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| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [358719/29726/18] Posted by TaplowGreen at 09:48, 23rd February 2025 |      |
Alterations to services between Westbury and Swindon via Melksham
Due to engineering works not being finished on time at Swindon all lines are closed. Disruption is expected until 10:30 23/02.
Train services between Westbury and Swindon via Melksham may be delayed by up to 45 minutes or revised.
Customer Advice
As a result of engineering work not being finished on time there will be severe delays / disruption to services on this route this morning. Please accept our aplogies for any inconvenience this may cause.
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [358718/29726/18] Posted by GBM at 09:20, 23rd February 2025 | |
08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 08:58
08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 08:58 was terminated at Melksham.
It will no longer call at Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 08:58 was terminated at Melksham.
It will no longer call at Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49 will be started from Melksham.
It will no longer call at Swindon and Chippenham.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49 will be started from Melksham.
It will no longer call at Swindon and Chippenham.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
That has to be a first for Melksham?
A train terminating, then starting there!
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [358717/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 09:19, 23rd February 2025 | |
08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 08:58
08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 08:58 was terminated at Melksham.
It will no longer call at Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 08:58 was terminated at Melksham.
It will no longer call at Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49 will be started from Melksham.
It will no longer call at Swindon and Chippenham.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49 will be started from Melksham.
It will no longer call at Swindon and Chippenham.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
Nothing on journey check about what passengers should do - purely "feature" not "benefit" which I was taught was not the way to do it in my sales training.
There is an x34 bus at 08:48 from Melksham to Chippenham (railway station if required) that goes past the top of station approach in Melksham - doesn't actually stop there normally, but it [sh/c]ould.
There is an x34 bus at 09:25 from Chippenham railway station to Melksham and Trowbridge (on Sunday, of course, it does not go to the stop near Trowbridge station, and even by the time it reaches Melksham and passes close to the station, the train will have left.
Lots of things illustrated by these goings on ...
| Re: Heritage rail locations across the area In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [358716/29937/47] Posted by bobm at 09:18, 23rd February 2025 Already liked by GBM, Chris from Nailsea | |
Presumably him referring to Blackwell made you Crosse.
| Re: St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany - Feb 2025 In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [358715/29934/51] Posted by grahame at 09:06, 23rd February 2025 | |
Both the EU and the UK are moving towards the electronic type visa, so instead of queuing to have your Passport stamped provided you are registered for the visa your Passport and face is scanned at the departure points and the barrier opens and on you travel.
The e-visa has to be the future
The e-visa has to be the future
Indeed - history is littered with changes that have made things work far quicker in less space. I suspect that more people use Exmouth station (random choice) with one platform than they did with - well, how many was it before? - and with run round loops, water towers, stations staff and much more ...
Perhaps with compact scanning of international passengers, Ashford International could re-open for that, a curve (sorry - straight line) put in allowing direct running from Godstone to Reigate, and we could see international trains from Zurich and Berlin to Ashford, changing there for the London expresses (to not only St Pancras but also Charing Cross and Victoria), for Fishguard via Reading for passengers to Ireland, and to Bournemouth via Hastings, Brighton and Southampton
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [358714/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 08:57, 23rd February 2025 | |
08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 08:58
08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 08:58 was terminated at Melksham.
It will no longer call at Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
08:06 Warminster to Swindon due 08:58 was terminated at Melksham.
It will no longer call at Chippenham and Swindon.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49 will be started from Melksham.
It will no longer call at Swindon and Chippenham.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
09:08 Swindon to Westbury due 09:49 will be started from Melksham.
It will no longer call at Swindon and Chippenham.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [358713/29711/14] Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 08:31, 23rd February 2025 | |
08:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:23/02/2025 08:06
This is due to a fault on this train.
Last Updated:23/02/2025 08:06
| Re: St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany - Feb 2025 In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [358712/29934/51] Posted by Electric train at 07:34, 23rd February 2025 | |
How do these plans fit in with the UK government requirement for entry checking before boarding? or is there a secret plan to join Schengen?
I was more concerned with incoming trains as HM Government has wanted to perform immigration procedures on the continent to remove the possibility of arriving passengers who are denied entry claiming asylum.
Both the EU and the UK are moving towards the electronic type visa, so instead of queuing to have your Passport stamped provided you are registered for the visa your Passport and face is scanned at the departure points and the barrier opens and on you travel.
The e-visa has to be the future
| Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury In "TransWilts line" [358711/29726/18] Posted by grahame at 05:52, 23rd February 2025 | |
14:47 Westbury to Swindon due 15:34
15:44 Swindon to Westbury due 16:25
15:44 Swindon to Westbury due 16:25 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
15:44 Swindon to Westbury due 16:25
15:44 Swindon to Westbury due 16:25 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
| Re: Heritage rail locations across the area In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [358710/29937/47] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 00:45, 23rd February 2025 | |
Although I've not been there, there is the Devon Railway Centre at Blickleigh.
