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| Re: Melksham to ... where? .... In "Introductions and chat" [362480/30376/1] Posted by Western Pathfinder at 17:51, 19th June 2025 |      |
Melksham Twined with The People's Republic of Pilning by the look of it..
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [362479/29711/14] Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 17:40, 19th June 2025 | |
17:30: Points failures being reported at Didcot and between Oxford and Banbury.
15:18 Hereford to London Paddington due 18:29 has been delayed between Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street and is now 21 minutes late.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 16:35
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 16:35
The halts train has been affected by the points failures:
17:04 Didcot Parkway to Evesham due 18:23 will be terminated at Oxford.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 17:18
18:51 Evesham to Oxford due 19:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 17:18
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 17:18
18:51 Evesham to Oxford due 19:50 will be cancelled.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 17:18
And, in a really useful development, the 17:34 to Hereford is no longer cancelled. But...
17:34 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:25 will be reinstated.
It will be terminated at Reading.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 16:17
It will be terminated at Reading.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 16:17
| Re: Melksham to ... where? .... In "Introductions and chat" [362478/30376/1] Posted by Timmer at 17:19, 19th June 2025 | |
Hope so for his sake or those fines from the parking company will be racking up unless he’s either paid for parking or come to some arrangement with them.
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [362477/29650/26] Posted by TaplowGreen at 17:02, 19th June 2025 | |
Not a very good day......
Alterations to services at Didcot Parkway
Due to a points failure at Didcot Parkway some lines are closed.
Train services running through this station may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 18:45 19/06.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [362476/29711/14] Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 16:10, 19th June 2025 | |
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:15 will be terminated at Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 15:36
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be started from Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 15:36
22:00 Hereford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 22:52 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 13:35
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 15:36
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be started from Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to a points failure.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 15:36
22:00 Hereford to Worcester Shrub Hill due 22:52 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 13:35
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [362475/29650/26] Posted by TaplowGreen at 14:16, 19th June 2025 | |
Cancellations to services between Newbury and Bedwyn
Due to a fault with the signalling system between Newbury and Bedwyn all lines are disrupted.
Train services running through these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Customer Advice
Due to an issue with the signalling system between Newbury - Bedwyn the service will be suspended until further notice.
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [362474/29650/26] Posted by TaplowGreen at 14:13, 19th June 2025 | |
Delays to services between London Paddington and Reading
Following a fault with the signalling system between London Paddington and Reading some lines are now open.
Train services running to and from these stations are returning to normal. Disruption is expected until 14:30 19/06.
Customer Advice
Due to a signalling issue lines between London Paddington - Reading, some services maybe delayed, altered or cancelled.
| Re: Melksham to ... where? .... In "Introductions and chat" [362473/30376/1] Posted by matth1j at 12:55, 19th June 2025 | |
| Re: Melksham to ... where? .... In "Introductions and chat" [362472/30376/1] Posted by grahame at 12:26, 19th June 2025 | |
Taking in the ethos and atmosphere at stations at Melksham
Mmm... not sure whether the abandoned/vandalized Passat that's been positioned across the entrance since at least Monday contributes to those...
I spoke to the owner when I left on Monday - pushed there but the brakes jammed on. Going for scrap.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [362471/29711/14] Posted by Witham Bobby at 12:17, 19th June 2025 | |
Thursday 19 June
17:34 London Paddington to Hereford due 20:25 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 12:07
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Last Updated:19/06/2025 12:07
| Re: HS2 - Government proposals, alternative routes and general discussion In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [362470/5138/51] Posted by TaplowGreen at 12:00, 19th June 2025 | |
........and this is what happened to those who spoke out....
https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/hs2-whistleblower-who-lost-his-job-awarded-319000-13-06-2025/
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [362469/29650/26] Posted by TaplowGreen at 11:55, 19th June 2025 | |
Cancellations to services between Newbury and Reading
Due to a fault with the signalling system between Newbury and Reading some lines are blocked.
Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 12:30 19/06.
Customer Advice
Due to a fault with the signalling system at Newbury, the lines are block between Newbury to Reading in both directions.
Services will be delayed; altered and cancelled as a result.
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| Re: East - West Rail update (Oxford to Bedford) - ongoing discussion In "Campaigns for new and improved services" [362468/1219/28] Posted by paul7575 at 11:41, 19th June 2025 Already liked by Western Pathfinder | |
It’s a bit of a surprise all those houses in Wolvercote haven’t collapsed yet.
Wasn’t there also a scare story about horses being spooked for miles around?| Re: Paddington Station In "Media about railways, and other means of transport" [362467/30354/49] Posted by bobm at 11:40, 19th June 2025 Already liked by PrestburyRoad, GBM, Timmer, IndustryInsider | |
It certainly is an impressive structure. I took another look last weekend.
| Re: Cholsey and Wallingford Railway - between Didcot Parkway and Reading In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [362466/2888/47] Posted by bobm at 11:31, 19th June 2025 Already liked by eightonedee, GBM, Timmer, Mark A, Western Pathfinder | |
Given the nice weather - and taking advantage of the cooler weather first thing - I took a trip to see the first shuttle arrive at Cholsey from Wallingford this morning.
It is not the first time I have seen that bubble car, nor the first time it has featured here. In 2017 it was running from Aylesbury to Princes Risborough as 121034.
Seems it had "dodgy" destinations back then too.
| Re: Melksham to ... where? .... In "Introductions and chat" [362465/30376/1] Posted by matth1j at 09:47, 19th June 2025 | |
Taking in the ethos and atmosphere at stations at Melksham
Mmm... not sure whether the abandoned/vandalized Passat that's been positioned across the entrance since at least Monday contributes to those...
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [362463/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 08:09, 19th June 2025 | |
05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09
05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09 will be delayed at Swindon.
