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Topic: Did the 06:44 run? (Read 2364 times)
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Graham Ellis
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I'm in some doubt as to whether the 06:19 from Swindon ran this morning - my First bulletin told me that the 05:29 Cheltenham to Westbury was cancelled due to crew shortage, but the live timetable shows it as being 3 late.
By the way - I understand that all services on the TransWilts line (Swindon to Westbury) are now allocated to Gloucester crews rather than staff based at Westbury. I guess that means that the route knowledge has been lost and that it's no longer possible for a crew mamber based at Westbury to stand in (in an emergency) on a Swindon train from there. Is my information correct, and have I reached the correct conclusion?
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Sion Bretton
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I went for this train this AM but the info point advised it was cancelled and to ring 0845 7484950 for details of other travel arrangements. I called it they said ring First's Customer Service but the dod not open until 7am, I went home got into the car and drove to Trowbridge  |
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Graham Ellis
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The terms "customer service", "pissup" and "brewery" come to mind.
You would think that with all the experience of handling cancellations in the last six months, the system for keeping people informed might have been sorted out by now. Either that, or we could take the "conspiracy theory" and suggest that ...
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CliveD
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The train did run this morning - it was 21 minutes late arriving into Westbury, and then formed the 0705 Westbury Southampton instead of attaching to the 0535 Weymouth Cardiff, which ran as a 2 coach 158 unit. Consequently, the Cardiff was 12 minites late leaving Westbury because the Guard that works it forward comes off the Gloucester Westbury, and according to him, there was a freight train separation in the Standish area south of Gloucester in the northbound direction this morning.
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Sion Bretton
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Yes I was told today on the 6.44 yesturdays ran, todays arived at 07.10 but info point did not advised it was late.
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