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Topic: Pewsey and Westbury may have lost out badly too ... (Read 2268 times)
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Graham Ellis
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I haven't looked at the detail yet, but ... The proposed London/Westbury off-peak hourly service will not run west of Bedwyn, allowing the reinstatement of broadly hourly services at Kintbury and Bedwyn for most of the day.
The two London Paddington to Exeter St Davids semi-fast services in each direction will continue, improving connections to the West of England from Pewsey, Westbury and Castle Cary.In other words, the hourly Westbury to London semifast that we've been promised all through the re-franchise has been "pulled" at the last minute, and the semifast service from Paddinton to Exeter, re-instated after great pressure, is just 2 trains a day. Italic text quoted from http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=378I wonder what other little gems are hidden in the 'final' timetable. |
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Sion Bretton
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Just viewed and looks like a train arrives in Chippenham at 20.01 from Southampton Central (is this an error)
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Lee
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The timetable would indeed appear to suggest that , Sion.  |
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Graham Ellis
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Indeed ... I noticed that. It's not a "simple" borrow off the Stroud Valley by the looks of things ... the morning Swindon to Westbury gets to Westbury at 07:02, and the return train also leaves at 07:02. I've heard of an efficient turn around, but you have to give the passnegers time to get on and off, don't you?
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Sion Bretton
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It could be a direct train to bring back the Christmas Shoppers from "West Quay"  |
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