I had a notification from Trainsplit that my train, the 14.07 from Machynlleth to Shrewsbury is cancelled this Friday, 22 Aug. However every source I have tried still lists it as running. I'll keep checking but anxious not to have any nasty surprises as its the first part of a complicated itinerary to Glasgow. Can anyone shed any light on this?
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Cancellation: Machynlleth-Shrewsbury
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Haywain
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According to the Timetable History website there was a schedule change put in place on August 12th, and that sort of thing can prompt those messages. It's far from clear what might have changed, unfortunately, which leaves you wondering what's going on.
Bletchleyite
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Because of a shortage of 158s/introduction of 197s there have been a couple of round trips a day changed from going to Birmingham to instead being connections at Shrewsbury. It's possibly the case that this is one of them (and it was implemented by cancelling the original train and putting a new one in) - it does look about the right time to be the mid afternoon one. But obviously that doesn't affect you (other than positively as it might be a bit quieter for you).
Traditionally TfW just did this rather than putting it in the timetable if something without ETCS was going to end up on that diagram (because it doesn't affect journey time, just that you have to swap units at Shrewsbury, which they usually try to arrange as cross platform), but it is good that they have put it in the timetable so people can plan around it, though at the expense of a slightly confusing message for you.
Traditionally TfW just did this rather than putting it in the timetable if something without ETCS was going to end up on that diagram (because it doesn't affect journey time, just that you have to swap units at Shrewsbury, which they usually try to arrange as cross platform), but it is good that they have put it in the timetable so people can plan around it, though at the expense of a slightly confusing message for you.
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