under the M5 - constructed some 30 years before restoration - because someone in the Worcestershire county surveyor's office managed to get a 7ft width written into the plans...)
| Re: New station at North Filton - now named as 'Bristol Brabazon' - ongoing discussion In "Bristol and Bath (WECA, now WEMCA)" [378500/24927/21] Posted by Noggin at 10:42, 21st August 2026 | |
Wonder when this station will actually open. Hope we get news of an actual definite opening date sometime soon. So far we've been given an update of sometime in the autumn. Autumn ends on 30th November. On Realtimetrains it's showing the new Bristol Temple Meads-Bristol Brabazon services starting on Sunday 13th December with the 0908 service to Bristol Brabazon. That's the date when the new winter timetable starts. Hopefully the station and the new services actually ends up starting a bit before then.
Experience suggests that the majority of delays to station openings are caused by delays in local highways issues, but IIRC the public realm is all the developer's responsibility and reasonably straightforward.
Its a pretty standard Network Rail design - similar to Ashley Down, Charfield, Okehampton Interchange etc, so should be pretty much "tried and tested" by now.
IIRC, the service is already running but currently terminates at Filton, so hopefully no issues with rolling stock availability.
| Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts) In "Bristol and Bath (WECA, now WEMCA)" [378499/10737/21] Posted by Noggin at 10:17, 21st August 2026 Already liked by IndustryInsider, Mark A | |
According to the University of Bristol website, the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus is due to open on the 8th Sept. Has anyone heard anything about the new Temple Meads east entrance opening to coincide with this? Have they even installed the new gates yet?
Yes, all installed and ready to go AFAIK. There are definitely photos online.
As it happens, I took a detour on the way to work and walked past it this morning. The university plaza looks very smart indeed with paving and planting complete, just a few workers applying finishing touches.
Incidentally, the floating walkway along the river from the university to Temple Quay looks nearly complete, I think they just have the final ramp at the Temple Quay end to level and pave.
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2026 In "Across the West" [378498/31163/26] Posted by GBM at 09:44, 21st August 2026 | |
This may be what you're after?
https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=29248.0
There's a NR report from 2024 within the thread which details how they acknowledge that the Thames Valley/Paddington is a "critical corridor" and how they intend to improve its reliability.
I'd say they still have some way to go.
Some way to go? A very long way to go.
Do we still have ORR to re look at this issue I wonder, or is it all being woven into GBR, so nothing to be done for another long while!
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2026 In "Across the West" [378497/31163/26] Posted by TaplowGreen at 09:27, 21st August 2026 | |
I don't recall any communication from the industry to give an impression that they are "on top of the problem"... or even that it knows how to put the problem right.
A year ago/two years ago?
Somewhere discussed on this forum?
This may be what you're after?
https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=29248.0
There's a NR report from 2024 within the thread which details how they acknowledge that the Thames Valley/Paddington is a "critical corridor" and how they intend to improve its reliability.
I'd say they still have some way to go.
| Re: Cornish mainline and branch line delays - ongoing discussion In "Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall" [378496/28556/25] Posted by grahame at 08:47, 21st August 2026 | |
I make it that GWR are at least 4 serviceable trains down today. A sample from each diagram
18:59 Gatwick Airport to Reading due 20:30
18:59 Gatwick Airport to Reading due 20:30 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
16:23 Okehampton to Exeter Central due 17:07
16:23 Okehampton to Exeter Central due 17:07 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
16:20 Truro to Falmouth Docks due 16:44
16:20 Truro to Falmouth Docks due 16:44 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
15:15 Penzance to Plymouth due 17:18
15:15 Penzance to Plymouth due 17:18 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
07:19 Paignton to Exmouth due 08:49
07:19 Paignton to Exmouth due 08:49 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
There are some crew shortages cancelling trains Exeter <-> Penzance, and something under investigation on the Severn Beach lie with trains turning round at Clifton Down for - according to Journey check - for most of the rest of the day.
| Re: NPPF revisions - more homes can be built near stations? In "Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 years" [378495/32385/40] Posted by grahame at 08:32, 21st August 2026 | |
Two tph in the peak direction?....
I've been reading into this a bit more - a blog from Lichfields - in particular, travel-to-work areas, distances from stations, and services there.
The top 60 travel to work areas in England have been expanded to 80 and notable additions in the South West are Trowbridge, Newbury, Poole and Cheltentham. Most of the South East and Central Southern England is included, but further South West only the south of Devon through to Plymouth makes the grade. Notably, Bath and Salisbury are not included. Station service wise, the specification is two trains per hour acheievable in the peak direction, and we are looking as I read it as development totally within 800 metres of the station.
Where does that leave us in our region? If there are sites near existing town stations such as Trowbridge, there's an assumption to favour development, as there is near Dilton Marsh and Avoncliff, both of which have multiple peak hour trains that could call. Freshford is in the Bath travel to work area which is not a top one, and I question for Melksham as to whether 2 trains per hour can be achieved in "peak" direction - towards the named town in the area, perhaps, with a gap from 06:29 to 09:09 and nothing running through that could have a stop added. We do have 2 trains in the hour to Chippenham and Swindon - 07:21 and 08:02 and I wonder if they meet the criterion even though going out of area?
