GazK

On 11 May, 11:02, John Chapman <jchap...@clara.net> wrote:
> GazK wrote:
> > My mother, who rashly accepted my assurances that travelling to London
> > by train was the best bet today, is reporting all london bound
> > services cancelled for the next few hours. We are travelling ourselves
> > in a couple of hours. National rail is not giving any reason for the
> > disruption. Does anyone know what is causing this?
>
> If you look at the First Great Western website you will see comments
> about over- running engineering works causing trains not to stop at
> Chippenham.
> John Chapman

Thanks for that - there is no mention of an overrun at National Rail.
Is it just me or is the railway starting to get a bit coy about
overruns? The trains from Chippenham seem to be settling down - in
fact everything is shown as on time. Hopefully Bristol has reopened.
Meanwhile, my mum and sister have made their way to Swindon in an FGW-
paid taxi.