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I received a notification that my train from Dorchester South is now departing 5 minutes earlier, with arrival at Waterloo unchanged.

It turns out that from Monday 3rd to Friday 7th August departures are retimed in each direction.

I can't see any reason for this, there are no engineering works, temperatures are forecast to be lower than what we have had previously this year, and it's for five days only.

I couldn't find any explanation on the SWR website either.

Does anyone here know why? I'm just curious.

 

[D6130]

I received a notification that my train from Dorchester South is now departing 5 minutes earlier, with arrival at Waterloo unchanged.

It turns out that from Monday 3rd to Friday 7th August departures are retimed in each direction.

I can't see any reason for this, there are no engineering works, temperatures are forecast to be lower than what we have had previously this year, and it's for five days only.

I couldn't find any explanation on the SWR website either.

Does anyone here know why? I'm just curious.

Is it anything to do with temporary speed restrictions caused by embankments shrinking in the hot, dry weather?

 

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Is it anything to do with temporary speed restrictions caused by embankments shrinking in the hot, dry weather?

Doesn't seem to be as it's for five days only

 

[Rhino444]

I received a notification that my train from Dorchester South is now departing 5 minutes earlier, with arrival at Waterloo unchanged.

It turns out that from Monday 3rd to Friday 7th August departures are retimed in each direction.

I can't see any reason for this, there are no engineering works, temperatures are forecast to be lower than what we have had previously this year, and it's for five days only.

I couldn't find any explanation on the SWR website either.

Does anyone here know why? I'm just curious.

It’s due the Power Reduction between Brockenhurst and Christchurch( Due to a fire in a substation).
To speed things up the 04 past the hour from Bournemouth to Weymouth are making fewer stops (it only has a 20 minute turn around a Weymouth) and the 24 past the hour from Bournemouth to Weymouth are making the additional Stops (as it has a 45 minute turn around at Weymouth).
I think this will be like this for a while depending how quickly they can fix the problem with the substation.
The same reason the 03 past hour from Weymouth will depart at 58 past and the 20 past at 15 past the hour.

 

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Thanks very much for the explanation

 

[James H]

this is the page with further details
https://www.southwesternrailway.com...s-for-bournemouth-poole-and-weymouth-services

Engineers are working hard to fix the substation as quickly as possible, however, because access to the track is limited, and we need specialist equipment and electrical components that are in limited supply, we estimate that repairs may take months to complete.

We are still able to run trains by using alternative power supplies, but for safety reasons, the amount of power must be restricted. This affects the number of trains we can run in the same area at the same time.

Also attached is the poster at Holton Heath showing the reduced timetable

 

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Thank you!