| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 12:26, 17th April 2025 |     |
Wednesday April 16
Problems with level crossing barriers at Newlands (between Foregate St and Malvern Link).
1P28 11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington (14:23) departed +20, arrived +18.
1W21 1053 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill (13:01) : held at Evesham for 1P28 (+17), arrived +21.
Thursday April 17
13:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 16:24 will be terminated at Reading.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:17/04/2025 10:22
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:17/04/2025 10:22
14:53 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:04 will be delayed at Reading.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:17/04/2025 15:13
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:17/04/2025 15:13
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by IndustryInsider at 10:25, 16th April 2025 | |
I'm told that they won't even be learning Stoke Gifford to Worcester, so the Worcester/Oxford drivers will sign that (with a taxi trip from/to their depot), or a hand-over maybe at Cheltenham, for example?....
If you do it that way, then there's one night-time duty for Worcester, taking the 5G36 from Shrub Hill (21:58) to Stoke Gifford (23:40) and coming back with 3G18 04:42 from Stoke Gifford to Shrub Hill (06:31) That might well be how they do it, Worcester_Passenger. Although don't forget Gloucester drivers also sign the route from Worcester to Bristol.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 10:12, 16th April 2025 | |
I'm hearing that Bristol drivers are losing driving knowledge for the North Cotswold Line at the May timetable change, so only Worcester & Oxford drivers will be signing the line after that.
So Bristol drivers take IETs out of Stoke Gifford & pass stock over to Worcester drivers when heading to the North Cotswolds....
Expect driver shortages....who's idea was that, I wonder?
So Bristol drivers take IETs out of Stoke Gifford & pass stock over to Worcester drivers when heading to the North Cotswolds....
Expect driver shortages....who's idea was that, I wonder?
Genius
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| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 08:42, 16th April 2025 | |
I'm told that they won't even be learning Stoke Gifford to Worcester, so the Worcester/Oxford drivers will sign that (with a taxi trip from/to their depot), or a hand-over maybe at Cheltenham, for example?....
If you do it that way, then there's one night-time duty for Worcester, taking the 5G36 from Shrub Hill (21:58) to Stoke Gifford (23:40) and coming back with 3G18 04:42 from Stoke Gifford to Shrub Hill (06:31) | Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 08:25, 16th April 2025 | |
I'm told that they won't even be learning Stoke Gifford to Worcester, so the Worcester/Oxford drivers will sign that (with a taxi trip from/to their depot), or a hand-over maybe at Cheltenham, for example?....
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 07:59, 16th April 2025 | |
At present, there's only one empty stock movement from Stoke Gifford to the North Cotswold line in the morning, 3G18 04:42 Stoke Gifford to Great Malvern, which forms 1P18 07:13 Great Malvern to London Paddington. The empty stock is at Shrub Hill at 06:31.
There's two return workings in the evening.
5G36 21:23 Great Malvern to Stoke Gifford (at Shrub Hill at 21:58) is the empty stock from 1W36 18:57 London Paddington to Great Malvern (21:18).
5G29 22:21 Worcester Shrub Hill to Stoke Gifford (23:45) is the empty stock from 1G29 19:36 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill via Stroud.
The two Great Malvern movements would have to be done with the driver doing the 'other' half of the working (back to Stoke Gifford in the morning and out from there in the evening) either 'on the cushions' or in a taxi.
If you're going to expand the establishment of drivers at Worcester, then it makes more sense for this stock to be parked overnight at Shrub Hill.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Timmer at 07:14, 16th April 2025 | |
All part of a depot wide review on routes. Worcester is expanding and Oxford has a fair bit of spare capacity, so it might not be the worst idea in the world as they only cover a handful of trains over the route. Time will tell.
Let’s hope that review included having more Bristol based drivers signing the Berks and Hants again so we don’t see a repeat of the vastly reduced Sunday timetable that the last two times the line between Swindon and Didcot has been closed for engineering work.| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by IndustryInsider at 21:30, 15th April 2025 | |
Expect driver shortages....whose idea was that, I wonder?
All part of a depot wide review on routes. Worcester is expanding and Oxford has a fair bit of spare capacity, so it might not be the worst idea in the world as they only cover a handful of trains over the route. Time will tell.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 21:19, 15th April 2025 | |
I'm hearing that Bristol drivers are losing driving knowledge for the North Cotswold Line at the May timetable change, so only Worcester & Oxford drivers will be signing the line after that.
So Bristol drivers take IETs out of Stoke Gifford & pass stock over to Worcester drivers when heading to the North Cotswolds....
Expect driver shortages....who's idea was that, I wonder?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 21:05, 15th April 2025 | |
15:18 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 17:29 has been delayed at Worcester Shrub Hill and is now 22 minutes late.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:15/04/2025 15:58
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:15/04/2025 15:58
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:15/04/2025 15:58
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:15/04/2025 15:58
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 11:35, 15th April 2025 | |
A good idea that. Provides a daily summary in a very clear and easy to understand format and quick and easy to do. When things go wrong more detail is useful, but most of the time a screenshot like that from RTT is perfect.
Are you listening, Melksham?
Are you listening, Melksham?
What would improve it would be if short workings had their starting or finishing stations shown in red.
Are you listening, RTT?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by IndustryInsider at 10:29, 15th April 2025 | |
Monday April 14
A good day. Attached is the RTT listing for GWR at Evesham. Only three red departures, and the worst of those was +7. No short workings.
A good day. Attached is the RTT listing for GWR at Evesham. Only three red departures, and the worst of those was +7. No short workings.
A good idea that. Provides a daily summary in a very clear and easy to understand format and quick and easy to do. When things go wrong more detail is useful, but most of the time a screenshot like that from RTT is perfect.
Are you listening, Melksham?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 07:36, 15th April 2025 | |
Monday April 14
A good day. Attached is the RTT listing for GWR at Evesham. Only three red departures, and the worst of those was +7. No short workings.
Though 1W05 19:53 London Paddington to Hereford was a 5-car unit - which means that Tuesday's 1P02 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington (08:23) is a 5-car.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 07:18, 13th April 2025 | |
Saturday April 12
A good day
Sunday April 13
13:41 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:16 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/04/2025 00:25
14:41 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 17:15 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/04/2025 03:35
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/04/2025 00:25
14:41 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 17:15 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/04/2025 03:35
Later:
16:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:34 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/04/2025 07:42
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:13/04/2025 07:42
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 22:27, 11th April 2025 | |
Later:
1P16 06:43 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington (08:44) : departed +25, held Charlbury (+39), arrived +35.
2E80 07:00 Worcester Shrub Hill to Didcot Parkway (08:46) : departed +25, arrived +20.
1P18 07:13 Great Malvern to London Paddington (09:42) : departed +19, held Charlbury (+32), arrived +29.
1P22 08:56 Great Malvern to London Paddington : started from Worcester Foregate Street.
1P38 16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington (19:29) : held Shrub Hill (+12) and Charlbury (+29), arrived +35.
1P39 17:26 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington (19:52) : held Charlbury (+22), arrived +16.
1P40 18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington (20:29) : held Charlbury (+20), arrived +9.
2E16 18:51 Evesham to Oxford : cancelled throughout.
1P44 19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington (22:24) : started from Shrub Hill
1W11 05:53 London Paddington to Great Malvern (08:38) : held Evesham (+18) and Shrub Hill (+34), arrived Worcester Foregate Street +35 and cancelled thereafter.
