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| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [360769/29650/26] Posted by UstiImmigrunt at 20:03, 21st April 2025 |      |
UPDATE:
Sounds like a major outage this afternoon. Nothing is leaving Paddington High Level other than the Heathrow Express
Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Reading
Due to a fault with the signalling system at Twyford fewer trains are able to run. Disruption is expected until 23:59 21/04.
Train services between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Customer Advice
We apologise for the disruption to your journey today.
Due to a significant signalling fault in the Twyford area, trains are unable to operate on the Great Western Mainline.
Trains will be moved to stations where possible and hold there pending a fix to the signalling. Network Rail teams are on site at Thames Valley Signalling Centre and at Reading, working to resolve the issue.
This is affecting train services from Reading to Basingstoke, the West Country via Newbury Westbury and Taunton, South Wales, Cheltenham Spa and Oxford and the North Cotswolds.
Due to a fault with the signalling system at Twyford fewer trains are able to run. Disruption is expected until 23:59 21/04.
Train services between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Customer Advice
We apologise for the disruption to your journey today.
Due to a significant signalling fault in the Twyford area, trains are unable to operate on the Great Western Mainline.
Trains will be moved to stations where possible and hold there pending a fix to the signalling. Network Rail teams are on site at Thames Valley Signalling Centre and at Reading, working to resolve the issue.
This is affecting train services from Reading to Basingstoke, the West Country via Newbury Westbury and Taunton, South Wales, Cheltenham Spa and Oxford and the North Cotswolds.
Sounds like a major outage this afternoon. Nothing is leaving Paddington High Level other than the Heathrow Express
It doesn't have to be a major outage to stop all departures. The stranded train policy is brought in. Wherever possible trains are stopped in platforms and don't move until the problem is resolved. This is to prevent passengers self evacuating onto open railway lines.
There was a rule book alteration many years ago, a new reason for a driver to be authorised to pass a signal at danger, proceed into a platform where another train is stopped, think for example Keysham or Nailsea.
Today's 1530 BTM Paddington had a delight 2 hours at Chips and Ham, 1530 Paddington WSM is currently 222 mins late!
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [360768/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 19:26, 21st April 2025 | |
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury via Swindon:
Very late cancellation - hasn't made it to JourneyCheck.
This service is cancelled.
This service was cancelled due to a problem with the train (M8).
This service was cancelled due to a problem with the train (M8).
Very late cancellation - hasn't made it to JourneyCheck.
Oh - it's just appeared on the map
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Further Information
If you arrive at your destination 15 or more minutes late because your GWR train was delayed or cancelled, you can claim Delay Repay compensation. Please keep your ticket and visit GWR.com/DelayRepay
Last Updated:21/04/2025 19:20
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Further Information
If you arrive at your destination 15 or more minutes late because your GWR train was delayed or cancelled, you can claim Delay Repay compensation. Please keep your ticket and visit GWR.com/DelayRepay
Last Updated:21/04/2025 19:20
What, if anything, would delay / repay get me on an FOSW for a delay of 72 minutes (projected). No, I probably won't bother - pragmatism over principle!
| Re: West Somerset Railway - Bishops Lydeard to Minehead (merged posts) In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [360767/2688/47] Posted by JayMac at 19:23, 21st April 2025 | |
From the West Somerset Railway's social media feeds:
The West Somerset Railway plc is pleased to announce that the iconic, world-famous locomotive, No 60103 Flying Scotsman will be hauling passenger trains on West Somerset metals in June and July 2025!
Following agreement with the National Railway Museum and Northern Steam Operations, Flying Scotsman will arrive in West Somerset near the end of June. Flying Scotsman will then run services between Bishops Lydeard and Minehead on 28th, 29th, 30th June and 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th July, with static displays of the locomotive available at Bishops Lydeard on 26th, 27th June and 3rd – 7th, 13th & 14th July.
