Light at the end of the (Twerton) tunnel?
It was not a good week to be travelling to and from Oldfield Park, but there was one cause for optimism. On Thursday and Friday the 17:04 from BTM was 3 carriages. Certainly an odd collection of carraiges(those manual dividing doors REALLY confused us), with some apparently coming from the Trans Pennine route, but carriages all the same. However the down side is that the 17:22 seems to be 2 carriages more often. Lets see what happens next week.
Labels: bath, first great western, oldfield park, trains
posted by www.loial.co.uk at 12:05 AM
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Some readers' journeys home may have been affected by an incident near Frome on Friday afternoon. I use it as an illustration as to how the 'timetable' can collapse like a pack of cards and a traveller never sees the bigger picture! And it's not always FGW's fault. An Up London HST was 'involved in a fatality'. The main line was closed in both directions and the Weymouth to Cardiff service was trapped in Frome station for that time. That meant that a train and crew that were scheduled to operate rush hour services was no longer available. When the HST was moved it was parked in a platform at Westbury station for several hours causing more congestion in both directions, as Westbury is very busy at that time. At one stage another train failed at Westbury (that probably was FGW's fault!)leaving only one platform for trains in both directions, causing even more delays to not only the current service but also to subsequent workings with trains and crews out of synchronisation. The knock-on effect lasted several hours.
A good time to mention the dangers of trespass on the tracks. Please try and stop your kids - and your adults - going on the tracks. It happens every day - people are taking shortcuts across the track when their view is blocked by the train they have just left. They think they are immortal. Perhaps some are, but most are not. The driver in yesterday's incident said it was his eighth fatality. It is more common than you think. A fast train is unbelievably quiet when moving towards you. At yesterday's fatality spot an HST would appear from around a blind corner at 100 mph with very little warning.
Have a good weekend and let's hope that next week brings the promised improvement to services from Oldfield Park and other stations on the Bristol commuter route.
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