1W17 08:51 London Paddington to Great Malvern (11:14) : held Parkway (+15), arrived +20.
1W01 09:52 London Paddington to Hereford (12:46) : held Shrub Hill (+20), arrived +19.
2E14 17:04 Didcot Parkway to Evesham (18:23) : arrived Oxford +14 and cancelled thereafter.
1W33 16:58 Paddington to Great Malvern (19:25) : held Oxford (+20), called at halts, arrived Shrub Hill +41 and cancelled thereafter.
1W03 17:34 London Paddington to Hereford (20:25) : held Oxford (+12), Wolvercote (+21) and Evesham (+39), arrived +35.
1W34 17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street (20:11) : held Wolvercote (+19) and Evesham (+34), arrived +37.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 04:28, 11th April 2025 | |
Friday April 11
At 04:30, JourneyCheck had 148 'Train Formation Updates', including this pair:
Facilities on the 05:16 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 07:24.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9.
Last Updated:11/04/2025 03:40
Facilities on the 05:53 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 08:38.
Will be formed of 9 coaches instead of 5.
Last Updated:11/04/2025 03:37
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9.
Last Updated:11/04/2025 03:40
Facilities on the 05:53 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 08:38.
Will be formed of 9 coaches instead of 5.
Last Updated:11/04/2025 03:37
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 03:23, 11th April 2025 | |
To summarise:
1P11 05:16 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington (07:24) : departed +17, arrived +15.
1P02 05:23 Hereford to Paddington : 5 cars, diverted from Worcester Shrub Hill via Stroud, arrived +25.
1P16 06:43 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington (08:44) : departed +42, held Charlbury (+59), arrived +58.
2E80 07:00 Worcester Shrub Hill to Didcot Parkway (08:46) : departed +9, arrived +9.
1P18 07:13 Great Malvern to London Paddington (09:42) : held Shrub Hill (+18), Norton (+26) and Charlbury (+34), arrived +24.
1P20 08:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to Paddington (10:23) : departed +35, held Norton (+43) and Charlbury (+55), arrived Reading +51 and cancelled thereafter.
1P22 08:56 Great Malvern to London Paddington (11:24) : started from Worcester Foregate Street.
1W11 05:53 London Paddington to Great Malvern (08:38) : held Evesham (+21) and Parkway (+32), arrived Worcester Foregate Street +38 and cancelled thereafter.
1W21 10:53 Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill (13:01) : started from Reading.
1W33 16:58 Paddington to Great Malvern (19:25) : started from Reading (+15), arrived +13.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 08:09, 10th April 2025 | |
Thursday April 10
Problems with points:
Due to a points failure between Worcester Shrub Hill and Oxford fewer trains are able to run on some lines.
Train services running through these stations will be delayed. Disruption is expected until 09:00 10/04.
We're sorry for the delay to your journey this morning. Due to a points failure in the Worcester area, trains are being delayed between Worcester Shrub Hill and Oxford. There is also congestion in the Worcester area as a result of this points failure as fewer lines are available for trains to use.
Last Updated:10/04/2025 07:44
Train services running through these stations will be delayed. Disruption is expected until 09:00 10/04.
We're sorry for the delay to your journey this morning. Due to a points failure in the Worcester area, trains are being delayed between Worcester Shrub Hill and Oxford. There is also congestion in the Worcester area as a result of this points failure as fewer lines are available for trains to use.
Last Updated:10/04/2025 07:44
resulting in
1P11 05:16 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington (07:24) departed +17 and arrived +15.
05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a short-notice change to the timetable.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9.
Last Updated:10/04/2025 03:14
Additional 06:10 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 08:23 will be diverted between Worcestershire Parkway Hl and Reading.
It has been previously delayed, is being further delayed between Worcestershire Parkway Hl and Reading and is now expected to be 49 minutes late.
This is due to a short-notice change to the timetable.
Last Updated:10/04/2025 06:33
This is due to a short-notice change to the timetable.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9.
Last Updated:10/04/2025 03:14
Additional 06:10 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 08:23 will be diverted between Worcestershire Parkway Hl and Reading.
It has been previously delayed, is being further delayed between Worcestershire Parkway Hl and Reading and is now expected to be 49 minutes late.
This is due to a short-notice change to the timetable.
Last Updated:10/04/2025 06:33
This means that the 05:23 Hereford - Paddington was sent round via Stroud this morning.
06:43 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 08:44 has been delayed at Worcestershire Parkway Hl and is now 46 minutes late.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:10/04/2025 07:44
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:10/04/2025 07:44
1P18 0713 Great Malvern to London Paddington was held at Shrub Hill and at Norton (+26).
In consequence, 1W11 05:53 London Paddington to Great Malvern (08:38) is being held at Evesham. Likely to be +20.
11:52 London Paddington to Hereford due 14:44 will be starting late from London Paddington.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:10/04/2025 07:41
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:10/04/2025 07:41
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 15:31, 9th April 2025 | |
Feels more like "this is due to engineering work that will have to start earlier than expected" - but we haven't got a code for that.
Two WMR trains are shown as being changed - last one into Foregate St from Birmingham, and the first one out of Great Malvern tomorrow morning. But that's due to "problems with the signalling system".
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 15:10, 9th April 2025 | |
To be fair, GWR may have been alerted that, "When we started work, we discovered there is much more actually needing to be done than we had planned, so it won't all be done within the original timescale".
I'm perhaps being charitable here.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 14:49, 9th April 2025 | |
09/04/25 20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 23:13 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.
Last Updated:08/04/2025 13:07
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.
Last Updated:08/04/2025 13:07
Interesting that GWR knew yesterday lunchtime that engineering works this evening would not be completed in time. Very odd
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 10:07, 6th April 2025 | |
WMR station, so that would be effecting their services too - so they are responsible for arranging onward transport.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 08:50, 6th April 2025 | |
Sunday April 6
Today's problems are at Foregate Street:
08:15 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 10:35 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a shortage of station staff.
Further Information
If you're travelling from Worcester Foregate Street there is a bus leaving at 08:00 from the bus stop outside the Odeon then change at Shrub Hill for the train.
Last Updated:06/04/2025 02:00
08:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:29 will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a shortage of station staff.
If you're travelling to Worcester Foregate Street please stay on the train to Shrub Hill and change for a bus leaving at 09:31 from the bus stops on Shrub Hill Road back to Foregate Street.
If you're travelling from Worcester Foregate Street there is a bus leaving at 09:00 from the bus stop outside the Odeon then change at Shrub Hill for the train.
Last Updated:06/04/2025 02:00
08:46 Oxford to Great Malvern due 10:15 will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a shortage of station staff.
Further Information
If you're travelling to Worcester Foregate Street please leave the train at Shrub Hill and change for a bus leaving at 10:11 from the bus stops on Shrub Hill Road to Foregate Street.
If you're travelling from Worcester Foregate Street there is a bus leaving at 09:40 from the bus stop outside the Odeon then change at Shrub Hill for the train.
Last Updated:06/04/2025 02:00
19:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 22:18 will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a shortage of station staff.
Further Information
If you're travelling to Worcester Foregate Street please leave the train at Shrub Hill and change for a bus leaving at 22:21 from the bus stops on Shrub Hill Road to Foregate Street.
If you're travelling from Worcester Foregate Street there is a bus leaving at 21:50 from the bus stop outside the Odeon then change at Shrub Hill for the train.
