FGW HST caped at Tenby

[truckman060473]

Some technical fault, I heard, with the final summer Saturday service to Pembroke Dock (PMD). The train's progress on NRE was getting later and later until it was advertised as expected 13.14 into Carmarthen. (12.46 dep normally). At the station, the destination board showed Tenby instead of [stn]PMD[/stn]. No announcement was made saying the train was terminating at Tenby, just that it was running late. Sometimes when HST's develop problems they're caped at Swansea. But maybe that would cause chaos if everyone with luggage were forced off here. After all, the majority of tourists/passengers do disembark at Tenby.

 

[anthony263]

I remember last year when they scrabbled that class 60 from Margam to resuce a hst and tow it from Tenby to Swansea.

 

[truckman060473]

Do you mean the 60 that was turned back near Whitland because the FGW fitter remedied the fault in the set?

 

[Schnellzug]

doubt there'd be many wanting to go to Tenby in this weather, anyway.

 

[IanXC]

I think it was more than 20 late leaving Paddington this morning, heard a dispatcher at Reading say "Pembrokes blown up" to a colleague. Maybe it wasn't so immediately doomed but its caught up!

 

[anthony263]

Do you mean the 60 that was turned back near Whitland because the FGW fitter remedied the fault in the set?

Yes, shame really would have been nice to get some haulage behind a 60, then again perhaps not especially for the other passengers