15:16 Bristol Temple Meads to Oxford due 16:30

15:16 Bristol Temple Meads to Oxford due 16:30 will be cancelled.

This is due to a gas leak near the railway.

17:00 Oxford to Bristol Temple Meads due 18:18

17:00 Oxford to Bristol Temple Meads due 18:18 will be cancelled.

This is due to a gas leak near the railway.

I know it's for "bus and train services", but might it be worth mentioning that Ubers are available in the area? They might be a last resort, and it reassures potential users that Melksham isn't one of those places where the Uber app implies it is available but in fact it isn't (eg. Thirsk, where we were a few weeks ago).

Does this mean that those of us who favour: small government/lower regulation + low taxation/high growth + freedom of speech and association + secure borders + strong national defence + preservation of our constitution, all of which are considered by many as "right wing politics", are not welcome here?

If so, I will take my leave of what would be a leftist echo chamber and bid everyone here all the best

How does the new GBR livery work on units with odd numbers of vehicles as stripy triangular pointy bit faces the nearest end.  Which way will it point on middle vehicle ?

Clearly there are 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 vehicle units around network

Strange at it might seem, UK-born are far more likely to be rapists. Now let's keep right-wing politics OFF this board please?

Do you know your Atlantics from your Prairies and Pacifics?  What is a Decapod?

http://www.railway-technical.com/trains/rolling-stock-index-l/wheel-notation.html

Significant disruption between Reading and Swindon – Wednesday 23 September

We wanted to make you aware of significant disruption affecting rail services through the Thames Valley today following a gas leak close to the railway in the Didcot area. While this incident was not caused by railway operations, we are working closely with the gas company, SGN, to get trains moving again as quickly and safely as possible.

We are working together to manage the impact on passengers, but normal services cannot operate until the leak has been repaired because the railway falls within the safety exclusion zone. Engineers from SGN are on site working to rectify the problem as quickly and safely as possible.

As a result, normal train services cannot operate through the affected area and passengers are being advised not to travel between Reading and Swindon today. However, severe disruption is expected throughout the day and services that are able to operate are likely to be extremely busy.

We are expecting to operate services between:

Reading and London Paddington
Swindon and Cheltenham Spa
Swindon and Chippenham/Bath/Bristol
South Wales and Bristol Temple Meads
Worcester and Oxford
Oxford and Didcot
Bristol Temple Meads and Didcot – hourly
London Paddington and Bath/Bristol – hourly via an alternative diversionary route
Services which do not normally operate between Reading and Didcot are also expected to run broadly as timetabled.

Ticket arrangements

To provide customers with greater flexibility, tickets for journeys through Didcot today will also be valid for travel tomorrow, Thursday 24 September.

Customers who decide not to travel can apply for a refund through GWR.

Ticket acceptance is also in place with a number of alternative operators, including Chiltern Railways, London Underground, Avanti West Coast, West Midlands Railway, CrossCountry and South Western Railway.

CrossCountry is separately advising customers not to travel between Reading and Oxford while the disruption continues.

Advice to passengers

We would be grateful if you could share this message with your own networks.

Passengers who do need to travel should check their journey before setting off, allow significantly more time and be prepared for services to be very busy.

We are sorry for the significant disruption this incident is causing. We are working closely with SGN, but services through the affected area cannot resume until it is confirmed safe to do so.

The Railways decision to close the railway because of an external incident / event is will out of the Railways hands.  It will be the local civic authorities (Police, Fire, Council) that put the exclusion area in place, the Railway Route Control would work with the requestor for the closure to minimise the impact.

Sets on North Pole depot can run into London Paddington and then form Bristol or South Wales services diverted via Newbury.  (As well as the usual services to the South West.)

Alterations to services between Truro and Falmouth Docks via Penryn
Due to a wartime bomb near the railway between Falmouth Town and Falmouth Docks the line is closed. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Train services between Truro and Falmouth Docks via Penryn will be suspended between Falmouth Town and Falmouth Docks.
Customer Advice
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We are sorry for the disruption to your journey today.
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What has happened?
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An unexploded ordnance device has been found in the Falmouth area.
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The Police are to extend a safety cordon to allow for the safe removal of the device, once this cordon is extended we will have to suspend our train services between Falmouth Town and Falmouth Docks, this will be from 08:45 on Wednesday 23 September.
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While this work takes place no trains or replacement bus services will be able to operate between the two Falmouth stations.
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A reduced hourly service is running between Truro and Falmouth Town, with trains running from Truro at 15 minutes past the hour, and trains from Falmouth Town running at 48 minutes past the hour.
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What are we doing about it?
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We will be in regular contact with the emergency services, once the device has been safely removed and the cordon lifted train services between the two Falmouth stations will resume.
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It is expected that disruption will continue until the end of the day, Wednesday 23 September, however this may change if the extended cordon has to remain in place for longer.
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What are your options?
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Use the National Rail Enquiries real-time journey planner to check if a journey by rail is currently possible.
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For more information:
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If you are at a station please check the live departure boards or speak to a member of station staff.

.....the times for minor stops - are estimates between formal timing points and you may expect the buses to be early sometimes....

... or words to that effect. It becomes an issue when bus drivers then use the earlier time as a target, overshoot and depart more than five minutes early, yes? (Stagecoach's four-buses-a-day 620 is rather suffering from this towards the end of its run into Bath and given the state of the city's roadworks I also have sympathy with the bus drivers...)