On the days where services behind Flying Scotsman will be running, we will be offering excursions behind the Flying Scotsman for one full length journey of the line and a return journey behind one of our home fleet locomotives.
Further evening excursions will also be available on the evenings of 28th & 29th June, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 11th & 12th July for a full return trip behind the Flying Scotsman from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead with various ticket options including travel only, fish and chips, afternoon teas or on board the Quantock Belle Dining Train to enjoy a 4-course meal.
The static days offer the opportunity to see Flying Scotsman up close, including an afternoon tea in the station house garden with the locomotive as your backdrop. With so many ticket options we are sure to have an affordable option for all.
Tickets for the event will go on sale on the West Somerset Railway website at 9.30am Wednesday 23rd April 2025. A dedicated phone line will also be open from 9:30am on Wednesday 23rd April 2025 and will be publicised shortly. Please do not call before this time for information about the Flying Scotsman.
If you already have tickets with us that fall within the duration of the Flying Scotsman Event, we will be in contact with you by email as soon as possible.
Following agreement with the National Railway Museum and Northern Steam Operations, Flying Scotsman will arrive in West Somerset near the end of June. Flying Scotsman will then run services between Bishops Lydeard and Minehead on 28th, 29th, 30th June and 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th July, with static displays of the locomotive available at Bishops Lydeard on 26th, 27th June and 3rd – 7th, 13th & 14th July.
On the days where services behind Flying Scotsman will be running, we will be offering excursions behind the Flying Scotsman for one full length journey of the line and a return journey behind one of our home fleet locomotives.
Further evening excursions will also be available on the evenings of 28th & 29th June, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 11th & 12th July for a full return trip behind the Flying Scotsman from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead with various ticket options including travel only, fish and chips, afternoon teas or on board the Quantock Belle Dining Train to enjoy a 4-course meal.
The static days offer the opportunity to see Flying Scotsman up close, including an afternoon tea in the station house garden with the locomotive as your backdrop. With so many ticket options we are sure to have an affordable option for all.
Tickets for the event will go on sale on the West Somerset Railway website at 9.30am Wednesday 23rd April 2025. A dedicated phone line will also be open from 9:30am on Wednesday 23rd April 2025 and will be publicised shortly. Please do not call before this time for information about the Flying Scotsman.
If you already have tickets with us that fall within the duration of the Flying Scotsman Event, we will be in contact with you by email as soon as possible.
Many of you know I (somewhat anally) hate the use of the definite article when 60103 Flying Scotsman is written about or reported on. Both the WSR and the BBC seemingly hedged their bets when covering this story. Sometimes including 'the', sometimes not.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgez31l0dgo
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [360766/29711/14] Posted by Timmer at 19:23, 21st April 2025 | |
Wonder why Chiltern have revoked?
Their own services struggling to cope with GWR passengers as well?| Re: Yeovil Railway Centre - South chord project In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [360765/30176/47] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:20, 21st April 2025 | |
Many thanks for posting this topic here, bradshaw.
Purely in the interests of ease of access to that BBC article, and to provide some images, I've expanded the topic here:
Lost Brunel railway finally built 161 years late
Project manager Neil Coultas described the project as 'unique'
Ken Banks (left) and Dean Knights (right) are part of the team of volunteers managing the project
The extension will use a track bed originally laid down in the 19th Century
Project manager Neil Coultas described the project as 'unique'
Ken Banks (left) and Dean Knights (right) are part of the team of volunteers managing the project
The extension will use a track bed originally laid down in the 19th Century
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [360764/29711/14] Posted by ChrisB at 19:19, 21st April 2025 | |
Wonder why Chiltern have revoked?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [360763/29711/14] Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 19:13, 21st April 2025 | |
19:00:
Due to a fault with the signalling system at Twyford fewer trains are able to run. Disruption is expected until 23:59 21/04.
Train services between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Due to a significant signalling fault in the Twyford area, trains are unable to operate on the Great Western Mainline.