Looking wider in the Bristol region, Pilning seems to be an obvious choice with 4 (and soon to be 5?) trains per hour passig through with 2 each to Parkway and to Temple Meads which could have a stop added easily enough, and a lot of presently-green fields close to the station. The NPPF talks about travel TO work area and from comments I have seen nothing about travel FROM work, so it would appear that for people going home to Pilning, a bus from Severn Beach or doubling back at Severn Tunnel Junction would allow the presumtion to allow development to be met.
Futher afield still, stations I identified earlier at Menheniot, St Erth and Bedwyn are outside designated travel to work areas, but Mottisfont and Kintbury are in. Don't know about Dean - the trains stop in a top TTWA but the passenger exit is outside it.
| Re: Cornish mainline and branch line delays - ongoing discussion In "Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall" [378494/28556/25] Posted by GBM at 07:50, 21st August 2026 | |
Cancellations to services between Truro and Falmouth Docks
Due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time between Truro and Falmouth Docks fewer trains are able to run.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Customer Advice
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What has happened?
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One of the trains that operates the Truro to Falmouth Docks service has developed a fault that needs mechanical attention. We do have another train that is operating the service, which means we can only operate half of the service for the rest of today.
If you are wanting to travel to Falmouth, please check your journey and if there is not a service, we recommend take a local bus, where your ticket can be used at no extra cost.
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2026 In "Across the West" [378493/31163/26] Posted by GBM at 07:45, 21st August 2026 | |
I don't recall any communication from the industry to give an impression that they are "on top of the problem"... or even that it knows how to put the problem right.
A year ago/two years ago?
Somewhere discussed on this forum?
| Re: WH Smith: their presence in railway stations and other locations - merged topics In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [378492/22143/51] Posted by grahame at 05:27, 21st August 2026 Already liked by Mark A | |
The WH Smiths at Swindon Station, at 17:00 yesterday, had it shutters down and a sign saying "temporarily closed". I have no clue how long temporary is or was - 10 minutes, the day, the week, the summer, or indefinite.
People carrying prams down the steps from the platform - "please use the handrail" instructions being impractical, and the lift out of order with a sign telling us that an engineer had been called.
A smart looking sign encourages you to walk to Fleming Way for bus connections, even though a significant number call just outside the station.
In the town centre, TJ Jones which includes the Post Office is having a closing down sale.
Gotta love Swindon!
| Re: Wilts & Berks Canal - merged posts, ongoing developments and discussion In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [378491/28863/47] Posted by johnneyw at 23:21, 20th August 2026 | |
I'm not sure that they'll win this unless an easy method of allowing narrowboats across the reservoir via locks?
That had occurred to me too. A little like other canals linking larger bodies of water...the Caledonian Canal springs to mind. I just wonder if boats on the reservoir would cause water quality issues....not that water companies seem to be too exercised about that matter these days.
| Re: Paddington <-> Bristol: service updates and amendments - ongoing discussion In "London to Swindon and Bristol" [378490/18525/10] Posted by Mark A at 21:03, 20th August 2026 | |
Twerton Short Tunnel's up for a heavy repair in the near future. Newspaper article.
Mark
https://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/community/council-approves-tunnel-repairs-impact-rail-services-119459/
| Re: NPPF revisions - more homes can be built near stations? In "Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 years" [378489/32385/40] Posted by ChrisB at 19:40, 20th August 2026 | |
Two tph in the peak direction?....
| Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2026 In "TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Salisbury" [378488/31359/18] Posted by JohnM at 18:59, 20th August 2026 Already liked by grahame | |
17:45 Swindon to Westbury due 18:26 will be starting late from Swindon.
This is due to a safety inspection of the track.
This is due to a safety inspection of the track.
Nice to see Graham on the platform at Melksham keeping an eye on things
| Re: Wilts & Berks Canal - merged posts, ongoing developments and discussion In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [378487/28863/47] Posted by Oxonhutch at 18:41, 20th August 2026 | |
It seems to me, if Thames Water goes ahead with their plans that the restored canal can follow the diverted watercourse that they are building around the western and northern edge of the reservoir.
| Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2026 In "TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Salisbury" [378486/31359/18] Posted by TaplowGreen at 18:02, 20th August 2026 | |
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06 is being delayed at Gloucester.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one
| Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2026 In "TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Salisbury" [378485/31359/18] Posted by grahame at 17:58, 20th August 2026 | |
17:45 Swindon to Westbury due 18:26 will be starting late from Swindon.
This is due to a safety inspection of the track.
This is due to a safety inspection of the track.
Still showing as delayed, no actual time.
EDIT: changed to 18:05, only 5 mins late
Indeed - on the way from Swindon. It just said "delayed" here too - left use guessing.
Very interesting odd working of another 166 - arrived at platform 3 from the west with a "this train does not stop here" announcement, some people got off, some remained on board and it left headed west again. Mystery as to what that was!
