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Graham Ellis
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Skipping stops this morning - express from Swindon to Westbury!
« on: January 28, 2008, 07:29:04 AM »

20080128        05:29   Gloucester      08:09   Southampton Central     -
Full report: "This train is being delayed at Swindon.This is due to a points failure. "

Then ...

05:29 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge. This is due to a points failure.

And the live train tracker at the time the train was due told me:

06:43 train on 28/01/2008 shows as On time*

Looking at the service a little later ...



(The 07:17 to Swindon is shown running, just 5 minutes late. The next train - the 19:11 - isn't yet on the departure boards!)
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Re: Skipping stops this morning - express from Swindon to Westbury!
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2008, 08:15:02 AM »

08:10 ... still showing "expected 07:18" at Westbury ... it seems to have got lost into a void!

No doubt 07:36 passengers from Salisbury for Romsey and Southampton all caught the SWT train at 07:48 (that's another service just 12 minutes later), which left on time.
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Re: Skipping stops this morning - express from Swindon to Westbury!
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2008, 09:51:01 AM »

3 of us were waiting for the 6.43 but Dawn drove to Bradford on Avon. (thanks Dawn)

Were question why bying a ticket fromMelksham not BOA he was advise the train is delayed,. he then advise "Yes I saw this alert on my pager"
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Re: Skipping stops this morning - express from Swindon to Westbury!
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2008, 05:29:15 PM »

Perhaps the stock was 'Borrowed' to 'Keep it real' at Bath Spa, which at that time hosted a bit of a media circus and was generously resourced with customer service people and at one stage the MD of FGW I think it was ...

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Re: Skipping stops this morning - express from Swindon to Westbury!
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2008, 08:09:55 PM »

Perhaps the stock was 'Borrowed' to 'Keep it real' at Bath Spa, which at that time hosted a bit of a media circus and was generously resourced with customer service people and at one stage the MD of FGW I think it was ...

Mark

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