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Topic: 1743 Swindon-Southampton , 7 November Delay (Read 1539 times)
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Lee
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Just in case you were on it , here is the reason given for the above from FGW :
"The 1743 Swindon-Southampton on 7 November was, according to our information system, delayed at Thingley Junction for 14 minutes because a freight train had been allowed onto the other end of the single line at Bradford Junction (a signalling decision that we have disputed)."
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Graham Ellis
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I was waiting to join that train at Melksham, and at the time it was due another train (non passenger) went through heading from Chippenham (Thingley Junction) towards Trowbridge (Bradford Junction). So I think FGW have it a little wrong as their service wan't waiting for a train to come up from Trowbridge.
With the lack of any layby / loops between Swindon and Thingley junction, and with the lack of any intermediate signals between Thingley and Bradford, it's difficult to know what could have been done by the signalman to avoid the delay once the train that caused the delay was headed out from Swindon.
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