Thanks, johnneyw, but it's actually in Bickleigh. Coincidentally, I have been there - some time ago.
Your typo, however, caused me no undue concern - compared with the outrage I felt when Michael Portillo (with all of his researchers as a backup team) still referred to my local station as Nailsea & Blackwell, when he visited us.
Chris from Backwell (our local station is actually just within the parish of Backwell).
| Re: Heritage rail locations across the area In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [358708/29937/47] Posted by Trowres at 00:15, 23rd February 2025 | |
Romsey signalbox
Shillingstone Station
Gartell Light Railway (does this count as heritage?)
| Re: Heritage rail locations across the area In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [358704/29937/47] Posted by eightonedee at 22:09, 22nd February 2025 | |
Wot no DIDCOT!
| Re: Heritage rail locations across the area In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [358703/29937/47] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:39, 22nd February 2025 | |
Thanks, ChrisB.
"Brecon Moutain" could also do with being corrected.
However, when I looked at most of the formatting in that post, such that many of those links don't work, even I decided to take a step back from that one.
Sorry, grahame.
| Re: 5 Retailers - 5 different fares for same journeys In "Fare's Fair" [358702/29925/4] Posted by grahame at 21:37, 22nd February 2025 | |
My travel plans are to fit around a fixed appointment. My point is how easy it is for someone to end up paying more that they need to due to the complex nature of the fares system.
Supremely easy (and it happens all the time). Just as it's very easy to go into a supermarket and pick up a rather more expensive tin of chopped tomatoes or bottle of cola. And the choice is not always obvious.
| Re: 5 Retailers - 5 different fares for same journeys In "Fare's Fair" [358701/29925/4] Posted by njt at 21:10, 22nd February 2025 | |
My travel plans are to fit around a fixed appointment. My point is how easy it is for someone to end up paying more that they need to due to the complex nature of the fares system.
| Re: Heritage rail locations across the area In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [358700/29937/47] Posted by ChrisB at 20:55, 22nd February 2025 | |
Updating the map / database .... anything I should be adding or taking away?
Northamtonshire Iron {Heritage }
Northamtonshire Iron {Heritage }
Speeling mishtake - Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust - https://www.northantsironstonerailway.co.uk/
| Re: Flooding at Nailsea and Backwell - historic, 14 January 2023 In "Bristol (WECA) Commuters" [358699/27083/21] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:41, 22nd February 2025 | |
Thanks for posting this topic originally, Timmer.
I've just stumbled across it again (while looking for something else, as usual!) and it reminds me that I previously found their location of that 'flooding' to be rather puzzling.
Nailsea & Backwell station is built on top of a quite high embankment, and the mainline tracks on either side are similarly raised significantly above the surrounding ground for some considerable distance. If you wanted to flood Nailsea & Backwell itself, you'd have to put most of North Somerset under water.
I therefore reckon that the flooding was actually towards Bristol, at Flax Bourton (which has previous for it, being down in a cutting) or possibly beyond Chelvey (towards Yatton). They maybe just located the flood as being 'Nailsea & Backwell' because that was nearest station to the actual location (although Flax Bourton used to have a station).
| Re: No Trousers Tube Ride 2023: Londoners strip off as annual event returns In "The Lighter Side" [358698/27068/30] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 18:45, 22nd February 2025 | |
There is, however, a pub called The Full Moon on Stokes Croft in Bristol.
From Best of Bristol:
The Naked Bike Ride Bristol
Over 400 people set off from the Full Moon in Stokes Croft on the naked bike ride in Bristol. Travelling over 4 miles around Bristol, the riders came back into Stokes Croft in a variety of vehicles and different variants of birthday suits.
Over 400 people set off from the Full Moon in Stokes Croft on the naked bike ride in Bristol. Travelling over 4 miles around Bristol, the riders came back into Stokes Croft in a variety of vehicles and different variants of birthday suits.
| Re: Heritage rail locations across the area In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [358697/29937/47] Posted by johnneyw at 18:35, 22nd February 2025 | |
Although I've not been there, there is the Devon Railway Centre at Blickleigh.
| Re: Heritage rail locations across the area In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [358696/29937/47] Posted by johnneyw at 18:02, 22nd February 2025 | |
Vale of Berkeley Railway? Okay it's not quite doing passenger rides yet but things are moving on.
| Re: St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany - Feb 2025 In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [358695/29934/51] Posted by eXPassenger at 17:39, 22nd February 2025 | |
I was more concerned with incoming trains as HM Government has wanted to perform immigration procedures on the continent to remove the possibility of arriving passengers who are denied entry claiming asylum.
| Re: Heritage rail locations across the area In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [358694/29937/47] Posted by AMLAG at 17:23, 22nd February 2025 | |
Add Torrington (Tarka Valley Rly - Heritage)
Add Bideford (Rly Heritage Centre)
Add Christow (Rly Centre of Excellence)
| Heritage rail locations across the area In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [358693/29937/47] Posted by grahame at 17:08, 22nd February 2025 | |
Updating the map / database .... anything I should be adding or taking away?
