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Topic: 0710 Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington (Read 3787 times)
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Steve Bray
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I see that this service has been cancelled this morning.
It was also cancelled last Thursday, and I've seen it cancelled previously.
Any reason why this train is cancelled so much?
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Graham Ellis
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I don't know, Steve, but it seems to be the first HST to be cancelled in the event of any problems. It was almost as bad as the TransWilts service at the turn of the year.
This is the train that starts at Temple Meads then goes Parkway, Swindon, isn't it? The one (only one?) that misses Bath and Chippenham. Perhaps there's a clue in that?
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Graham Ellis
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Again this morning:
"The 0710 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington has been cancelled. Customers are advised to travel on the 0730 service, customers travelling from Bristol Parkway are advised to travel on the 0731 departure. This is due to a train fault."
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Steve Bray
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Graham, you beat me to it.
Yesterday, it was also cancelled due to a "fault". I didn't access the internet on Tuesday to see if it ran or not. The frequency of its cancellation is a bit fishy to me.
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Graham Ellis
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The frequency of its cancellation is a bit fishy to me.
I don't think it's a co-incidence. Could it be a) The first train to cancel if they're a set short or b) Intentional cancellation as it's a service they really don't want to have to operate. I am NOT suggesting that "b" is the reason / motive. Were you  |
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Steve Bray
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I suspect a) is correct.
It is a cancellation that, overall will cause less hassle. Anyone who attempts to catch it has alternative services at 0700 and 0730; passengers who board at Parkway and beyond have a service 10 minutes later. There never seems to be a return working that is cancelled.
If is cancelled because other sets have faults, then it proves again, how close FGW are sailing to the wind. Seeing as everything FGW does (like re-vinyling units) is done because it is "part of the franchise agreement", then, by regularly cancelling this service, they are presumably in breach of their franchise agreement.
Do you want a 50p bet that it will be cancelled tomorrow?!
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James
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The TRUE answer is:
Is it a spare set for 2 other morning services, so, if a set is not available for the other 2 "not to be canxed" services, then it is "allocated" to run that instead
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Regards
James - Full on Pacer Fan
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Steve Bray
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Yet again, it was cancelled this morning.
So that's 4 out of 5 times this week, without checking on Tuesday.
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James
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Yet again, it was cancelled this morning.
So that's 4 out of 5 times this week, without checking on Tuesday.
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Regards
James - Full on Pacer Fan
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