Last Updated:06/04/2025 02:00
The buses are being supplied by Stagecoach (from their Cheltenham depot?), so it feels like this is being arranged by West Midland Trains (rather than First's Worcester depot).It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a shortage of station staff.
Further Information
If you're travelling from Worcester Foregate Street there is a bus leaving at 08:00 from the bus stop outside the Odeon then change at Shrub Hill for the train.
Last Updated:06/04/2025 02:00
08:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:29 will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a shortage of station staff.
If you're travelling to Worcester Foregate Street please stay on the train to Shrub Hill and change for a bus leaving at 09:31 from the bus stops on Shrub Hill Road back to Foregate Street.
If you're travelling from Worcester Foregate Street there is a bus leaving at 09:00 from the bus stop outside the Odeon then change at Shrub Hill for the train.
Last Updated:06/04/2025 02:00
08:46 Oxford to Great Malvern due 10:15 will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a shortage of station staff.
Further Information
If you're travelling to Worcester Foregate Street please leave the train at Shrub Hill and change for a bus leaving at 10:11 from the bus stops on Shrub Hill Road to Foregate Street.
If you're travelling from Worcester Foregate Street there is a bus leaving at 09:40 from the bus stop outside the Odeon then change at Shrub Hill for the train.
Last Updated:06/04/2025 02:00
19:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 22:18 will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a shortage of station staff.
Further Information
If you're travelling to Worcester Foregate Street please leave the train at Shrub Hill and change for a bus leaving at 22:21 from the bus stops on Shrub Hill Road to Foregate Street.
If you're travelling from Worcester Foregate Street there is a bus leaving at 21:50 from the bus stop outside the Odeon then change at Shrub Hill for the train.
Last Updated:06/04/2025 02:00
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 15:54, 1st April 2025 | |
13:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 16:24 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 13:56
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 13:56
Yet another great day for the Hereford service
The outward journey, 1W01 09:52 London Paddington to Hereford (12:46) was on time until Ledbury, but arrived Hereford +27.
The second return trip, 1W02 11:52 London Paddington to Hereford (14:44) was cancelled after Worcester Shrub Hill "due to a fault with lineside cabling (II)".
15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 13:55
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 13:55
Later:
16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:25 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 16:12
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 16:12
But even later:
16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:25 has been cancelled.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 17:36
17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 20:11 will be cancelled.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 17:26
19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 22:24 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Great Malvern, Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 17:38
20:56 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 23:40 will be cancelled.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 17:28
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 17:36
17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 20:11 will be cancelled.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 17:26
19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 22:24 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Great Malvern, Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 17:38
20:56 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 23:40 will be cancelled.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 17:28
The 17:34 Paddington - Hereford is still operating.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 14:45, 1st April 2025 | |
13:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 16:24 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 13:56
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 13:56
Yet another great day for the Hereford service
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 12:00, 1st April 2025 | |
Internal notes suggest it was overnight cabling works which overran. Perhaps someone in the dead of night misread that as overhead cabling works?
That set stables overnight in the Down Siding at Hereford. The one that comes up from Stoke Gifford now forms the 07:13 GMV-PAD.
That set stables overnight in the Down Siding at Hereford. The one that comes up from Stoke Gifford now forms the 07:13 GMV-PAD.
That seems more likely!
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by IndustryInsider at 10:51, 1st April 2025 | |
Internal notes suggest it was overnight cabling works which overran. Perhaps someone in the dead of night misread that as overhead cabling works?
That set stables overnight in the Down Siding at Hereford. The one that comes up from Stoke Gifford now forms the 07:13 GMV-PAD.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 10:13, 1st April 2025 | |
Suspect no wires at Hereford - might be those at Stoke Gifford, if that's where the stock originates?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Oxonhutch at 09:53, 1st April 2025 | |
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 07:50, 1st April 2025 | |
And after a good day on Monday March 31, today there are problems with the overhead wires at Hereford:
05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:22 will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham and Hanborough.
It is being delayed between Hereford and Ledbury and is now expected to be 67 minutes late.
This is due to damage to the overhead electric wires.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 06:40
It is being delayed between Hereford and Ledbury and is now expected to be 67 minutes late.
This is due to damage to the overhead electric wires.
Last Updated:01/04/2025 06:40
Having departed +67, this train was further delayed at Ledbury (+75) and Foregate St (+81). Cutting out the stops helped - it arrived Charlbury +62, but had to wait for the single line and it left +73. Arrived Paddington +67.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 10:56, 30th March 2025 | |
Saturday March 29
1P27 1320 Hereford to London Paddington : held Didcot (+36), arrived +42.
1W03 1650 London Paddington to Hereford : departed +30, arrived Worcester Shrub Hill +27 and cancelled thereafter.
1P41 20:20 Hereford to London Paddington : started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
Sunday March 30
10:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 13:15 will be starting late from London Paddington.
This is due to this train being late from the depot.
Last Updated:30/03/2025 10:36
30/03/25 15:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 18:15 will be started from Reading.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:29/03/2025 22:29
16:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:15 will be terminated at Reading.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:30/03/2025 04:58
This is due to this train being late from the depot.
Last Updated:30/03/2025 10:36
30/03/25 15:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 18:15 will be started from Reading.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:29/03/2025 22:29
16:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:15 will be terminated at Reading.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:30/03/2025 04:58
The 10:50 departed +25, was held at Wolvercote (+40) and Evesham (+54). It arrived Foregate St +54 and was cancelled thereafter.
1W03 1250 London Paddington to Hereford departed +25, was held at Wolvercote and arrived +37.
The 15:50 and 16:50 have now disappeared from the list of changes.
19:20 :
16:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:26 was terminated at Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:30/03/2025 19:11
It will no longer call at London Paddington.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:30/03/2025 19:11
Later:
18:50 London Paddington to Hereford due 21:55 will no longer call at Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham, Moreton-In-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore and Worcestershire Parkway Hl.
It is being delayed at London Paddington.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:30/03/2025 20:33
Departed Paddington +22. Delayed at Radley (+35) and Oxford (+53). Arrived Shrub Hill +30.It is being delayed at London Paddington.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:30/03/2025 20:33
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by charles_uk at 15:40, 27th March 2025 | |
A few from yesterday:
1P16 0753 Oxford to London Paddington - This service was cancelled between Worcester Shrub Hill and Oxford due to an issue with the train crew (TG).
1P38 1632 Great Malvern to London Paddington - was diverted between Worcester Shrub Hill & Didcot Parkway missing out the north Cotswolds.
1W03 1734 London Paddington to Ledbury - This service was cancelled between Ledbury and Hereford due to a person hit by a train (XC).
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 07:12, 24th March 2025 | |
Monday March 24
05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23 was started from Great Malvern.
It has been previously delayed but is now 10 minutes late from Pershore.
This is due to train crew being delayed.
Last Updated:24/03/2025 06:55
17:34 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:25 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:24/03/2025 01:41
20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 23:13 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:24/03/2025 02:02
22:00 Hereford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 22:52 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:24/03/2025 02:04
It has been previously delayed but is now 10 minutes late from Pershore.
This is due to train crew being delayed.
Last Updated:24/03/2025 06:55
17:34 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:25 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:24/03/2025 01:41
20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 23:13 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:24/03/2025 02:02
22:00 Hereford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 22:52 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:24/03/2025 02:04
The 22:00 from Hereford is only going as far as Shrub Hill this week - there's overnight engineering work, described at https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/engineering-works/oxford-and-worcester-shrub-hill-20250324/.