Avon Valley {Heritage ST 6691 7356} 3158|https://www.avonvalleyrailway.org
Blaenavon {Heritage SO 2340 0940} https://www.bhrailway.co.uk
Bluebell {Heritage TQ 4046 2362} 14477|https://www.bluebell-railway.com
Bodmin {Heritage SX 0725 6702} 21446|https://bodminrailway.co.uk
Brecon Moutain {Heritage SO 0590 0970} https://www.bmr.wales
Bristol Harbour {Heritage ST 5840 7220} 9106|https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed/whats-on/train-rides/
Chinnor {Heritage SP 7576 0096} 19911|https://www.chinnorrailway.co.uk
Cholsey - Wallingford {Heritage SU 6072 8948} 2888|https://www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.com
Dartmouth Steam {Heritage SX 8818 5102} https://www.dartmouthrailriver.co.uk
Dean Forest {Heritage SO 6293 0421} 13751|https://deanforestrailway.co.uk
East Somerset {Heritage ST 6709 4514} 2876|https://eastsomersetrailway.com
Gloucestershire - Warwickshire {Heritage SP 0209 3254} 2350|https://www.gwsr.com
Gwili {Heritage SN 4180 2370} 7363|https://gwili-railway.co.uk/#1
Haven Street {Heritage SZ 5620 9040} https://iwsteamrailway.co.uk
Helston {Heritage SW 6475 3050} 583|https://www.helstonrailway.co.uk
Kidderminster - Bridgnorth {Heritage SO 7162 9319} 6572|https://www.svr.co.uk
Lappa Valley {Heritage SW 8068 5853} https://www.lappavalley.co.uk
Launceston {Heritage SX 3312 8444} 16163|http://launcestonsr.co.uk
Lynton - Barnstaple {Heritage SS 6465 4316} 23591|701|https://www.lynton-rail.co.uk
Lynton - Lynmouth {Heritage SS 7237 4940} 24149|14626|https://www.cliffrailwaylynton.co.uk
Mid Hants {Heritage SU 5883 3269} https://www.watercressline.co.uk
Northamtonshire Iron {Heritage }
Plym Valley {Heritage SX 5250 5870} 11624|https://www.plymrail.co.uk
Seaton Tramway {Heritage SY 2344 9189} https://www.tram.co.uk
Somerset and Dorset {Heritage ST 6750 5460} 7069|https://sdjr.co.uk
South Devon {Heritage SX 7393 6611} 1031|https://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk
Spa Valley {Heritage TQ 5541 3527}https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
Swanage {Heritage SZ 0399 7986} 2353|https://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
Swindon and Cricklade {Heritage SU 1506 9056} 7862|https://swindon-cricklade-railway.org
Vale of Rheidol {Heritage SN 7650 7560} https://www.rheidolrailway.co.uk
Volks Electric {Heritage TQ 3140 0389} 23404|http://volkselectricrailway.co.uk
West Somerset {Heritage SS 9685 4621} 2688|17237|https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk|http://www.wsr.org.uk|https://www.wsra.org.uk|https://www.mineheadraillinkgroup.org.uk
| Re: Active rail campaigns across the area we cover In "Campaigns for new and improved services" [358692/20791/28] Posted by grahame at 16:59, 22nd February 2025 | |
Revising and revising my list across the area ... good news here that some have come to fruition and been removed from the list. I have left on the line projects underway - once trains start running (or stopping!) they are no longer campaigns for a new service - importantly, partnership working becomes even more important as passenger number are grown and fine tuning or services carried on.
