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Lee
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No TransWilts Evening Service (27/10/2008)
« on: October 27, 2008, 09:03:29 PM »
From the FGW website :

17:02 Worcester Foregate Street to Southampton Central due 20:46

This train has been terminated at Chippenham.It will no longer call at: Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Dilton Marsh, Warminster, Salisbury, Romsey and Southampton Central.This is due to a train fault.

21:20 Southampton Central to Westbury due 22:30

This train will be cancelled.This is due to an earlier broken down train.

19:32 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 21:27

This train has been cancelled.This is due to an earlier broken down train.

Update - the 1932 will now run, but only between Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa.
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Re: No TransWilts Evening Service (27/10/2008)
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2008, 10:50:43 PM »
The 19.01 left Chippenham and broken down I was on it.
We had to wait for a train to come up from Bristol to tow us to Bath then 5 of us for Melksham were put into a taxi.
So a 10 minute train trip took almost 2hours.
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Re: No TransWilts Evening Service (27/10/2008)
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2008, 11:10:16 PM »
Quote from: Sion Bretton on October 27, 2008, 10:50:43 PM
The 19.01 left Chippenham and broken down I was on it.
We had to wait for a train to come up from Bristol to tow us to Bath then 5 of us for Melksham were put into a taxi.
So a 10 minute train trip took almost 2hours.

It did break down yes! I presume it was a 153?

 But they got you to your destination - so how about as well as quite rightly moaning, perhaps showing a little thanks at the same time to the team who helped you out? I will always maintain we are quick to moan and slow to thank....
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Re: No TransWilts Evening Service (27/10/2008)
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2008, 11:58:39 AM »
We are indeed quick to moan and slow to thank.   But ...

Under the terms of the franchise, FGW should have run ten trains calling at Melksham over the last three days ... but for various reasons, some outside their control, they have managed a grand total of two.  On the TransWilts, we still have a lot to moan about.
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