17.51 Paddington/18.55 Oxford-Charlbury

Just to record that FGW have handled the signalling fiasco relatively well so far, and have communicated what is happening via txt and website. Although I have had some disruption in morning travel to London this week on the whole the experience has been as good as it could be. Faint praise but deserved. Fingers crossed for tomorrow

17.51 Paddington/18.55 Oxford-Charlbury

fun and games as train failed at paddington. thankfully we only had to charge from P8 to P9 and FGW removed Maidenhead and Reading stops to speed progress (hooray ! Just like old times !) Reached Charlbury at about 1919 so 10 mins or so late - just as the heavens opened ! Brave souls on the footbridge trek were soaked in seconds !

Any Saturday train: 10 minutes' delay

19:21 train to Charlbury delayed for 10-15 minutes as previous train had no driver to move it into the sidings from Platform 2! Driver must have parked it there and done a flit!

17.51 Paddington/18.55 Oxford-Charlbury

signal probs on single line so held at wolvercote and then into charlbury at 1922

06.10 Charlbury-Paddington

signal failure south of oxford meant approx 30 mins delay

06.10 Charlbury-Paddington

Faulty door on the train meant long delay at Didcot before we eventually got to Paddington 40m late

18.21 Paddington/19.33 Oxford-Charlbury

signal failure at Twyford led to FGW meltdown. No trains in or out of Paddington for around 3 hours starting in rush hour. Just got in at 0110 after leaving central London office at 1800

08.33 Charlbury-Paddington

Left Hereford on time, but was cancelled before reaching Charlbury, owing to emergency engineering works.

06.30 Paddington/08.01 Oxford-Charlbury

signal probs at level 2 crossings between Evesham and Moreton so 16mins late at CBY then 11 mins late at Paddington

06.30 Paddington/08.01 Oxford-Charlbury

Mr Wells. Don't you think safety should be paramount at level crossings, as opposed to time keeping? I, for one, would gladly be late by a few minutes rather than delayed indefinitely due to an accident.

If the train is late because the signalman is late, then it is worthy of a mention, but when safety and the lives of both road and rail users are concerned - aren't you acting a little selfishly?

17.51 Paddington/18.55 Oxford-Charlbury

slow running past Heathrow - "problem with trackside equipment" - 15m late at CBY

06.37 Charlbury-Paddington: 20 minutes' delay

Points' failure south of Platform 1, Oxford

06.37 Charlbury-Paddington: 12 minutes' delay

stopped near Didcot for a bit...

19.21 Paddington/20.39 Oxford-Charlbury

slow through didcot following engineering train; 2144 at Charlbury

06.37 Charlbury-Paddington

0634 ran late and arrived paddington at 0812

06.37 Charlbury-Paddington

The 06.34 was cancelled according to the website because of signal problems. The train manager on the 07.26 explained that the signal problems were because the signal man overslept! Not so funny for those who had been at the station since very early in the morning.

06.10 Charlbury-Paddington

Detrained (!) at Maidenhead after signal failure just outside station in front of us; crossed over to Platform 4 to join next fast train; Paddington at 0744

06.10 Charlbury-Paddington

cancelled

06.37 Charlbury-Paddington

0814 at Paddington - 20mins late

06.37 Charlbury-Paddington: 75 minutes' delay

This once cancelled. 7:30 very late. Drove to Didcot to avoid mayhem. Interested in any postings as to reasons for today's debacle.

06.37 Charlbury-Paddington

Points failure at Norton Junction just this side of Worcester.

06.10 Charlbury-Paddington

Slow running after Reading (more time stationary than moving ?) due to "failure of line-side equipment" (!) - can't remember now if it was 0820 or 0840 when we got to Paddington

Any Sunday train

The first train to London, 1015, was cancelled owing to engineering works over-running. A bus was promised, but coming from Worcester so presumably picking up at every station en route. By 1045 people had either given up (the next train is not till 1225) or paid for taxis.

06.10 Charlbury-Paddington

Belated Season's Greetings from FGW / Network Rail today. No 0606; 0634 cxl but replaced by an 0633. Sadly failed to spot the replacement train so took the 0726; Paddington at 0904

19.21 Paddington/20.39 Oxford-Charlbury

Slow after Reading following stopper train - 2055 at Charlbury