Whitland bay platform

[zero]

I am on 1B64 which just called at Whitland at 1748 (12th May).

There was a TfW passenger train in the bay platform with passengers, driver and guard, but I can't find any information about what this train is meant to be? Nothing is timetabled to use that platform except on one Sunday in May and July.

 

[Stampy]

https://www.opentraintimes.com/location/WHLAND/2023-05-12/16:48

Looks like it was the following train - running 62 minutes late at Whitland.

2E28 1557 Swansea - Pembroke Dock (AW)​

 

[Western 52]

That's a through service from Swansea though, so presumably shunted into the bay to free up the main line whilst waiting for the road to Tenby?

 

[Anonymous10]

That's a through service from Swansea though, so presumably shunted into the bay to free up the main line whilst waiting for the road to Tenby?

Yes that'll be it, happens time to time when the line mainline is required and the west bound unit needs to await the line to be cleared

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I am on 1B64 which just called at Whitland at 1748 (12th May).

There was a TfW passenger train in the bay platform with passengers, driver and guard, but I can't find any information about what this train is meant to be? Nothing is timetabled to use that platform except on one Sunday in May and July.

What services are planned for the bay platform sorry?

 

[zero]

Yes that'll be it, happens time to time when the line mainline is required and the west bound unit needs to await the line to be cleared

Thanks I think I get it now.

2E28 SWA-PMD should have crossed 2E25 PMD-SWA at Tenby at 1738, but 2E28 was 22L so they let 2E25 depart Tenby on time.

So 2E28 couldn't depart Whitland until 1811 when 2E25 exited the single line section. Platform 2 needed to be clear for 1B42 to Milford Haven at 1753 - although in the end the shunting wasn't necessary because 1B42 didn't get there until 1817, but they may not have known that at the time.

What services are planned for the bay platform sorry?

RTT shows some trains in platform 3 on these dates:

Realtime Trains | Departures from Whitland all day on 28/05/2023

Train information at Whitland all day on 28/05/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Realtime Trains | Departures from Whitland all day on 02/07/2023

Train information at Whitland all day on 02/07/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

 

[class68fan]

Do passenger stay on train when it shunt into bay?

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

Do passenger stay on train when it shunt into bay?

If the move can be made on main aspect signals then there‘s no reason why the passengers can’t remain on board.

 

[Class 317]

I was on a Pembroke train a few years back that was shunted into the bay awaiting a late branch train. We stayed on the train.