Because of signal problems at Amersham, from the NR site:

07:15 All Chiltern Railways services will be diverted and run via Gerrards
Cross. Diverted trains will call at High Wycombe, Gerrards Cross,
Beaconsfield and Denham. Services between London Marylebone and Birmingham
will also go via Gerrards Cross.

Peter

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:46:21 +0000 (UTC), "Peter Masson"
 wrote:


>Because of signal problems at Amersham, from the NR site:
>
>07:15 All Chiltern Railways services will be diverted and run via Gerrards
>Cross. Diverted trains will call at High Wycombe, Gerrards Cross,
>Beaconsfield and Denham. Services between London Marylebone and Birmingham
>will also go via Gerrards Cross.
>
>Peter
>

Where on NR's site does this appear?

Guy Gorton

"Peter Masson"  wrote in message
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> Because of signal problems at Amersham, from the NR site:
>
> 07:15 All Chiltern Railways services will be diverted and run via Gerrards
> Cross. Diverted trains will call at High Wycombe, Gerrards Cross,
> Beaconsfield and Denham. Services between London Marylebone and Birmingham
> will also go via Gerrards Cross.
>

Update - the problem at Amersham (lightning strike putting out the signals)
has been fixed, and trains have reverted to the temporary timetable. How
many passenger traius actually went through GX?

Peter

"Guy Gorton"  wrote in message
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> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:46:21 +0000 (UTC), "Peter Masson"
>  wrote:
>
> >Because of signal problems at Amersham, from the NR site:
> >
> >07:15 All Chiltern Railways services will be diverted and run via
Gerrards
> >Cross. Diverted trains will call at High Wycombe, Gerrards Cross,
> >Beaconsfield and Denham. Services between London Marylebone and
Birmingham
> >will also go via Gerrards Cross.
> >
> >Peter
> >
> Where on NR's site does this appear?
>

It's now on Service Alterations - Cleared Service Alterations.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/incidents/cleared.html

Peter

"Guy Gorton"  wrote in message
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> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:46:21 +0000 (UTC), "Peter Masson"
>  wrote:
>
> >Because of signal problems at Amersham, from the NR site:
> >
> >07:15 All Chiltern Railways services will be diverted and run via
Gerrards
> >Cross. Diverted trains will call at High Wycombe, Gerrards Cross,
> >Beaconsfield and Denham. Services between London Marylebone and
Birmingham
> >will also go via Gerrards Cross.
> >
> >Peter
> >
> Where on NR's site does this appear?
>

It's now on Service Alterations - Cleared Service Alterations.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/incidents/cleared.html

Peter

"Peter Masson"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Peter Masson"  wrote in message
> news:de42od$aju$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>> Because of signal problems at Amersham, from the NR site:
>>
>> 07:15 All Chiltern Railways services will be diverted and run via 
>> Gerrards
>> Cross. Diverted trains will call at High Wycombe, Gerrards Cross,
>> Beaconsfield and Denham. Services between London Marylebone and 
>> Birmingham
>> will also go via Gerrards Cross.


So the Aylesbury-Marylebone trains are diverted through Risborough and 
Wycombe - the exact opposite of the Birmingham-Marylebone trains for the 
past few weeks. What delightful symmetry!


> Update - the problem at Amersham (lightning strike putting out the 
> signals)
> has been fixed, and trains have reverted to the temporary timetable. How
> many passenger traius actually went through GX?


Having sent trains through GX, why would they revert to the temporary 
timetable again if the intention is to use the normal timetable only 24 
hoyrs later? Were trains going through GX tunnel at normal speed or were 
they working through it under special rules, perhaps because there was still 
signalling and or track work remaining to be completed? If it's the latter, 
I can see that National Rail might need more time to put the finishing 
touches to their work before the tunnel is truly open for business.

>
> Having sent trains through GX, why would they revert to the temporary 
> timetable again if the intention is to use the normal timetable only 24 
> hoyrs later? Were trains going through GX tunnel at normal speed or were 
> they working through it under special rules, perhaps because there was 
> still signalling and or track work remaining to be completed? If it's the 
> latter, I can see that National Rail might need more time to put the 
> finishing touches to their work before the tunnel is truly open for 
> business.
>


Principally becasue that is what had been advertised to the public as the 
train service today. Disrupting that to try and revert ot a "normal" service 
with no notice would have been just as bad to the passenger as any other 
sort of disruption.

Also it would have been very difficult to change stock and driver movements 
in the middle of a day without again causing further disruption and 
unreliability to the service.

Andyh

"Andy H"  wrote in message 
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> >
>> Having sent trains through GX, why would they revert to the temporary 
>> timetable again if the intention is to use the normal timetable only 24 
>> hoyrs later? Were trains going through GX tunnel at normal speed or were 
>> they working through it under special rules, perhaps because there was 
>> still signalling and or track work remaining to be completed? If it's the 
>> latter, I can see that National Rail might need more time to put the 
>> finishing touches to their work before the tunnel is truly open for 
>> business.
>>
>
> Principally becasue that is what had been advertised to the public as the 
> train service today. Disrupting that to try and revert ot a "normal" 
> service with no notice would have been just as bad to the passenger as any 
> other sort of disruption.
>
> Also it would have been very difficult to change stock and driver 
> movements in the middle of a day without again causing further disruption 
> and unreliability to the service.
>
> Andyh
>


Spell check now turned back on!

Andyh