brad465
Established Member
Earlier today I traveled from Paddington to Bath on the 11:36, which called only at Reading on the way.
When it came to passing through Swindon, the signalman decided to route the train all the way across to the far platform on the north side, which meant crossing all the tracks, then going right back across the other side to continue on, without calling at the station as it was not timetabled to. There were no trains in any platform or the through line, and a HST was held up on the other side of the station while this idiotic maneuver took place. It slowed the journey down obviously and was much more complex than just going through on the Down Main or the through line.
So my simple question is, why on earth might the signalman have decided to do this?
When it came to passing through Swindon, the signalman decided to route the train all the way across to the far platform on the north side, which meant crossing all the tracks, then going right back across the other side to continue on, without calling at the station as it was not timetabled to. There were no trains in any platform or the through line, and a HST was held up on the other side of the station while this idiotic maneuver took place. It slowed the journey down obviously and was much more complex than just going through on the Down Main or the through line.
So my simple question is, why on earth might the signalman have decided to do this?