Aberystwth - Carmarthen {Campaign SN 5780 4790} 17562
Ashburton {Campaign SX 7562 6989} 15323
Ashton Gate {Campaign ST 5724 7141} 231
Aztec West {Campaign ST 6060 8280} 14751
Bideford {Campaign SS 4544 2647} 23280
Bradford North Curve {Campaign ST 8531 6010} 21090
Braunton {Campaign SS 4879 3657} 5730
Bristol Underground {Campaign ST 5859 7276} 19761
Bude {Campaign SS 2084 0659} 17576
Camp Hill {Campaign SP 0802 8419} https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-51928674
Cardiff Parkway {Campaign ST 2442 8017} 22474
Chard Junction {Campaign ST 3426 0474} 5294|https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/blow-new-station-hopes-because-2590365
Charfield {Campaign ST 7245 9234} 20779
Churston {Campaign SX 9012 5732} 4850
Cirencester {Campaign SP 0220 0210} 14439
Clevedon {Campaign ST 4088 7118} 22534
Coalpit Heath {Campaign ST 6746 8097} https://fosbr.org.uk/coalpit-heath-station/
Corsham {Campaign ST 8727 7056} 226
Cowley {Campaign SP 5551 0459} 23033
Crossrail2 {Campaign TQ 2796 7345} 16508
Croxley {Campaign TQ 0800 9530} http://www.croxleyraillink.com
Cullompton {Campaign ST 0206 0711} 5272
Devizes Gateway {Campaign SU 0429 5909} 19298
DNS {Campaign SU 4790 3520} 12714
East-West {Campaign SP 7371 2735} 1219
Edginswell {Campaign SX 8891 6609} 21542
Fawley {Campaign SU 4237 0797} 10308
Felindre {Campaign SS 6798 9923} 21955
Fowey {Campaign SX 1266 5232} 2681
Gravity Innovation {Campaign ST 3283 4227} https://thisisgravity.co.uk
Heathfield {Campaign SX 8289 7587} 9931
Heathrow South {Campaign TQ 0490 6560} 20681
Heathrow West {Campaign TQ 0490 7560} 9171
Helston {Campaign SW 6593 2745} 583|https://www.helstonrailway.co.uk
Henbury {Campaign ST 5676 7973} 17915
Horfield {Campaign ST 5988 7694} 13113
HS2 {Campaign SU 9296 9548} 5138
Kingsbridge {Campaign SX 7349 4416} 23852
Langport {Campaign ST 4204 2680} 15525
Long Ashton {Campaign ST 5404 7027} http://reopen.org.uk/long-ashton-station/
Long Marston {Campaign SP 1550 4780} 11513
Ludgershall {Campaign SU 2644 5093} 12952
Magor & Udny {Campaign ST 4249 8708} 23291
Marlborough {Campaign SU 1890 6919} 13882
Meldon (Campaign SX 5680 9250} 2338
Mid-Cornwall {Campaign SW 7566 5416} 24163
Minehead {Campaign SS 9917 4367} 17237|https://www.mineheadraillinkgroup.org.uk
Newport {Campaign SZ 4997 8919} 19961
Northern Line Extension {Campaign TQ 2908 7743} 20692
North Filton station {Campaign ST 6038 7996} 7178
Nursling {Campaign SU 3776 1630}
Old Oak Common {Campaign TQ 2131 8206}
Pill {Campaign ST 5247 7593} 231
Portbury {Campaign ST 4988 7525} 231
Portishead {Campaign ST 4410 7520} 231
Porton {Campaign SU 2147 3553} 15026
Radstock {Campaign ST 6642 5416} 20967
Ross-on-Wye {Campaign SO 5994 2409} 23538
Royal Wootton Bassett {Campaign SU 0667 8251} 23020
Saltford {Campaign ST 6832 6733} 9214
Sharpness {Campaign SO 6690 0270} 16314
Shepton Mallet {Campaign ST 6184 4354} 21125
Somerton {Campaign ST 4872 2852} 15525
Southampton Ocean Terminal {Campaign SU 4076 1166} 22430
St Anne’s Park {Campaign ST 6246 7253} 24545
Staverton {Campaign ST 8558 6072} 21090
Stonehouse Bristol Road {Campaign SO 8059 0528} 22459
Tavistock {Campaign SX 4814 7446} 804
Thornbury {Campaign ST 6367 9019} 17049
Truro Cattle Market {Campaign SW 8230 4500} 22481
Uphill {Campaign ST 3186 5869}
Ventnor {Campaign SZ 5630 7755} 19961
Wadebridge {Campaign SW 9902 7233} 685
Wantage Grove {Campaign SU 4090 9130} 18592
Waterside Line {Campaign SU 3940 1130} 10308|https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51852821
Wellington {Campaign ST 1390 2070} 5272
Wichelstowe {Campaign SU 1362 8346} 22473
Willenhall {Campaign SO 9641 9825} 3642| http://www.westmidlandsrail.com/news/first-look-at-plans-for-two-new-black-country-railway-stations/
Wilton Parkway {Campaign SU 0963 3119} 16215
Windsor Link {Campaign SU 9700 7700} 5883
Witney {Campaign SP 3563 0987} 23005 20963
Wroxall {Campaign SZ 5507 7973} 22208
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [358690/29650/26] Posted by TaplowGreen at 11:03, 22nd February 2025 Already liked by NickB | |
Alterations to services between Reading and Slough
Due to a points failure between Reading and Slough:
Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed by up to 20 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until 11:30 22/02.
As consistent as Wales.