Later:
In the end, the 17:53 made it to Hereford, and the 22:00 return didn't have to be cancelled.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 06:31, 22nd March 2025 | |
Saturday March 22
Starting the Hereford from Oxford doesn't count:
06:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 09:24 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:22/03/2025 03:03
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:22/03/2025 03:03
10:30:
09:50 London Paddington to Hereford due 12:43 is being delayed at London Paddington and is now expected to be 15 minutes late.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Service full and standing from London Paddington.
Last Updated:22/03/2025 10:04
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Service full and standing from London Paddington.
Last Updated:22/03/2025 10:04
In the evening, there was an incident at Twyford, and delays at Oxford:
1P39 20:03 Worcester Foregate Street to Paddington (22:23) : delayed after leaving Oxford, and cancelled after arriving Reading +44 due to an issue with the train crew (TH).
1P41 20:20 Hereford to London Paddington (23:38) : held Shrub Hill (+15), delayed before Oxford (+26), arrived +42.
2E98 22:44 Great Malvern to Evesham (23:22) : cancelled throughout.
1W37 18:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern (21:13) : cancelled throughout.
1W39 19:52 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill : started from Reading (+87), cancelled after arriving Shrub Hill +85.
1W43 21:53 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill : held at Oxford (+31), arrived +41.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 11:27, 21st March 2025 | |
Friday March 21
09:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 12:23 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:21/03/2025 10:25
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:21/03/2025 10:25
Later:
19:53 London Paddington to Hereford due 22:57 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:21/03/2025 17:53
Does not bode well for tomorrow's 1P13 06:18 Hereford to London Paddington.This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:21/03/2025 17:53
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 04:22, 21st March 2025 | |
Thursday March 20
A day of points failures in the Thames Valley.
1W02 11:52 London Paddington to Hereford (14:44) : departed +16, delayed before Oxford (+45), arrived Worcester Shrub Hill +57 and cancelled thereafter.
1W29 14:53 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street : cancelled throughout due to trespassers.
1W30 15:23 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street (17:47) : started from Oxford (+31), arrived Shrub Hill +27 and cancelled thereafter.
1W31 15:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern : departed +21, held Oxford (+36) and Shrub Hill (+47). Arrived Worcester Foregate Street +48 and cancelled thereafter.
1W03 17:34 London Paddington to Hereford (20:25) : departed +20, arrived +29.
1W34 17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street (20:11) : held Wolvercote and Shrub Hill (+34).
1P24 09:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington (12:23): delayed after Reading, arrived +27.
1P26 10:59 Great Malvern to London Paddington (13:25) : delayed after Reading, arrived +24.
1P28 11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington (14:23) : delayed after Reading, arrived +72.
1P30 13:16 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington (15:22) : delayed after Reading, arrived +24.
1P04 13:18 Hereford to London Paddington (16:24) : delayed after Reading, arrived +30.
1P05 16:17 Hereford to London Paddington (18:29) : started from Worcester Shrub Hill, delayed after Reading, arrived +17.
1P39 17:26 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington : cancelled throughout.
1P44 19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington : departed +10, held Henwick (+18),
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 05:24, 20th March 2025 | |
The rest of the day had late running and truncations:
Wednesday March 19
1P02 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington : 5-car. Held Charlbury (+18), as described above, arrived +20.
1P22 08:56 Great Malvern to London Paddington : started from Worcester Shrub Hill
1P28 11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington : started from Worcester Shrub Hill (+9), arrived +12.
1P44 19:45 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington : started from Shrub Hill.
1W11 05:53 London Paddington to Great Malvern : delayed at Oxford (+19), held Evesham (+38), cancelled after arriving +44 at Worcester Shrub Hill.
1W17 08:51 London Paddington to Great Malvern : delayed near Acton, Reading +19, held Wolvercote (+35), arrived Worcester Shrub Hill +36 and cancelled thereafter.
1W02 11:52 London Paddington to Hereford : delayed before Reading +17, arrived +19.
1W33 16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern : departed +24, Oxford +38, arrived Worcester Shrub Hill +43 and cancelled thereafter.
1W03 17:34 London Paddington to Hereford : delayed Reading - Oxford (+28), held Wolvercote (+32), arrived +31.
1W34 17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street : held Wolvercote (+13) and Evesham (+33), arrived +35.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by charles_uk at 08:36, 19th March 2025 | |
Once again
05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23
Facilities on the 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. Service full and standing from Charlbury.
Facilities on the 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. Service full and standing from Charlbury.
This is becoming quite a regular occurrence recently. This service was also held Charlbury for 18 minutes due to the late running 06:50 Paddington to Great Malvern service. It departed Hanborough at roughly the time the following 06:43 Worcester Shrub Hill to Paddington train was supposed to arrive, leaving a very full platform of passengers who decided to wait for that train (or, quite possibly, simply couldn't board the crush loaded HFD:PAD short-form).
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 06:24, 17th March 2025 | |
Monday March 17
05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23
Facilities on the 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9.
Last Updated:17/03/2025 06:12
Facilities on the 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9.
Last Updated:17/03/2025 06:12
Later:
17:04 Didcot Parkway to Evesham due 18:23 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:17/03/2025 14:13
18:51 Evesham to Oxford due 19:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:17/03/2025 14:15
16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:25 will call additionally at Combe, Finstock, Ascott-Under-Wychwood and Shipton.
This is due to the train making extra stops because a train was cancelled.
Last Updated:17/03/2025 14:17
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:17/03/2025 14:13
18:51 Evesham to Oxford due 19:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:17/03/2025 14:15
16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:25 will call additionally at Combe, Finstock, Ascott-Under-Wychwood and Shipton.
This is due to the train making extra stops because a train was cancelled.
Last Updated:17/03/2025 14:17
Later still:
1P42 1904 Great Malvern to Paddington was cancelled after Worcester Shrub Hill "due to a problem with the train (M8)" [RTT].
The stock ran empty to Paddington and from there to North Pole.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 12:26, 16th March 2025 | |
Sunday March 16
10:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 13:15 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It has been delayed at London Paddington and is now 40 minutes late.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:16/03/2025 11:53
13:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 16:24 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:16/03/2025 11:53
It has been delayed at London Paddington and is now 40 minutes late.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:16/03/2025 11:53
13:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 16:24 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a late running train being in front of this one.
Last Updated:16/03/2025 11:53
17:30:
16:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:25 was terminated at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9.
Last Updated:16/03/2025 17:15
Additional 17:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 19:25 is being delayed at Worcester Shrub Hill and is now expected to be 15 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:16/03/2025 17:15
This is due to a fault on this train.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9.
Last Updated:16/03/2025 17:15
Additional 17:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 19:25 is being delayed at Worcester Shrub Hill and is now expected to be 15 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:16/03/2025 17:15
18:00: Additional 17:15 departed Shrub Hill +19, but was held at Norton (+35).
19:00 : Bad News for tomorrow morning - this evening's 1W08 18:50 London Paddington to Hereford is a five-car set, so tomorrow morning's 1P02 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington (08:23) will be crowded.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 15:43, 15th March 2025 | |
Saturday March 15
1P13 06:18 Hereford to London Paddington was started from Worcester Shrub Hill due to an issue with the train crew (TH).
