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Topic: Cardiff - Westbury Service Cancelled Due To Lack Of Serviceable Trains (Read 2222 times)
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Lee
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From the First Great Western website (15 January 2007) :
13:00 Cardiff Central to Westbury due 14:50
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a shortage of serviceable trains.
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Steve35
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The 13:30 Cardiff to Fareham is calling additionally at Severn Tunnel Junction, Patchway, Keynsham,
Oldfield Park, Freshford, Avoncliff and Bradford On Avon.
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Lee
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Do you think this is a "here we go again" or an isolated incident , given last nights shortage of serviceable stock cancellations?
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« Last Edit: January 15, 2007, 02:44:06 PM by Lee »
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Steve35
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Do you think this is a "here we go again" or an isolated incident , given last nights shortage of serviceable stock cancellations?
Hard to say. Units fail all the time - that's to be expected. What matters is whether the depots can keep up with the necessary repairs. You can't infer anything from a few cancellations. You'd need to be monitoring unit availability on a regular basis so you could see what the trend was. Even if, on paper, you have spare units available it's no good if they're in the wrong place. e.g. if a unit fails at Cardiff the spare unit that you've got at Exeter isn't going to stop you having a cancellation. The large geographical area of the FGW franchise probably doesn't help for that reason - any spare units are likely to be miles away from where they're needed. On a more 'compact' franchise it would be easier to get a spare unit to where it is needed. On a positive note 3-car unit 158798 which has been under repair at Reading for several weeks has moved to St Philips Marsh today, as has 153318 which has been out of use at Exeter for a while. So hopefully these two units might be back in traffic soon. |
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