Trains will be moved to stations where possible and hold there pending a fix to the signalling. Network Rail teams are on site at Thames Valley Signalling Centre and at Reading, working to resolve the issue.
This is affecting train services from Reading to Basingstoke, the West Country via Newbury Westbury and Taunton, South Wales, Cheltenham Spa and Oxford and the North Cotswolds.
Ticket acceptance is in place with the following operators:
Cross Country - any reasonable route
Elizabeth Line - London Paddington to Reading, once services resume
London Underground - London Paddington to London Marylebone and London Victoria
South Western Railway ticket acceptance is now revoked, due their operations being severely affected by a fatality at Putney.
Chiltern Railways ticket acceptance is now revoked.
...
Last Updated:21/04/2025 19:05
(my highlighting in red)Train services between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Due to a significant signalling fault in the Twyford area, trains are unable to operate on the Great Western Mainline.
Trains will be moved to stations where possible and hold there pending a fix to the signalling. Network Rail teams are on site at Thames Valley Signalling Centre and at Reading, working to resolve the issue.
This is affecting train services from Reading to Basingstoke, the West Country via Newbury Westbury and Taunton, South Wales, Cheltenham Spa and Oxford and the North Cotswolds.
Ticket acceptance is in place with the following operators:
Cross Country - any reasonable route
Elizabeth Line - London Paddington to Reading, once services resume
London Underground - London Paddington to London Marylebone and London Victoria
South Western Railway ticket acceptance is now revoked, due their operations being severely affected by a fatality at Putney.
Chiltern Railways ticket acceptance is now revoked.
...
Last Updated:21/04/2025 19:05
| Yeovil Railway Centre - South chord project In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [360762/30176/47] Posted by bradshaw at 19:06, 21st April 2025 Already liked by JayMac | |
The Yeovil Heritage Centre is beginning its South Chord Project, aiming to complete the schene started by the GWR in 1865, probably not Brunel however.
A lost section of Brunel's Great Western Railway is being brought to life by volunteers, more than 160 years after work first started.
A team at Yeovil Railway Centre have been busy laying a new track extension as part of Project South Chord, which will also see a brand new station put in place.
The heritage railway, which currently runs steam and diesel-hauled passenger trains along a short section of line, is looking to raise £100,000 to finish the project.
Neil Coultas, project manager for the scheme, said the "unique" project was "very much linking back to the past and very much in line with keeping history alive".
The railway centre currently has a third of a mile of running line.
"We are a little bit of the Great Western Railway living on, which is fantastic," Mr Coultas said.
Due to a period of economic downturn the original track was never laid. Thanks to the work of heritage rail enthusiasts volunteering on site, that is about to change.
"When I'm working down there, I like to think back to the navvies of 1864, those guys who did all the hard work preparing the track bed," Mr Coultas said.
"We are finally, finally putting some track down there - building on their legacy."
A team at Yeovil Railway Centre have been busy laying a new track extension as part of Project South Chord, which will also see a brand new station put in place.
The heritage railway, which currently runs steam and diesel-hauled passenger trains along a short section of line, is looking to raise £100,000 to finish the project.
Neil Coultas, project manager for the scheme, said the "unique" project was "very much linking back to the past and very much in line with keeping history alive".
The railway centre currently has a third of a mile of running line.
"We are a little bit of the Great Western Railway living on, which is fantastic," Mr Coultas said.
Due to a period of economic downturn the original track was never laid. Thanks to the work of heritage rail enthusiasts volunteering on site, that is about to change.
"When I'm working down there, I like to think back to the navvies of 1864, those guys who did all the hard work preparing the track bed," Mr Coultas said.
"We are finally, finally putting some track down there - building on their legacy."
:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0zy5r36z5o
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [360761/29650/26] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:00, 21st April 2025 | |
See also the 'chaos at Cardiff Central' incident: https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=30170.0
Not a good Easter Monday on the railways.