1W25 1253 London Paddington to Foregate St was terminated at Reading due to a person hit by a train (XC).
13:05 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 15:22 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:15/03/2025 14:33
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:17 was started from Oxford.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:15/03/2025 15:02
14:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 17:14 is being delayed at London Paddington.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:15/03/2025 15:00
15:42 : still at Paddington.This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:15/03/2025 14:33
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:17 was started from Oxford.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:15/03/2025 15:02
14:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 17:14 is being delayed at London Paddington.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:15/03/2025 15:00
17:10 : RTT reporting as cancelled. Forms 1P35 1748 Great Malvern to London Paddington.
15:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 18:29 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:15/03/2025 15:48
This is due to the emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated:15/03/2025 15:48
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 09:09, 13th March 2025 | |
Thursday March 13
Morning 'halts' train, 2E80 07:00 Shrub Hill to Didcot Parkway, started from Oxford.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 09:32, 12th March 2025 | |
So.....aren't the early trains that start at HFD driven by drivers from BPW? If not, how do they get from Hitachi to their starting point? At least one starts at Hitachi....
And 'who' is doing the forcing? GWR? DfT?
And 'who' is doing the forcing? GWR? DfT?
BPW lost Newport Hereford Malvern Wells in May 2022, all ECS moves from Stoke Gifford going via Charfield.
No idea whether it is DaFT or GWR behind it, or possibly both?
Other losses of route knowledge including BTM HSS saying goodbye to Lydney and Kemble. It has been predicted, the tunnel will shut after a London service has left Newport and when the BTM driver is asked to go the scenic way it will be a "Sorry but no. I could have last week but railway politics trumps common sense".
What a way to run a railroad!
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by UstiImmigrunt at 20:38, 11th March 2025 | |
So.....aren't the early trains that start at HFD driven by drivers from BPW? If not, how do they get from Hitachi to their starting point? At least one starts at Hitachi....
And 'who' is doing the forcing? GWR? DfT?
And 'who' is doing the forcing? GWR? DfT?
BPW lost Newport Hereford Malvern Wells in May 2022, all ECS moves from Stoke Gifford going via Charfield.
No idea whether it is DaFT or GWR behind it, or possibly both?
Other losses of route knowledge including BTM HSS saying goodbye to Lydney and Kemble. It has been predicted, the tunnel will shut after a London service has left Newport and when the BTM driver is asked to go the scenic way it will be a "Sorry but no. I could have last week but railway politics trumps common sense".
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 16:16, 11th March 2025 | |
So.....aren't the early trains that start at HFD driven by drivers from BPW? If not, how do they get from Hitachi to their starting point? At least one starts at Hitachi....
And 'who' is doing the forcing? GWR? DfT?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by UstiImmigrunt at 16:05, 11th March 2025 | |
11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:23 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough, Oxford, Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:11/03/2025 11:40
It will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough, Oxford, Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:11/03/2025 11:40
The "service" on the OWW and chocolate fireguards have things in common
And it's going to get worse from May when 30 or so drivers at BPW are forced to remove their route knowledge from Didcot to Malvern Wells via Evesham. Also BPW loosing Cheltenham to Worcester.
Other reductions are taking place as well.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 12:12, 11th March 2025 | |
11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:23 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough, Oxford, Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:11/03/2025 11:40
It will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough, Oxford, Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:11/03/2025 11:40
The "service" on the OWW and chocolate fireguards have things in common
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by PrestburyRoad at 10:21, 11th March 2025 | |
Was the 9-car set sacrificed on this service to make it available for the Cheltenham gee-gees extra traffic today?
Doesn't bode well for the rest of the week
Doesn't bode well for the rest of the week
Very likely. For example, some of the Bristol-Worcesters today are 9-car IETs instead of 3-car 165s, and this looks to be the pattern for the other three days of the races.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 09:22, 11th March 2025 | |
Tuesday March 11
Unadvertised on JourneyCheck, the 05:23 from Hereford to Paddington (arrive 08:23) is formed of a five-car set.
Later:
Unadvertised on JourneyCheck, the 05:23 from Hereford to Paddington (arrive 08:23) is formed of a five-car set.
Later:
Facilities on the 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. Service full and standing from Hanborough. There are no reservations on this service.
Last Updated:11/03/2025 07:24
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. Service full and standing from Hanborough. There are no reservations on this service.
Last Updated:11/03/2025 07:24
Was the 9-car set sacrificed on this service to make it available for the Cheltenham gee-gees extra traffic today?
Doesn't bode well for the rest of the week
Gone are the days of direct D1000 hauled 10-car trains of all first class trains between Paddington and Cheltenham Racecourse (In addition to originating from Cardiff and Wolverhampton)
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 06:43, 11th March 2025 | |
Tuesday March 11
Unadvertised on JourneyCheck, the 05:23 from Hereford to Paddington (arrive 08:23) is formed of a five-car set.
Later:
Facilities on the 05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. Service full and standing from Hanborough. There are no reservations on this service.
Last Updated:11/03/2025 07:24
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. Service full and standing from Hanborough. There are no reservations on this service.
Last Updated:11/03/2025 07:24
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 07:26, 9th March 2025 | |
Sunday March 9
13:11 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 15:35 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:09/03/2025 03:25
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:09/03/2025 03:25
Later:
08:15 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 10:35 was started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
It has been delayed at Worcester Shrub Hill and is now 15 minutes late.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.
Last Updated:09/03/2025 08:40
08:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:35 will be started from Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.
Last Updated:09/03/2025 08:31
It has been delayed at Worcester Shrub Hill and is now 15 minutes late.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.
Last Updated:09/03/2025 08:40
08:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:35 will be started from Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to engineering works not being finished on time.
Last Updated:09/03/2025 08:31
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 13:30, 7th March 2025 | |
Train failed in the platform possibly?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 12:49, 7th March 2025 | |
11:52 London Paddington to Hereford due 14:44 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:07/03/2025 11:44
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:07/03/2025 11:44
Posted 8 minutes before the planned departure from Paddington time
15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:07/03/2025 11:46
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:07/03/2025 11:46
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by charles_uk at 18:39, 5th March 2025 | |
16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:25 has been cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew
This is due to a shortage of train crew
with the following 17:34 London Paddington to Hereford service running 16 minutes late and a five car short formation. Not surprisingly the GWR app is showing no unoccupied seats.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by charles_uk at 18:02, 5th March 2025 | |
1W27 1350 London Paddington to Great Malvern
This service was cancelled due to late arrival of an inbound service (YI)
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time
16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:25 has been cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew
19:04 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 21:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew
19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 22:24 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew
This service was cancelled due to late arrival of an inbound service (YI)
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time
16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 19:25 has been cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew
19:04 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 21:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew
19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 22:24 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 12:43, 5th March 2025 | |
12:51 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 15:00 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system earlier today.
Last Updated:05/03/2025 12:12
This is due to a fault with the signalling system earlier today.
Last Updated:05/03/2025 12:12
15:18 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 17:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system earlier today.
Last Updated:05/03/2025 12:12
This is due to a fault with the signalling system earlier today.
