Least Delay When Stops Are Missed Out

[dmacw]

Just passed through Reading and heard the 16.48 to Bedwyn would be missing out Theale, Aldermaston and Thatcham. It was on the board as running 9 minutes late. (For reasons unknown it actually left 19 minutes late)

My question is, what's the least delay you've known of, when stops have been missed out, or a train terminating early?

9 minutes seems quite low to me.

 

[VTPreston_Tez]

5 minutes for Southeastern, I've seen it happen at 2 though.
https://twitter.com/Se_Railway/status/265502920395603968

 

[tsr]

Redhill was once missed out of a London Victoria > Bognor Regis and Somewhere Else service due to a 3 minute delay.

Actually, I think that's happened more than once.

 

[Eagle]

Although in the case of Redhill you'd've been sent down the avoiding line rather than just speeding through the platform.

 

[Robinson]

Although in the case of Redhill you'd've been sent down the avoiding line rather than just speeding through the platform.

As has happened to me twice on Southampton-London Victoria services, after being delayed in the Arun valley...

 

[MidnightFlyer]

5 minutes for Southeastern, I've seen it happen at 2 though.
https://twitter.com/Se_Railway/status/265502920395603968

If you read the second half of that Tweet (https://twitter.com/Se_Railway/status/265502921741975552) it actually was in effect cancelled for the second half of its working (back to London via Sidcup), so not cut stops, indeed just a train terminating short. I would assume it ran back to Slade Green depot for any attention required afterwards.

 

[northwichcat]

The missed calls aren't always down to the length of the delay though.

One day an ATW 175 had terminated off an ex-Llandudno service at Manchester Piccadilly. When the driver switched ends he found there was a fault in the other driving cab, so the train was sent to platform 12 and formed a 'Llandudno' service running non-stop via Stockport. (Although I imagine there would have been a unit swap at Chester.)

The train ran late but the late running was not the reason for the missed calls.

 

[Captain Chaos]

I was on the 16:48 to Bedwyn travelling home. The reason for the delay was that the 16:41 to Swansea had broken down in front of the Bedwyn on Platform 7 leaving the Bedwyn trapped. The Swansea service had a WSP fault and required a rotational test before continuing.

The Bedwyn left at 17:02, which is why it was run fast to Newbury, as the 17:04 to Exeter and the 17:12 stopper would have been both behind it. Running it fast minimised any further knock-on delays. The service waited in the platform at Newbury for the Exeter to arrive to maintain it's connection to Bedwyn.
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Oh, and on the subject of lowest delay minutes. I was on a Redhill stopper once that was on-time. It was run fast calling Guildford and Reading. There was a major problem around Reading at the time and the driver was required back at Reading ASAP for another service.

 

[12CSVT]

An FCC Sutton service missing out stops south of Blackfriars when it was 0 minutes late (ie on time). It had also missed out stops between St Albans and St Pancras. Obviously a stop order had been issued at Luton or St. Albans.

And I've seen that happen on more than one occasion.

 

[Eagle]

An FCC Sutton service missing out stops south of Blackfriars when it was 0 minutes late (ie on time). It had also missed out stops between St Albans and St Pancras.

The reason for that being...? :?

 

[12CSVT]

The reason for that being...? :?

Left Luton (or St Albans) mega-late

 

[Eagle]

Left Luton (or St Albans) mega-late

Ah. I take it it was too late to reinstate the stops in south London then.