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [360760/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 18:57, 21st April 2025 | |
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury via Swindon:
This service is cancelled.
This service was cancelled due to a problem with the train (M8).
This service was cancelled due to a problem with the train (M8).
Very late cancellation - hasn't made it to JourneyCheck.
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [360759/29650/26] Posted by ChrisB at 18:57, 21st April 2025 | |
Till the end of the day....
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [360758/29650/26] Posted by Timmer at 18:28, 21st April 2025 | |
UPDATE:
Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Reading
Due to a fault with the signalling system at Twyford fewer trains are able to run. Disruption is expected until 23:59 21/04.
Train services between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Customer Advice
We apologise for the disruption to your journey today.
Due to a significant signalling fault in the Twyford area, trains are unable to operate on the Great Western Mainline.
Trains will be moved to stations where possible and hold there pending a fix to the signalling. Network Rail teams are on site at Thames Valley Signalling Centre and at Reading, working to resolve the issue.
This is affecting train services from Reading to Basingstoke, the West Country via Newbury Westbury and Taunton, South Wales, Cheltenham Spa and Oxford and the North Cotswolds.
Due to a fault with the signalling system at Twyford fewer trains are able to run. Disruption is expected until 23:59 21/04.
Train services between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Customer Advice
We apologise for the disruption to your journey today.
Due to a significant signalling fault in the Twyford area, trains are unable to operate on the Great Western Mainline.
Trains will be moved to stations where possible and hold there pending a fix to the signalling. Network Rail teams are on site at Thames Valley Signalling Centre and at Reading, working to resolve the issue.
This is affecting train services from Reading to Basingstoke, the West Country via Newbury Westbury and Taunton, South Wales, Cheltenham Spa and Oxford and the North Cotswolds.
Sounds like a major outage this afternoon. Nothing is leaving Paddington High Level other than the Heathrow Express
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [360756/29650/26] Posted by Timmer at 17:39, 21st April 2025 | |
Unsurprisingly, Exeter to Waterloo trains are shown as ‘full and standing’. Feel for those further up the line who will have absolutely no hope of boarding.
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [360755/29650/26] Posted by Timmer at 17:22, 21st April 2025 | |
Due to a fault with the signalling system at Twyford fewer trains are able to run. Disruption is expected until 21:00 21/04.
Train services between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Customer Advice
We apologise for the disruption to your journey today.
Due to a signalling fault in the Twyford area, trains are unable to operate on the Great Western Mainline. Trains will be moved to stations where possible and hold there pending a fix to the signalling.
This is causing all kinds of problems for those returning to London following the Easter weekend with trains, particularly those coming up from the Southwest, terminating well short of London at Westbury, Taunton, Exeter and one train up from Penzance only getting as far as Plymouth!Train services between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Customer Advice
We apologise for the disruption to your journey today.
Due to a signalling fault in the Twyford area, trains are unable to operate on the Great Western Mainline. Trains will be moved to stations where possible and hold there pending a fix to the signalling.
| Re: GWR services to Cardiff - slashed for the day / urgent bridge repairs In "Shorter journeys in South and West Wales" [360754/30170/23] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 16:26, 21st April 2025 | |
An update, from the BBC:
Second day of rail disruption for 'urgent' repairs
Rail services are experiencing major disruption with journeys cancelled or suspended due to urgent repairs needed on a bridge on Sunday and into Monday.
The work near Cardiff Central station has affected a number of routes run by Great Western Railway, Transport for Wales and CrossCountry, according to National Rail.
Rail replacement transport is being organised between Newport and Cardiff Central, and Cardiff Central and Caerphilly.
"Major disruption is expected until the end of the day on Monday 21 April," said National Rail. It said routes affected included:
* CrossCountry between Nottingham / Birmingham New Street / Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central
* Great Western Railway between Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central, and also between Bristol Parkway and Swansea
* Transport for Wales between Cardiff Central and Cardiff Bay / Ebbw Vale Town / Pontypridd / Merthyr Tydfil / Aberdare / Treherbert, and between Barry Island and Caerphilly, and also between Penarth and Cardiff Queen Street
Rail services are experiencing major disruption with journeys cancelled or suspended due to urgent repairs needed on a bridge on Sunday and into Monday.
