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Topic: Friday 20th May - Frome (Read 2488 times)
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Ruthg
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So, how do I get to work today? I can either drive to Westbury or I can wait and get the 08.05 that will get me in to Swindon for 09.42, if I'm lucky. Unfortunately this one's consistently late as it has to wait at Castle Cary for an HST to go through first ! Is this the shape of things to come...?  Train Times for Frome (FRO) Trains Last updated: 20/04/2007 06:39:43 From Timetabled Arrival Expected Arrival To Timetabled Departure Expected Departure Operator Frome Cardiff Central 0647 Cancelled First Great Western Weymouth 0652 No report* Filton Abbey Wood 0652 No report* First Great Western Actually cancelled see belowWestbury 0652 Cancelled Filton Abbey Wood 0652 Cancelled First Great Western Bristol Temple Meads 0701 0710 Weymouth 0701 0711 First Great Western Weymouth 0805 No report Cardiff Central 0805 No report First Great Western |
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Graham Ellis
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The reports said they were laying on buses from Weymouth and Yeovil ...and they knew in good enough time to have a bus at Frome to leave on time for Westbury. I'm guessing they didn't bother??
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Ruthg
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It turns out they did lay a bus on but I don't think it was particularly on time, I caught up with people who had been on it when I got to Westbury an hour later.
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CliveD
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The "reasons" given for the cancellations were:-
0647 - shortage of servicable rolling stock;
0652 - shortage of available train crew.
A bus did turn up at about 7:25 which started from Castle Cary, and those of us who were left (others made their own way) to be picked up got to Westbury to catch the 07:55 to Cardiff. Now, maybe FGW could have scored a brownie point by issuing a stop notice on the 0552 Exeter Paddington service to pick up Bruton and Frome passengers vice the Weymouth Filton to Westbury - was known to happen in BR days on a couple of occassions. Despite the fact that it is supposed to an intergrated Greater Western franchise of Great Western, Thames/FGW Link and Wessex Trains, they are still being run as seperate "companies", so integration is thus far non-exisitent.
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Graham Ellis
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I suspect that stopping the HST at Bruton and Frome would have delayed it by about 10 to 12 minutes - leaving it out of slot through Reading and "late" for the statistics into London. These days, the late running of trains that can't be blamed on someone else have more of a financial effect on the TOC than passenger goodwill gestures to those who had been planning to travel on already-cancelled services.
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