Last Updated:05/03/2025 12:12
OWW, and the GW mainline services in general, not exactly covering itself in glory today. Thanks to a pesky S&T fault that appears to have taken most of the morning to fix
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 11:23, 5th March 2025 | |
10:59 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 13:25 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:05/03/2025 08:49
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:05/03/2025 08:49
The corresponding down service, the 0715 from Paddington, was caped earlier in the morning, thanks to the signalling fault that disrupted the timetable in the Thames Valley
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 11:40, 4th March 2025 | |
08:51 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:14 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
It has been delayed between Reading and Oxford and is now 30 minutes late.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:04/03/2025 10:16
It will no longer call at Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
It has been delayed between Reading and Oxford and is now 30 minutes late.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:04/03/2025 10:16
11:57 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:23 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Great Malvern, Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:04/03/2025 10:18
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:04/03/2025 10:18
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Mark A at 18:03, 3rd March 2025 | |
Hmm. That looks as though it could have been more unpleasant than it was.
Mark
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 16:53, 3rd March 2025 | |
Short runs on Paddington - Hereford services today and cancellations for LM services between Worcester and Hereford because of this bridge strike in Herefordshire
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24976248.pictures-show-a4103-lorry-crash-herefordshire/
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 09:27, 28th February 2025 | |
Friday February 28
Points failure in the Slough area.
06:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 09:29 will be terminated at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:28/02/2025 08:16
Reading +26, held Oxford (+32), held Evesham (+52), arrived Shrub Hill +47, Foregate St +43.This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:28/02/2025 08:16
09:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 12:23 will be started from Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:28/02/2025 08:16
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:28/02/2025 08:16
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 07:26, 27th February 2025 | |
Thursday February 27
What a surprise:
05:23 Hereford to London Paddington due 08:23
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. Service full and standing from Hanborough.
Last Updated:27/02/2025 07:19
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. Service full and standing from Hanborough.
Last Updated:27/02/2025 07:19
Later:
1W27 13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern (16:15) : arrived Worcester Shrub Hill +9 and was cancelled thereafter "due to a problem with the traction equipment (MD)" (RTT).
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:27/02/2025 16:26
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:27/02/2025 16:26
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 17:57, 26th February 2025 | |
Wednesday February 26
17:04 Didcot Parkway to Evesham due 18:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:26/02/2025 16:51
18:51 Evesham to Oxford due 19:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:26/02/2025 16:53
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:26/02/2025 16:51
18:51 Evesham to Oxford due 19:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:26/02/2025 16:53
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 17:54, 26th February 2025 | |
Tuesday February 26
Disruption due to a points failure at Maidenhead.
1W27 13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern (16:15) : departed +17, Oxford +23, held Wolvercote and Evesham, arrived Worcester Shrub Hill +60 and cancelled thereafter.
1W29 14:53 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street (17:04) : held Evesham (+14), arrived +12.
1W30 15:23 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street (17:47) : started from Oxford.
1W34 17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street (20:11) : delayed Maidenhead (+31), Oxford +40, arrived +45.
1P38 16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington (19:29) : started from Shrub Hill (+13), stands for 16 at Moreton.
2E16 18:51 Evesham to Oxford (19:50) : held Charlbury for 1W34 (+21), arrived +14.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 08:31, 23rd February 2025 | |
Sunday February 24
08:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:23/02/2025 08:06
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:23/02/2025 08:06
Later:
1W02 11:45 London Paddington to Hereford (15:03) : departed +21, benefits from a 15-minute stand at Great Malvern, arrived +6.
1W03 12:45 London Paddington to Hereford (16:04) : delayed at Didcot, Shrub Hill +15, benefits from a 16-minute stand at Ledbury.
1W49 15:45 London Paddington to Great Malvern (18:15) : departed +12, arrived +26.
1W51 16:45 London Paddington to Great Malvern (19:15) : departed +20, arrived Shrub Hill +37 and cancelled therafter "due to an issue with the train crew" (RTT).
1W59 17:45 London Paddington to Great Malvern (20:14) : delayed before Reading (+27), delayed at Shrub Hill (+34), arrived +36.
1W73 19:45 London Paddington to Great Malvern (22:16) : departed +25, held Wolvercote (+42), arrived Worcester Shrub Hill +44 and cancelled thereafter "due to the planned train being replaced with a slower train (MS)" (RTT).
1W79 21:45 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill (23:59) : departed +24, arrived +14
1P59 13:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington (16:30) : held Norton (?), arrived +21. Forms 1W51.
1P73 16:59 Great Malvern to London Paddington (19:30) : held Henwick (+11) and Charlbury (+24), arrived +34.
1P81 18:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington (21:30) : held Shrub Hill (+29), arrived +34.
1P85 19:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington (22:29) : started from Worcester Shrub Hill (+14), arrived +20.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 04:22, 22nd February 2025 | |
Saturday February 22
07:43 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 10:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:22/02/2025 02:20
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:22/02/2025 02:20
Later:
20:03 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 22:23 will be started from Reading.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:22/02/2025 11:53
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:22/02/2025 11:53
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by JayMac at 18:14, 21st February 2025 | |
Seems GWR were making up for earlier cancellations.
I'm imagining what the Journey Check message would have said?
"Facilities on the 1518 Worcester Foregate to London Paddington due 1729. This train will be formed of 18 coaches instead of 9. We apologise for any inconvenience."
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by grahame at 15:47, 21st February 2025 | |
It would be very interesting to know what suggested availability of these IEP units was, at the time of acquisition, compared to what is achieved. It looks as if there is an extremely thin amount of cover for failed units. In a lot of cases, it seems to me, no cover at all. A breakdown means a cancelled diagram, and that's that. And to hell with the passengers' plans
There are other hints at the tightness - such as the suspension of the Bristol - Oxford Saturday trial in the summer while an IET is going to Newquay. As the new(*) 175 units enter service, it will be very interesting(*) to see whether / how much they are used to relieve the tension on the IET fleet, how much they are used to relieve the tension on other fleets such as the 158s, and how much they are used to displace the other very oldest trans on the fleet rather than adding any extra robustness into the fleet.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 15:41, 21st February 2025 | |
That answer is public - held within the contract for IETs by GWR. There is a specified number of units on standby to cover failed units, and I can't remember the number but I recall that they are in low single digit numbers per day,
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 15:19, 21st February 2025 | |
It would be very interesting to know what suggested availability of these IEP units was, at the time of acquisition, compared to what is achieved. It looks as if there is an extremely thin amount of cover for failed units. In a lot of cases, it seems to me, no cover at all. A breakdown means a cancelled diagram, and that's that. And to hell with the passengers' plans
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 15:12, 21st February 2025 | |
Later:
15:23 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:47 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train earlier today.
Last Updated:21/02/2025 14:35
18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 20:29 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a broken down train earlier today.
Last Updated:21/02/2025 14:39
This is due to a broken down train earlier today.
Last Updated:21/02/2025 14:35
18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 20:29 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a broken down train earlier today.
Last Updated:21/02/2025 14:39
The 18:02 is formed of the stock of this morning's failed 08:56.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 11:35, 21st February 2025 | |
08:56 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:24 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
It will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough, Oxford, Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.
It is being delayed at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:21/02/2025 09:31
It will no longer call at Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Hanborough, Oxford, Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.
It is being delayed at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:21/02/2025 09:31
A cancellation in all but name for most who would have wished to join this train
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 17:40, 20th February 2025 | |
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:15 will be terminated at Worcester Foregate Street.
It has been delayed between Reading and Oxford and is now 14 minutes late.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:20/02/2025 15:28
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be started from Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:20/02/2025 15:28
It has been delayed between Reading and Oxford and is now 14 minutes late.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:20/02/2025 15:28
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be started from Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.
