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Topic: Turning at Chippenham (Read 2514 times)
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Graham Ellis
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NOT my preferred option, but just to confirm - trains can turn at Chippenham. Comment just received: At least one of the early morning Melksham trains on Monday was turned round at Chippenham, if the live departure boards can be believed.I know they've been turning GW trains from Bristol at Chippenham during engineering works between Chippenham and Swindon (that was earlier this month). I asked why the Wessex train couldn't be turned there - why it had to be a bus all the way from Westbury - and I was told that First had got in and grabbed all the available slots - that it blocks the line for 40 minutes to turn a train around. Perhaps they can turn a train around "off Melksham" quicker, or perhaps last Monday's turning caused major chaos. Or perhaps there's more to the "40 minutes at the weeknd" than meets the eye  |
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Nick Field
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I expect the trains were turned around at Chippenham on monday because of the derailment at Wootton Bassett  |
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Graham Ellis
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I'm sure that's why ... I was away in Stoke-on-trent and the derailment didn't make the local news up there ... I've just got back!
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