Basil Jet wrote:

On 2015\09\18 16:54, Robin9 wrote:

I travelled on this train this morning. Very interesting. There was
one other
passenger - with the regulation camera - and a member of staff in
civilian
clothes who seemed to be the guard. He said the reason for the
service was
to maintain Chiltern's right of way into Paddington and seemed to
think that
staff training was a secondary consideration.

He also confirmed there was no chance of Chiltern sending more
trains to

Paddington because of a lack of train paths and platforms.

What use is maintaining Chiltern's "right of way" if they don't have
the right to more than one path a day?

The main use is as a diversionary route at weekends if Marylebone is
closed.

Peter Smyth