This is due to train crew being delayed by service disruption.
05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09 will be delayed at Swindon.
This is due to train crew being delayed by service disruption.
False alarm? Pretty well on time all the way and no delay off Swindon.
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [362462/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 07:55, 19th June 2025 | |
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 is being delayed at Salisbury.
This is due to a fault on this train.
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 is being delayed at Salisbury.
This is due to a fault on this train.
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
And
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 has been reinstated.
It will be started from Gloucester.
It will no longer call at Salisbury, Warminster, Westbury, Trowbridge, Melksham, Chippenham, Swindon, Kemble, Stroud and Stonehouse.
This is due to a fault on this train.
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 has been reinstated.
It will be started from Gloucester.
It will no longer call at Salisbury, Warminster, Westbury, Trowbridge, Melksham, Chippenham, Swindon, Kemble, Stroud and Stonehouse.
This is due to a fault on this train.
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [362461/29726/18] Posted by TaplowGreen at 07:06, 19th June 2025 | |
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 is being delayed at Salisbury.
This is due to a fault on this train.
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 is being delayed at Salisbury.
This is due to a fault on this train.
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 has been cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
| Where's GrahamE today - 18th June 2025 In "The Lighter Side" [362460/30372/30] Posted by grahame at 06:57, 19th June 2025 | |
And a similarly offbeat "where was I" yesterday, 18th June 2025
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [362459/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 06:54, 19th June 2025 | |
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 is being delayed at Salisbury.
This is due to a fault on this train.
06:35 Salisbury to Worcester Foregate Street due 09:47 is being delayed at Salisbury.
This is due to a fault on this train.
| Re: Melksham to ... where? .... In "Introductions and chat" [362458/30376/1] Posted by grahame at 06:36, 19th June 2025 | |
I walked across late in the afternoon / early evening yesterday and passed by the tobacconists close by the bridge on the Polish side. It's a mixture of recent modern build, sites perhaps dating back to WWII and some older buildings in need to TLC. And, yes, I brought back a few breakfast supplies purchased in Zloty and purchased an ice cream at an astonishingly good price for a tourist spot. But I didn't find such a huge contrast - Goerlitz has a number of decrepit older buildings too as well as magnificently looked after ones.
| Re: Six new stations between Cardiff and Severn Tunnel - proposal In "Campaigns for new and improved services" [362457/24287/28] Posted by grahame at 06:28, 19th June 2025 Already liked by Western Pathfinder, Witham Bobby, johnneyw | |
Go ahead been given for these new stations and tfw already pushing to.run an hourly service to Bristol TM in addition to the current 2tph GWR service.
Repeating myself (and others) here - delighted for those places, residents and visitors on the Welsh side of the Severn. How about sorting out the South Gloucestershire side too where there's a moribund station with latent potential especially if a little work is done over and above just fixing the station, and where there's a major employment area that's a road congestion nightmare that the railway passes and ignores.
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [362456/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 06:13, 19th June 2025 | |
05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09
05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09 will be delayed at Swindon.
This is due to train crew being delayed by service disruption.
05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09 will be delayed at Swindon.
This is due to train crew being delayed by service disruption.
| Re: Automated information defects on the railways In "Across the West" [362455/20293/26] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 23:17, 18th June 2025 Already liked by Trowres | |
( Mods: may I suggest that this thread is renamed to reflect its topic of automated information defects, in the interest of future searches? )
With my very belated thanks for your suggestion (which I missed at the time), Trowres, I have now done that.
CfN.
| Re: Six new stations between Cardiff and Severn Tunnel - proposal In "Campaigns for new and improved services" [362454/24287/28] Posted by anthony215 at 21:52, 18th June 2025 Already liked by Timmer, Mark A | |
Go ahead been given for these new stations and tfw already pushing to.run an hourly service to Bristol TM in addition to the current 2tph GWR service.
Local rumours suggest that as part of the procurement being done by tfw for extra new rolling stock another batch of class 756s will be getting ordered although geared for 90mph top.speed.
Seems the batteries on tfws 756s are performing far better that suggested by stadler
| Thousands of pieces of Tube graffiti removed daily - June 2025 In "Transport for London" [362453/30379/46] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:18, 18th June 2025 | |
From the BBC:
Transport for London (TfL) says it is removing about 4,000 pieces of graffiti per day on the Central and Bakerloo Tube lines.
It says it is dealing with a huge increase in vandalism on the trains as well as challenges in getting the trains cleaned.
TfL says it has a reduced number of trains on the Central line as some are being upgraded, five at a time. The Bakerloo line has the oldest fleet, and hence it has fewer trains.
The transport body says it is for this reason that it has to put trains back into service with graffiti, otherwise the service would not be able to continue to the same timetable.
At the Hainault Depot, the team says it is "working around the clock", having removed 23,000 pieces of graffiti in the past two months.
TfL's Dan Pincott said: "To remove it we're using buffers because it's leather dye, not paint. It will not come off with normal graffiti remover, so it needs special tools. It's long hot hard hours for them to remove it."
Alcohol-based leather dye is the toughest to get off as it soaks into the fibre, as opposed to paint which sits on the surface. The process can take days, TfL says.
Director of asset performance delivery, Richard Jones, said: "Typically we had the spares previously where if the train was damaged inside or outside, it would not go into service. But in order to maintain the service, some of the damaged trains are having to go into public use."
Mr Jones added: "It makes the Underground feel less safe and it can be a magnet for other criminal activity so it's important to remove and we take it seriously. Customers do complain a lot."
TfL says it is planning to introduce more cleaning teams as well as working with the police to target vandals.
| Re: Basingstoke this morning In "South Western services" [362452/30378/42] Posted by ChrisB at 21:11, 18th June 2025 | |
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