Yesterday (11th August) I noticed there were a few cancellations on the Cheltenham to Paddington service so thought I’d go check to see how bad the situation actually was. Looks like there were ZERO through journeys yesterday between Cheltenham/Gloucester and London (and reverse). All cancelled (a couple replaced with a shuttle to Swindon) with crew shortages cited as the reason for all the cancellations.
There were a couple more this morning. It does raise questions about the new timetable from December. If they can’t deliver the current 2 hourly service, why promise doubling of off peak services from December?
I don’t think this is isolated, the Cheltenham service always seem to be the first for the chop, I’ve noticed the new services they added in this timetable seem to suffer when I’ve been travelling to/from Padd.
Any ideas what’s going on here? Is this isolated or right across GWR?
There were a couple more this morning. It does raise questions about the new timetable from December. If they can’t deliver the current 2 hourly service, why promise doubling of off peak services from December?
I don’t think this is isolated, the Cheltenham service always seem to be the first for the chop, I’ve noticed the new services they added in this timetable seem to suffer when I’ve been travelling to/from Padd.
Any ideas what’s going on here? Is this isolated or right across GWR?