Last Updated:20/02/2025 15:28
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 08:13, 20th February 2025 | |
Thursday February 20
05:53 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 08:38 was started from Reading and will be terminated at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to congestion.
Last Updated:20/02/2025 07:01
Originally posted at 06:05 as starting from Reading "due to train crew being delayed". Stock ran empty from Paddington to Reading. Departed Reading +33, Oxford +20, held Wolvercote.This is due to congestion.
Last Updated:20/02/2025 07:01
08:56 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:24 will be started from Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to congestion.
Last Updated:20/02/2025 07:01
This is due to congestion.
Last Updated:20/02/2025 07:01
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 11:32, 19th February 2025 | |
08:56 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:24 will no longer call at Didcot Parkway.
This is due to overcrowding.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 10:24
This is due to overcrowding.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 10:24
The 08:56 is a five-car set and is carrying the passengers from the cancelled 08:15.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 09:28, 19th February 2025 | |
06:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 09:29 will be terminated at Worcester Foregate Street.
It has been delayed between London Paddington and Reading and is now 30 minutes late.
This is due to a speed restriction over defective track.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 08:26
09:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 12:23 will be started from Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a speed restriction over defective track.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 08:26
It has been delayed between London Paddington and Reading and is now 30 minutes late.
This is due to a speed restriction over defective track.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 08:26
09:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 12:23 will be started from Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a speed restriction over defective track.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 08:26
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 09:08, 19th February 2025 | |
08:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 10:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 07:01
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 07:01
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 04:18, 19th February 2025 | |
Tuesday February 18 was a very good day.
Wednesday February 19
A couple of early warnings, which may yet change:
20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 23:13 will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 02:44
22:51 London Paddington to Worcestershire Parkway Hl due 01:06 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 02:44
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 02:44
22:51 London Paddington to Worcestershire Parkway Hl due 01:06 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/02/2025 02:44
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 11:58, 16th February 2025 | |
Not quite. Somebody jumped from a bridge in the Evesham area and had to be stretchered off in an ambulance. Reported at 08:50 with normal working resumed at 09:30, but that delayed the first London bound service by an hour and will no doubt have a knock on effect for a little while.
Glad to hear this. I wonder why National Rail gave it the hashtag of #Charlbury, rather than #Evesham. And that disruption was extended to at least 1230
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by IndustryInsider at 10:25, 16th February 2025 | |
The second up train has been diverted via Swindon, but the previous delayed one is pretty much running in its path to Didcot anyway.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by IndustryInsider at 10:02, 16th February 2025 | |
Seems to be a farality at Charlbury this morning with line blocked until lunchtime, so maybe declared suspicious by BTP
Not quite. Somebody jumped from a bridge in the Evesham area and had to be stretchered off in an ambulance. Reported at 08:50 with normal working resumed at 09:30, but that delayed the first London bound service by an hour and will no doubt have a knock on effect for a little while.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 09:48, 16th February 2025 | |
Seems to be a farality at Charlbury this morning with line blocked until lunchtime, so maybe declared suspicious by BTP
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 05:34, 16th February 2025 | |
Saturday February 15
A very good day. Attached screenshot is the RTT report for Evesham, with only one train in red, and that's five late.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 01:55, 15th February 2025 | |
22:00 Hereford to London Paddington due 01:21 has been delayed at Worcester Shrub Hill and is now 58 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:15/02/2025 00:09
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:15/02/2025 00:09
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 17:14, 14th February 2025 | |
15:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 18:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:14/02/2025 15:20
19:04 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 21:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:14/02/2025 15:20
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:14/02/2025 15:20
19:04 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 21:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:14/02/2025 15:20
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 11:17, 14th February 2025 | |
Friday February 14
and after a good day yesterday, today we have a signals failure at Gloucester. This has resulted in
1L66 07:25 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington (10:00) via Gloucester : re-routed via Cotswold line, running non-stop from Shrub hill to Didcot.
1P20 08:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington (10:23) : cancelled throughout. This train arrives from Swindon via Gloucester.
Not sure why the 07:25 didn't get cancelled and the stock used for the 08:15.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 18:51, 10th February 2025 | |
19:36 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill due 22:06 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:10/02/2025 14:25
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:10/02/2025 14:25
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 07:00, 10th February 2025 | |
Monday February 10
07:13 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 09:42 will be cancelled.
This is due to the police dealing with an incident near the railway yesterday.
Last Updated:10/02/2025 06:00
08:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 10:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to the police dealing with an incident near the railway yesterday.
Last Updated:10/02/2025 06:00
This is due to the police dealing with an incident near the railway yesterday.
Last Updated:10/02/2025 06:00
08:15 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 10:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to the police dealing with an incident near the railway yesterday.
Last Updated:10/02/2025 06:00
The stock for both of these comes in from Stoke Gifford.
Leaves a gap in the up direction at Shrub Hill between the 'halts' train at 07:00 and the next at 09:15.
Later:
19:04 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 21:26 will be started from Reading.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:10/02/2025 12:51
15:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 18:26 will be reinstated.
It will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:10/02/2025 12:51
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:10/02/2025 12:51
15:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 18:26 will be reinstated.
It will be terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:10/02/2025 12:51
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 07:06, 9th February 2025 | |
Sunday February 9
The problems with the track continue:
07:36 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 10:15 will be started from Reading.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track.
Last Updated:09/02/2025 02:00
08:46 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:14 will be cancelled.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track.
Last Updated:09/02/2025 02:00
09:47 London Paddington to Hereford due 12:58 will be cancelled.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track.
Last Updated:09/02/2025 02:00
11:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:30 will be cancelled.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track earlier today.
Last Updated:09/02/2025 02:00
14:29 Hereford to London Paddington due 17:30 will be cancelled.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track earlier today.
Last Updated:09/02/2025 02:00
This is due to urgent repairs to the track.
Last Updated:09/02/2025 02:00
08:46 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:14 will be cancelled.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track.
Last Updated:09/02/2025 02:00
09:47 London Paddington to Hereford due 12:58 will be cancelled.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track.
Last Updated:09/02/2025 02:00
11:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 14:30 will be cancelled.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track earlier today.
Last Updated:09/02/2025 02:00
14:29 Hereford to London Paddington due 17:30 will be cancelled.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track earlier today.
Last Updated:09/02/2025 02:00
In the evening:
1W08 18:45 London Paddington to Hereford (21:55) : departed +17, arrived +13.
1W73 19:45 London Paddington to Great Malvern (22:16) : departed +46, arrived Worcester Shrub Hill +65 and cancelled thereafter.
1W77 20:45 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill (23:00) : departed +9, Reading +20, arrived +23.
1W79 21:45 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill (23:59) : departed +31, arrived +32
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 16:23, 8th February 2025 | |
Saturday February 8
14:50 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 17:25 was terminated at Worcester Shrub Hill.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. There are no reservations on this service.
Last Updated:08/02/2025 15:21
This is due to a fault on this train.
Will be formed of 5 coaches instead of 9. There are no reservations on this service.
Last Updated:08/02/2025 15:21
17:52 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 20:10 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:08/02/2025 17:25
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:08/02/2025 17:25
In the evening, there were problems with the track between Ealing Broadway and Paddington.
1W03 16:50 London Paddington to Hereford was cancelled after Worcester Shrub Hill "due to a problem with the train (M8)" - RTT.
