I did a dropoff run this morning ... not usual for a Saturday morning.  09:15 to Southampton service.

A dozen (12) people waiting at the station for the train, which the information point was predicting would be 5 or 6 minutes late.  Everyone had luggage / pushchairs, etc ... I surmise quite a few long distance jourenys in that lot, with perhaps just one or two shorter jourenys.

I'm agreeably astonished at how popular the weekend trains are ... when you consider that there's weekend disruption more often than not.   I guess I shouldn't be astonished; some of the pictures on this web site were taken over last year's August Bank holiday weekend when the trains that I travelled on were bustling!

Would really appreciate the emails, Sion ... I do my very best to get an accurate picture and I've already got a much more reliable / seasonally spread / up to date view than the DfT's figures on which they made their decisions BUT I still don't know the full picture.   The more email reports, the better, in fact!

Thanks!

A follow-up on the 09:15 ... apparentiy quite a few did get on/off at Melksham - probably 8 - but otherwise it was quite quiet until Southampton. Only Southampton and Salisbury were busier than Melksham, with Romsey about the same.  Interestingly, a 2 coach train.