The work near Cardiff Central station has affected a number of routes run by Great Western Railway, Transport for Wales and CrossCountry, according to National Rail.
Rail replacement transport is being organised between Newport and Cardiff Central, and Cardiff Central and Caerphilly.
"Major disruption is expected until the end of the day on Monday 21 April," said National Rail. It said routes affected included:
* CrossCountry between Nottingham / Birmingham New Street / Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central
* Great Western Railway between Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central, and also between Bristol Parkway and Swansea
* Transport for Wales between Cardiff Central and Cardiff Bay / Ebbw Vale Town / Pontypridd / Merthyr Tydfil / Aberdare / Treherbert, and between Barry Island and Caerphilly, and also between Penarth and Cardiff Queen Street
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [360753/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 16:15, 21st April 2025 | |
15:15 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59 will be started from Chippenham.
It will no longer call at Swindon.
It will be delayed at Chippenham and is expected to be 9 minutes late.
This is due to a passenger being taken ill on this train.
It will no longer call at Swindon.
It will be delayed at Chippenham and is expected to be 9 minutes late.
This is due to a passenger being taken ill on this train.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [360752/29711/14] Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 16:10, 21st April 2025 | |
Monday April 21
13:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 16:30.
This is due to overcrowding.
Service full and standing. First class is declassified.
Last Updated:21/04/2025 14:35
This is due to overcrowding.
Service full and standing. First class is declassified.
Last Updated:21/04/2025 14:35
At 14:35 this train, a 5-car unit, was at Evesham.
16:30:
15:18 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 17:26 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:21/04/2025 16:19
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:21/04/2025 16:19
17:15:
Due to a fault with the signalling system at Twyford fewer trains are able to run. Disruption is expected until 21:00 21/04.
Train services between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Due to a signalling fault in the Twyford area, trains are unable to operate on the Great Western Mainline. Trains will be moved to stations where possible and hold there pending a fix to the signalling.
Train services between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Due to a signalling fault in the Twyford area, trains are unable to operate on the Great Western Mainline. Trains will be moved to stations where possible and hold there pending a fix to the signalling.
15:45 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 18:26 is being delayed at Slough.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:21/04/2025 16:35
Still in platform at Slough at 17:15.This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:21/04/2025 16:35
16:45 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:25 will be started from Didcot Parkway and terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:21/04/2025 17:02
19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 22:26 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:21/04/2025 17:02
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:21/04/2025 17:02
19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 22:26 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:21/04/2025 17:02
| Re: Eyesight rules for motorists unsafe, says coroner In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [360751/30168/51] Posted by IndustryInsider at 13:14, 21st April 2025 | |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkDGCVs7H7Y
| MOVED: Urgent bridge repairs in Cardiff area In "London to South Wales" [360750/30175/11] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 12:31, 21st April 2025 | |
This topic has been moved to Shorter journeys in South and West Wales and merged with another post there.
https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=30170.0
| Re: Firstgroup's rail division trading 'ahead of expectations' In "Across the West" [360749/30153/26] Posted by ChrisB at 11:41, 21st April 2025 | |
The minimum notice period, as you say in your post, is three periods (4 weeks x3), so 12 weeks or just under 3 months. Not sure why you then suggest it'll be 6 months (in practice?)
And as far as I can see in the legislation, there's nothing to prevent those three periods ending at the core period end date, rather than starting then. So it seems possible to transfer at the end of core period.
| Re: Firstgroup's rail division trading 'ahead of expectations' In "Across the West" [360748/30153/26] Posted by stuving at 10:29, 21st April 2025 | |
All of this is well explained in a House of Commons Library "Insight" paper. This points out that the government's declared policy is to take over one TOC roughly every three months, determined by the capacity of the OLR organisation to cope with them. Termination dates will be as determined by the contracts, subject to the DfT's powers to adjust them at no cost.
