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    Strike Day Timetables

    When are strike day timetables likely to be published and loaded onto the National Rail Journey Planner?
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    Westbury to London - Next Strike Weekend

    Yes I appreciate that changing at Salisbury is possible but unfortunately all the other services from Salisbury to Westbury are GWR which are unlikely to be running on a strike day (Sat 6/4/24) Does anyone know if the Paddington to Bath will be running on 6/4? I recall there was an hourly...
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    Westbury to London - Next Strike Weekend

    Thank you for the information. There is a SWR train at 0850 from Waterloo direct to Westbury & a 1750 as well. Both take about 2 hours. I need to corrrect the type of ticket I have. It is a SUPER off peak return. That shouldn't be a problem as its a Saturday? Its 'any permitted' route.
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    Westbury to London - Next Strike Weekend

    I have already booked an off peak return from Westbury to London Paddington using GWR for the next strike weekend (5 & 6 April). Hopefully the outward journey on 5 April will be Ok but would I be entitled to use an alternative route for the return on 6 April eg. from Waterloo via Salisbury to...
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    Is railway run for engineers or passengers, and who should advise disruption

    This notice appears on the GWR website under Engineering Works 17Feb - 23 Feb 2024 Saturday and Sunday - All weekend, buses will replace trains between Bath Spa and Westbury. A revised rail service will run between Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa.
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    LNR (West Midlands Trains) Liverpool service 4 vs 8 cars and 730 introduction

    Many thanks for the information. Good to see that many of the Saturday and all of the Sunday services are scheduled to be 8 cars.
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    LNR (West Midlands Trains) Liverpool service 4 vs 8 cars and 730 introduction

    LNR - Does anyone know which services are currently scheduled for 8 cars and which for 4 cars for Monday to Friday, Saturday & Sunday diagrams ? The LNR website information for 'How busy is my train ' ( which shows how many seats are scheduled for each train service) has not been updated from...
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    LNR (West Midlands Trains) Liverpool service 4 vs 8 cars and 730 introduction

    LNR - Does anyone know which services are currently scheduled for 8 cars and which for 4 cars for Monday to Friday, Saturday & Sunday diagrams ? The LNR website information for 'How busy is my train ' ( which shows how many seats are scheduled for each train service) has not been updated from...
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    Could West Midlands Trains operate 8 cars on their Birmingham to Liverpool service?

    Thank you. Are the diagrams, ie. which trains are 4 car & which are 8 car, published ? How does the planned allocation of 4 car & 8 car trains cope with events such as football matches or concerts or cancellations to LNWR and Avanti services ? Presumably sufficient 5 car 730's have been...
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    Could West Midlands Trains operate 8 cars on their Birmingham to Liverpool service?

    Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/avanti-wc-down-the-pan-again.258896/ Why aren't 8 car trains run by LNR throughout the day on every Liverpool to Birmingham service?
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    Avanti WC down the pan again

    Very poor service from Liverpool this morning. Both the 0843 and 0943 services cancelled giving a 3 hour gap and then the 1043 is predictably only 9 coaches. Looks like the 1543 and 1943 also cancelled.
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    Avanti WC down the pan again

    Another press report with a bit more detail/comment https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/avanti-west-coast-cancellations-delays-150257502.html
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    Avanti WC down the pan again

    ITV news item One third of Avanti trains delayed or cancelled last week https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2023-12-19/one-third-of-trains-delayed-or-cancelled-over-the-last-week-new-data-shows
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    Birmingham to Liverpool capacity drop

    https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:LIV/2023-12-11/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=LM Ok, but still hardly much of a service. There were apparently 9 cancellations the other way from Birmingham to Liverpool. What was the cause of such a shambolic service? Told at...
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    Birmingham to Liverpool capacity drop

    It wasn't a great start to the new timetable on Monday (11 Dec) when it was decimated with 8 services from Liverpool to Birmingham being cancelled. 0933, 13.33, 1433, 1533, 1608, 1733, 1833 and 2133 Note the 4 Hour gap in services between 1233 and 1633 !!
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    Merseyrail legacy fleet updates (Class 507/508)

    Books etc appear to have it on their website at a much reduced price of £11.63 post free https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781781559093 Very reliable & good value bookseller. Often much cheaper than Amazon.
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Surely ALL these engineering works to extend platforms eg at Ormskirk & Southport ( and ALL other places needed ) ought to have been completed BEFORE the first trains were introduced. Common sense. They should have begun & completed all the work in 2022 ? Total incompetence.
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    Avanti West Coast to cut number of services in December

    North Wales service almost completely abandoned ! eg. Sat. 9 Dec. 1x Birmingham to Llandudno Jct. & 2 x Crewe to Llandudno Jct. services and thats it. Bus to Holyhead. Link to December Timetables https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/travel-information/plan-your-journey/timetables#december
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    Storm Babet disruption - Friday 20/10

    4S43 is now moving again and finally passed Shap Summit 170 late. 1S42 is also moving again from Oxenholme and is 183 late.

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