From the First Great Western Website :

18:40 Southampton Central to Cardiff Central due 20:32
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a shortage of servicable trains.

20:32 Westbury to Cardiff Central due 22:30
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a shortage of servicable trains.

18:00 Cardiff Central to Westbury due 19:50
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a shortage of servicable trains.

13:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 16:42
This train has been revised. It will additionally call at: Dunbridge, Dean and Bradford-On-Avon.

10:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 13:49
This train has been revised. It will additionally call at: Severn Tunnel Jn, Patchway, Keynsham, Oldfield Park, Freshford, Avoncliff, Bradford-On-Avon, Dean and Dunbridge.

12:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 15:42
This train has been revised. It will additionally call at: Dunbridge and Dean.

09:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 12:49
This train has been revised. It will additionally call at: Dean and Dunbridge.

17:06 Westbury to Southampton Central due 18:17
This train has been cancelled. This is due to This is due to a shortage of servicable trains.

15:39 Southampton Central to Westbury due 16:45
This train has been cancelled. This is due to This is due to a shortage of servicable trains.

14:12 Westbury to Southampton Central due 15:23
This train has been cancelled. This is due to This is due to a shortage of servicable trains.

12:32 Southampton Central to Westbury due 13:39
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a shortage of servicable trains..

10:00 Cardiff Central to Southampton Central due 13:17
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a shortage of servicable trains.

14:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 17:40
This train has been revised. It will additionally call at: Dean and Dunbridge. It will no longer call at: Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth & Southsea, Fratton and Cosham. This is due to engineering work.

There may have been earlier cancellations / revisions that I didnt catch. Please feel free to post details.

The incredible thing is that there's a SATURDAY service been in operation this week which I would have expected to have used a few less trains ... I'll be most interested to see what happend next Tuesday onwards.   It would be really nice if it turns out they've been working around the clock to catch up on maintainince arrears on the trains and that we end up with a positive payback in terms of an acheivement (or nearly so) of the 99.5% target that First is set by the DfT.

Has anyone asked Passenger Focus what they make of the current performance levels?  (And I noted that there's a misprint of the Passenger Focus number in a new timetable I picked up ... they're on 08453 022 022 and not 0845 022 022 - web site http://www.passengerfocus.org.uk/)

I have wriiten to my MP as it is a lottery to see if a train runs or not.

I dont think that you are being too cynical at all , Steve. I think that there is a grave risk that this is EXACTLY what might happen , which is why I feel that we should shout about it now.

For a historical context , have a look at the link below , which deals with the farce that surrounded the last days of the Lewes - Uckfield service..
http://home.clara.net/wealdenline/gm_archive/exp_1168.html

Ironically , there is currently a self - funding proposal to reopen this line , which is opposed by the DfT , probably because they want BRB (Residuary) to sell the former Uckfield station site (links below.)
http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/articles/tt/dec15,06.shtml
http://home.clara.net/wealdenline/spages/051018brbr.html

By the way , many thanks for the excellent research support , which is very much appreciated.

I was at Eastleigh station over the Christmas Holidays and got chatting to a friendly member of the ticket office staff who had popped out onto the platform for his fag break.  After the conversation I quickly noted down some things he said on a bit of paper so I wouldn’t forget them.  I noted the following:

There are 3 x 153 and 3 x 158 sets in storage at Eastleigh which are soon to go off lease
There is talk of SWT extending the Totton to Romsey service (via Eastleigh / Chandlers Ford) up to Salisbury from next year.  (Or at some point in 2007 as it was actually in 2006 that I was talking to him!)  Presumably this would also serve Dean and Dunbridge.
Buses are on pernament standby at Salisbury to cover the Westbury to Southampton cancellations
Staff at Eastleigh get requests for quite a few ticket refunds when services to Dean / Dunbridge and Salisbury are cancelled but cant issue them as it’s an FGW problem.

Graz agreed its becoming nothing short of a shambles and a disgrace, - its almost as if they are trying to deliberately run down certain stations. Is this becasue of the showcase buses?  As I undersatand it the Dft have issued First some sort of ultimatum to get things sorted.  In the meantime if things dont turn around quickly passengers will desert the railways and it will be hard to get them back when / if things improve.

I think the MP for Bath Don Foster is on the case with poor train services for both Bath Spa & Oldfield Park.
What does transport 2000 have to say on this matter?

Good idea, I'd really like to discuss with more people about their recent experiences.

Again, widespread FGW cancellations across the board. Not taking into account the problems at Newquay there were a lot all day today.  You're right Sion, Don's very much been campaigning for Bath Spa and Oldfield Park for a long time, but I'll be writing to him again- the more support, the better!

And Nick, unfourtunately there is not a rail replacement bus stop at Oldfield Park. Buses stop anywhere along the Lower Bristol Road which is a good 200 yards away at least. I'll be suggesting they should put one in! And you're absolutely right. Being stranded at Oldfield Park for 2 hours is enough to put people off rail travel forever.