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Bristol December 2007 Timetable - Take Two
« on: September 21, 2007, 05:08:35 PM »

Right.....

The December 2007 times now showing on the NRES Journey Planner (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/) now look far more like the drafts that I have already seen. We now have :

- Hourly Portsmouth - Cardiff.

- 2 - hourly Taunton - Cardiff , hourly Weston - Cardiff (rising to hourly throughout later on the day.)

- Hourly Weston - Bristol Parkway.

- Hourly Westbury - Gloucester with some Brighton / Southampton (missing out Dean and Mottisfont & Dunbridge) / Warminster / Weymouth / Great Malvern extensions.

- Hourly Bristol - Avonmouth with some Severn Beach extensions.

Also :

- No 40 minute frequency Severn Beach Line service , with hourly service retimed from the draft (which were the same as now) , possibly because SBL Bristol - bound services clashed with Taunton - Cardiff services at Narroways Junction at xx24 past the hour.

- Next to useless Melksham / Trans Wilts service.

- The two trains per hour towards Bristol serving Stapleton Road & Lawrence Hill are only 10 minutes apart.

- Apalling connections on cross - Bristol services (eg Keynsham - Patchway.)

- Loss of early morning connections on cross - Bristol services (eg Nailsea - Patchway.)
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Re: Bristol December 2007 Timetable - Take Two
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2007, 10:04:12 AM »

I'm trying to make some sense of the timetables / diagrams that are shown up by the latest FOI disclosure and the On Line Journey planner - making sure I get my facts right before I shoot my mouth off.

Probable rolling stock deployment , based on the unit number codes used by FGW in the Draft December 2007 Timetable :

Class 143/1 - Taunton - Cardiff services.
Class 143/2 - Taunton - Cardiff services.
Class 143/3 - Weston - Bristol Parkway services.
Class 143/4 - Swindon - Cheltenham group services.
Class 143/5 - Taunton - Cardiff services.
Class 143/6 - Bristol - Avonmouth / Severn Beach services.
Class 143/7 - Weston - Bristol Parkway services.

Class 150/1 - Taunton - Cardiff services.
Class 150/2 - Taunton - Cardiff services.
Class 150/3 - Westbury - Gloucester group services.
Class 150/13 - Peak Westbury - Gloucester group services.
Class 150/14 - Westbury - Gloucester group services.

Class 153/8 - Westbury - Gloucester group services.
Class 153/9 - Peak strengthening of Westbury - Gloucester group services.

Class 158/1 - Westbury - Gloucester group services.
Class 158/2 - Westbury - Gloucester group services.
Class 158/4 - Westbury - Gloucester group services.
Class 158/5 - Portsmouth - Cardiff services.
Class 158/6 - Peak strengthening of Westbury - Gloucester group services.
Class 158/7 - Westbury - Gloucester group services.
Class 158/9 - Portsmouth - Cardiff services.
Class 158/10 - Portsmouth - Cardiff services.
Class 158/11 - Westbury - Gloucester group services.
Class 158/12 - Peak strengthening of Portsmouth - Cardiff services.
Class 158/13 - Portsmouth - Cardiff services.
Class 158/14 - Westbury - Gloucester group services.
Class 158/15 - Portsmouth - Cardiff services.
Class 158/16 - Portsmouth - Cardiff services.
Class 158/17 - Portsmouth - Cardiff services.
Class 158/18 - Peak strengthening of Portsmouth - Cardiff services.
Class 158/19 - Marked as "not used."
Class 158/20 - Swindon - Cheltenham group services.

Class 158 (3 - coach) - Portsmouth - Cardiff services.

In the May 2007 extra Melksham trains proposal , Class 153/8 would have formed Salisbury - Swindon services , instead of forming Southampton extensions of Westbury - Gloucester group services. The proposal would also have seen some Warminster extensions of Westbury - Gloucester group services diverted to Frome , in order to provide extra services there as well.
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Re: Bristol December 2007 Timetable - Take Two
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2007, 11:29:11 AM »

According to the 14 May 2007 FGW proposal , the following TransWilts services would have been operated from December 2007. Calling times at Melksham are shown in brackets :

WESTBURY - SWINDON

0702 (0717) , 1935 (1950)

SALISBURY - SWINDON

0740 (0822) , 1031 (1118) , 1331 (1418)

SWINDON - WESTBURY

1842 (1908)

SWINDON - SALISBURY

0619 (0644) , 0902 (0928) , 1202 (1228) , 1502 (1528)
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