1W35 17:52 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 20:10 was cancelled as above.
1W37 18:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern (21:13), departed +41, was held at Evesham (+61), arrived Worcester Shrub Hill +59 and was cancelled thereafter.
1W39 19:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern (22:23) departed +44, arrived Worcester Shrub Hill +40 and was cancelled thereafter.
1P33 17:00 Great Malvern to London Paddington (19:24) arrived +54.
1P35 17:48 Great Malvern to London Paddington (20:23) arrived +37.
1P37 19:00 Great Malvern to London Paddington (21:24) arrived +36.
1P39 20:03 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington (22:23) arrived +25.
1P41 20:20 Hereford to London Paddington (23:38) was started from Worcester Shrub Hill and arrived +22.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 19:13, 7th February 2025 | |
A cancellation for some of the Malverns part of what BR InterCity used to call The Cotswolds and Malverns line
It still is......
The train with the fault was in front of a down service. So the reason/excuse for this cancellation is not really a proper explanation
I think it is - the train only reached GMV on the down service owing to the train in front having a fault. Therefore it bas to start back from the same place for the same reason - it got stopped on the down....
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 14:10, 7th February 2025 | |
11:52 London Paddington to Hereford due 14:44 will be terminated at Great Malvern.
It will no longer call at Colwall, Ledbury and Hereford.
It has been delayed at London Paddington and is now 35 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.
Last Updated:07/02/2025 12:42
It will no longer call at Colwall, Ledbury and Hereford.
It has been delayed at London Paddington and is now 35 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.
Last Updated:07/02/2025 12:42
A cancellation for some of the Malverns part of what BR InterCity used to call The Cotswolds and Malverns line
and, inevitably
15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29
15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29 will be started from Great Malvern.
It will no longer call at Hereford, Ledbury and Colwall.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.
Last Updated:07/02/2025 12:42
15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29 will be started from Great Malvern.
It will no longer call at Hereford, Ledbury and Colwall.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.
Last Updated:07/02/2025 12:42
The train with the fault was in front of a down service. So the reason/excuse for this cancellation is not really a proper explanation
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 14:07, 7th February 2025 | |
11:52 London Paddington to Hereford due 14:44 will be terminated at Great Malvern.
It will no longer call at Colwall, Ledbury and Hereford.
It has been delayed at London Paddington and is now 35 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.
Last Updated:07/02/2025 12:42
It will no longer call at Colwall, Ledbury and Hereford.
It has been delayed at London Paddington and is now 35 minutes late.
This is due to a fault on a train in front of this one.
Last Updated:07/02/2025 12:42
A cancellation for some of the Malverns part of what BR InterCity used to call The Cotswolds and Malverns line
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 16:19, 6th February 2025 | |
And this afternoon, we have
15:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 18:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 14:36
19:04 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 21:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 14:36
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 14:36
19:04 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 21:26 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 14:36
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Witham Bobby at 12:32, 6th February 2025 | |
So, no 0534 first down train from Evesham this morning, with the next one being three hours later at 0839. Followed by another gap, of 80+ minutes, until the next one, which departed at 0951.
I'm not sure how much help the X50 "express" bus can be for commuters who need to be in Worcester to start work or school/college, when the trans go missing. That bus journey takes almost an hour
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 06:37, 6th February 2025 | |
Wednesday February 6
Late running in the evening, caused by faulty doors, by delays in the Thames Valley and (round 23:00) problems with a WMR train at Foregate St:
1W29 14:53 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street (17:04) : OK until Norton but arrived Shrub Hill +16 and cancelled thereafter "due to a problem with the doors (M7)" [RTT].
1W30 15:23 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street (17:47) : held Parkway, arrived Shrub Hill and Foregate St +19.
1W31 15:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern (18:26) : held Evesham (+15), arrived +22.
1W33 16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern (19:25) : delayed before Reading (+18), held Shrub Hill (+19), arrived +17.
1W03 17:34 London Paddington to Hereford (20:25) : delayed before Reading (+20), held Wolvercote (+25), arrived +27.
1W34 17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street (20:11) : delayed before Reading (+11), arrived +21.
1P39 17:30 Worcester Foregate St to London Paddington (19:52) : started from Shrub Hill +16 but 10-minute stand at Moreton meant on-time from Oxford.
1W41 20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern (23:13) : arrived Shrub Hill +7, but departed +28, arrived Malvern +31.
1P06 22:00 Hereford to London Paddington (01:15) : held Henwick (+36), arrived +26.
Thursday February 6
05:10 Oxford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 06:15 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 02:00
07:00 Worcester Shrub Hill to Didcot Parkway due 08:46 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 02:00
07:13 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 09:42 will call additionally at Shipton, Ascott-Under-Wychwood, Finstock and Combe.
This is due to the train making extra stops because of service disruption.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 02:00
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 02:00
07:00 Worcester Shrub Hill to Didcot Parkway due 08:46 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 02:00
07:13 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 09:42 will call additionally at Shipton, Ascott-Under-Wychwood, Finstock and Combe.
This is due to the train making extra stops because of service disruption.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 02:00
Later:
1W11 05:53 London Paddington to Great Malvern (08:38) was +4 at Charlbury but arrived Moreton-in-Marsh +25 and was cancelled thereafter "due to a problem with the train (M8)" [RTT].
08:56 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:24 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 07:24
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:06/02/2025 07:24
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 12:37, 4th February 2025 | |
And after some good days, when I've been hesitant to post anything, for fear of something going wrong...
Though yesterday the afternoon 'halts' train was cancelled.
11:52 London Paddington to Hereford due 14:44 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:04/02/2025 11:05
15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:04/02/2025 11:05
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:04/02/2025 11:05
15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:04/02/2025 11:05
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 07:29, 29th January 2025 | |
And the following service, the 1552 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill train departed Paddington 28 minutes late and left Oxford 38 late.
Given that the 15:52 left Oxford at 17:23, the scheduled departure time of the 'halts' train, did the 15:52 get given the job of doing the halts calls (instead of the 16:58)? Can't really tell from the RTT reports.[Later] Looking in more detail at RTT, the 15:52 took 28 minutes from Hanborough to Moreton (scheduled for 24). The 16:58 took 37 (scheduled for 27). So I think the 16:58 did the halts calls.
Meanwhile, we have the right size of train doing the 'halts' today.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by charles_uk at 19:03, 28th January 2025 | |
15:23 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:47 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:28/01/2025 14:47
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:28/01/2025 14:47
And the following service, the 1552 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill train departed Paddington 28 minutes late and left Oxford 38 late.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 17:07, 28th January 2025 | |
15:23 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:47 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:28/01/2025 14:47
17:04 Didcot Parkway to Evesham due 18:23 will no longer call at Combe, Finstock and Ascott-Under-Wychwood.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:28/01/2025 16:39
16:58 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill due 19:04 will call additionally at Combe, Finstock and Ascott-Under-Wychwood.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:28/01/2025 16:41
18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 20:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:28/01/2025 14:47
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:28/01/2025 14:47
17:04 Didcot Parkway to Evesham due 18:23 will no longer call at Combe, Finstock and Ascott-Under-Wychwood.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:28/01/2025 16:39
16:58 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill due 19:04 will call additionally at Combe, Finstock and Ascott-Under-Wychwood.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:28/01/2025 16:41
18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 20:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Last Updated:28/01/2025 14:47