So far existing OLR contracts have been extended, but GA's built-in extension was cut back to this autumn. The next one should be at the end of this year, and four contracts could be terminated then with the required three periods of notice: WMR, Chiltern, and GTR - which have all passed their core term expiry date already - and GWR which will reach that in June. I guess we'll find out this summer, assuming the actual notice period is six months. So any choice of which to cull first will be between those; the next core term expiry date is not until EMR in October 2026. The only final expiry date in 2026 is WMT in September, so they will need to go before then.
At least that's the plan now. It may change a bit once they get some experience, though the OLR takeover process itself isn't new. They will need to work out where all the extras management staff to give the OLR corporeal form will come from. And then, somehow, GBR has to precipitate out of this interim solution ...
| Re: Every way to travel between Devon/Cornwall to London rated In "Buses and other ways to travel" [360747/30174/5] Posted by PrestburyRoad at 10:22, 21st April 2025 Already liked by Mark A | |
13. Walk
| Re: Firstgroup's rail division trading 'ahead of expectations' In "Across the West" [360745/30153/26] Posted by a-driver at 08:58, 21st April 2025 Already liked by GBM, TaplowGreen | |
The DfT do seem to be picking on the better run operations first for transfers. If they keep that up next year, I suspect GWR will be one of those selected, personally speaking
How are you defining "better run"?
I wouldn’t use the term better run, but the ones they have taken or plan to take over first have their “benefits” to the DfT.
Greater Anglia - whole brand new fleet of trains, one of the most punctual operators as a result serving the busiest London terminus.
C2C - a simple, straightforward one or two route operation, with a relatively new fleet.
SWR - One of the most profitable franchises.
I reckon GWR will be one of the last, purely because of its varied operation.
| Re: Every way to travel between Devon/Cornwall to London rated In "Buses and other ways to travel" [360744/30174/5] Posted by grahame at 08:56, 21st April 2025 | |
11. Taxi
12. Local buses all the way
| Every way to travel between Devon/Cornwall to London rated In "Buses and other ways to travel" [360743/30174/5] Posted by TaplowGreen at 08:21, 21st April 2025 | |
Quite interesting - with apologies for all the ads/popups!
https://gosouthwestengland.co.uk/south-west-to-london/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJy0MJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHi2T2SxonjtjVQfguRmrn9mpTdarQxWQMFeAI1x1oCwqAuw3N9tBlr2sZp-3_aem_o3Ese0YWhlLT38Siw56QhA
| Re: Firstgroup's rail division trading 'ahead of expectations' In "Across the West" [360742/30153/26] Posted by TaplowGreen at 07:58, 21st April 2025 | |
The DfT do seem to be picking on the better run operations first for transfers. If they keep that up next year, I suspect GWR will be one of those selected, personally speaking
How are you defining "better run"?
| Re: Fortuitous connections ... and an App which fails to offer the best journey In "Smoke and Mirrors" [360740/30169/3] Posted by grahame at 05:41, 21st April 2025 | |
35 and 49 mins I believe are in excess of the rules set up for reasonable connections,
Colloquially, yes, over half an hour starts to become unreasonable - but that does not stop the GWR timetable and booking engine routinely offering them. Here is an example of an 81 minutes wait at Trowbridge this morning, which I would not attempt to market.
Rather oddly, the 06:32 off Melksham DOES officially connect into the first Weymouth train this morning at Westbury as it's varied to leave 3 minutes later than normal ... and that's enough of a change time now. In practise, I made this change (06:48 to 06:50) on Friday from one 3 car 166 to another 3 car 166 ... and it has me wondering if the norm should be a through service to Weymouth with a connection ( 7 minutes ) on to Salisbury and Southampton.
