| Weymouth line cancellations Posted by John D at 09:56, 26th May 2026 |     |
Today (Tuesday) the 09:32 from Weymouth is cancelled
Leaves nearly a 4 hour gap between 07:33 and 11:30 trains
Yesterday (bank holiday) cancelled the 15:28 departure
Not very good to leave such massive gaps when it's school holiday week and beach weather.
| Re: Weymouth line cancellations Posted by grahame at 07:59, 9th August 2026 | |
08:01 Weymouth to Cardiff Central due 11:23
08:01 Weymouth to Cardiff Central due 11:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
08:01 Weymouth to Cardiff Central due 11:23 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Didn't realise there were any cross-border trains left from Weymouth. Oh - wait - there aren't today!
| Re: Weymouth line cancellations Posted by Mark A at 09:32, 9th August 2026 | |
Realtimetrains doesn't flag it as cancelled but on the other hand doesn't indicate that it ran...
The following train out of Weymouth via Westbury being the 10:38 in the direction of Swindon. The fate of the people (if any) who intended to catch the 8:01 will probably never be known... but if anyone was heading for the generous connection into the Aberdeen train at Bristol I hope that Weymouth staff gave them a chit and popped them on to something heading up to London...
Mark
| Re: Weymouth line cancellations Posted by TaplowGreen at 09:46, 9th August 2026 | |
Realtimetrains doesn't flag it as cancelled but on the other hand doesn't indicate that it ran...
The following train out of Weymouth via Westbury being the 10:38 in the direction of Swindon. The fate of the people (if any) who intended to catch the 8:01 will probably never be known... but if anyone was heading for the generous connection into the Aberdeen train at Bristol I hope that Weymouth staff gave them a chit and popped them on to something heading up to London...
Mark
The following train out of Weymouth via Westbury being the 10:38 in the direction of Swindon. The fate of the people (if any) who intended to catch the 8:01 will probably never be known... but if anyone was heading for the generous connection into the Aberdeen train at Bristol I hope that Weymouth staff gave them a chit and popped them on to something heading up to London...
Mark
Unfortunately I have heard that an individual approached staff at Weymouth with precisely that scenario but was told that they couldn't give a chit....................
| Re: Weymouth line cancellations Posted by ChrisB at 09:48, 9th August 2026 | |
I'd be straight on to the help point in that case....and then the phone
| Re: Weymouth line cancellations Posted by TaplowGreen at 10:24, 9th August 2026 | |
I'd be straight on to the help point in that case....and then the phone
I'd read that last comment again, perhaps out loud to yourself before doing so.
(Apologies for the overhead shot!)
| Re: Weymouth line cancellations Posted by ChrisB at 10:26, 9th August 2026 | |
Cwertainly gone over my head.....do I need more coffee?
| Re: Weymouth line cancellations Posted by Mark A at 11:11, 9th August 2026 | |
Have some anyway, and tbh, at 8am on a Sunday, is Weymouth staffed?
Mark
| Re: Weymouth line cancellations Posted by Mark A at 11:14, 9th August 2026 | |
Answer: staffed on Sunday from 06:00 to 00:45. (Source: National Rail).
Mark
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/weymouth/
| Re: Weymouth line cancellations Posted by Mark A at 11:34, 9th August 2026 | |
Staffed from 06:00 though the first train appears to be that one for Cardiff at eight.
Our hypothetical passenger for Aberdeen, if given a chit with an easement to vary their route, could travel on the next departure, the 08:45 for Waterloo and a relaxed connection into the 13:42 to Aberdeen from Kings Cross - this would get them into Aberdeen only half an hour or so after their original connecting service from Bristol.
(If their destination was Shetland, they'd have already been planning for a night and a day in Aberdeen as the ferry leaves at varying times between five and seven pm depending on the day, so, from Weymouth, that would need to be a weekday trip, via London - and with one of Graham's 'Plan 'b's in the back pocket.)
Mark
| Re: Weymouth line cancellations Posted by TaplowGreen at 12:07, 9th August 2026 | |
Staffed from 06:00 though the first train appears to be that one for Cardiff at eight.
Our hypothetical passenger for Aberdeen, if given a chit with an easement to vary their route, could travel on the next departure, the 08:45 for Waterloo and a relaxed connection into the 13:42 to Aberdeen from Kings Cross - this would get them into Aberdeen only half an hour or so after their original connecting service from Bristol.
(If their destination was Shetland, they'd have already been planning for a night and a day in Aberdeen as the ferry leaves at varying times between five and seven pm depending on the day, so, from Weymouth, that would need to be a weekday trip, via London - and with one of Graham's 'Plan 'b's in the back pocket.)
Mark
Our hypothetical passenger for Aberdeen, if given a chit with an easement to vary their route, could travel on the next departure, the 08:45 for Waterloo and a relaxed connection into the 13:42 to Aberdeen from Kings Cross - this would get them into Aberdeen only half an hour or so after their original connecting service from Bristol.
(If their destination was Shetland, they'd have already been planning for a night and a day in Aberdeen as the ferry leaves at varying times between five and seven pm depending on the day, so, from Weymouth, that would need to be a weekday trip, via London - and with one of Graham's 'Plan 'b's in the back pocket.)
Mark
Basically then, it's chit or bust?
