Tetchytyke
Veteran Member
If it's going to be shut until at least 17 February, do we think the Watford blockade will be cancelled? If not I hope London Midland hire in more buses...
SLW won't allow much of a service to run, owing to the length of the section. Who would get paths I wonder, Chiltern? XC? freight? or would it just be to allow spoil trains access to the site?
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So can ordinary passenger trains be diverted this way? I am one of those who likes to STAY on a train if possible , after all its what we pay for? If I liked buses/coaches I would use National Express/ Magic bus etc !!!
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So can ordinary passenger trains be diverted this way? I am one of those who likes to STAY on a train if possible , after all its what we pay for? If I liked buses/coaches I would use National Express/ Magic bus etc !!!
SLW won't allow much of a service to run, owing to the length of the section. Who would get paths I wonder, Chiltern? XC? freight? or would it just be to allow spoil trains access to the site?
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So can ordinary passenger trains be diverted this way? I am one of those who likes to STAY on a train if possible , after all its what we pay for? If I liked buses/coaches I would use National Express/ Magic bus etc !!!
The line is now being reported as to be closed until at least 17th Feb.
From:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/90845.aspx
There is currently no estimate how long the work to repair (sic) - it is likely to take several weeks and as soon as we have a definite estimate for when trains can run safely, we will make this available.
Confirmed WCML blockades cancelled 14/15th Feb, and 21/22nd Feb. Looking like a long slog to fix.
Confirmed WCML blockades cancelled 14/15th Feb, and 21/22nd Feb. Looking like a long slog to fix.
Confirmed WCML blockades cancelled 14/15th Feb, and 21/22nd Feb. Looking like a long slog to fix.
Have you got a source for this?
Now up on NRE
The engineering work scheduled to take place between London Euston and Watford Junction has been cancelled and trains will now run on this route.
Several TOCS involved plus bus/coach companies no doubt wanting compensation as contracts will be cancelled . Of course, its the customer, sorry passenger !, who will have to pay for it all in the long run !!
It's better to go ahead with the block as planned then, is it? Sounds like such a good plan for the passenger...Knowing all the work and info for the public that's gone into that, will take time for it all to be undone . Virgin have had the info about WCML blockade on
website after Xmas. Several TOCS involved plus bus/coach companies no doubt wanting compensation as contracts will be cancelled . Of course, its the customer, sorry passenger !, who will have to pay for it all in the long run !!
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So can ordinary passenger trains be diverted this way? I am one of those who likes to STAY on a train if possible , after all its what we pay for? If I liked buses/coaches I would use National Express/ Magic bus etc !!!
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Yes, I've just seen a poster in the subway at Temple Meads that proclaims that 97% of all passenger fare revenue goes back into the railway.Why? it will be NR that have to cough for it.
I'm surprised Didcot-Swindon-Cheltenham-Birmingham does not figure in the XC and freight diversions.
Much more capacity now the Kemble route has been redoubled.
Fast route all the way, capacity available throughout.
Not sure about freight clearance.
Not much use for Oxford/Banbury/Leamington though.
Knowing all the work and info for the public that's gone into that, will take time for it all to be undone . Virgin have had the info about WCML blockade on
website after Xmas. Several TOCS involved plus bus/coach companies no doubt wanting compensation as contracts will be cancelled . Of course, its the customer, sorry passenger !, who will have to pay for it all in the long run !!
Yes, I've just seen a poster in the subway at Temple Meads that proclaims that 97% of all passenger fare revenue goes back into the railway.
Yes, I was trying to think, if this was going to go on for a long time, whether there would be a way of getting 1 tph from the South Coast to the Midlands/North over a diversionary route round the problem, but in percentage terms of the total number of passengers, how many actually make through journeys that would benefit form such a measure. Taking into account all the problems and expense involved in route knowledge/ provision of conductors etc.I'm surprised Didcot-Swindon-Cheltenham-Birmingham does not figure in the XC and freight diversions.
Much more capacity now the Kemble route has been redoubled.
Fast route all the way, capacity available throughout.
Not sure about freight clearance.
Not much use for Oxford/Banbury/Leamington though.
Was curious why at least some freights couldn't go via the Cotswold Line but seems the stretch between Wolvercot Junction (Oxford) and the Long Marston branch near Honeybourne is only loading gauge W6 and so not container train-friendly.
I'm surprised Didcot-Swindon-Cheltenham-Birmingham does not figure in the XC and freight diversions.
Much more capacity now the Kemble route has been redoubled.
Fast route all the way, capacity available throughout.
Not sure about freight clearance.
Not much use for Oxford/Banbury/Leamington though.
Presumably this will delay the completion of the Watford renewals? The ORR will be pleased
As I said back up the thread, Voyagers aren't allowed up the Cotswold Line, and I think the same applies to Swindon-Standish junction, and XC drivers certainly don't know the Cotswold Line - some may know the route via Kemble.