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« on: March 17, 2010, 11:39:19 » |
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Do you travel from within walking distance of one station to within walking distance of another, or is your most common journey one where your FGW▸ services connect in to / out of other trains / tubes / buses / cars / cycles / taxis / ferries?
Please answer for your most common journey ... and please treat a train that's operated by someone who's not FGW as an ongoing connection.
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Ollie
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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2010, 11:40:42 » |
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Car to and from station.
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Zoe
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2010, 12:26:18 » |
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Bus to and from station Monday to Saturday daytime, taxi in the evening and on Sundays when the bus does not run.
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Mookiemoo
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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2010, 12:33:30 » |
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Car at this end
Either FGW▸ or SWT▸ at the other
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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2010, 13:02:25 » |
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I don't have a regular commute on FGW▸ - I actually use bus + walking, or occasionally the car. I use FGW mainly for business travel to clients in the west. I will use First Capital Connect + Underground to get to Paddington at this end. At the other end, it depends on the location of the client office. If it's within a mile or so of the station, I am happy to walk. Otherwise it might be a bus (if convenient) or a taxi. So I'm probably a floating voter as far as the poll is concerned.
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Brucey
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2010, 14:31:37 » |
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I usually walk to Redland from here which takes me nicely into Temple Meads.
At the other end, I usually get picked up by someone or take a taxi. Very rarely do I take the bus at and it is a little too far to walk. If I'm travelling in the evening, then I have to change at Southampton to a Southern service to complete my journey.
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matt473
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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2010, 15:21:36 » |
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I can't really answer as it honestly depends on why I'm travelling, lugagge etc. Usually I will walk to or from Temple Meads for example but if I'm carrying a large amount of baggage then I will catch the bus. And at the other end it depends on the time of day as to whether I catch a bus, get a lift or a mixture of an onwards connection with ATW▸ and walk the rest. I have to be akward don't I  |
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« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2010, 15:56:04 » |
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Car to Twyford or Wargrave (depending on time of travel- Wargrave if I'm travelling in the peaks, Twyford off peak), then walk from Paddington.
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grahame
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« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2010, 17:31:50 » |
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Many thanks for the 'votes' (or rather mini-survey responses) so far. I'm looking to gauge and learn what sort of proportion of our members' journeys are purely on FGW▸ 's train network, and what proportion connect in and out of other transports. Please do post details (as some of you have already been doing); I'm very interested in this too, but I kept the question straightforward rather than trying to come up with all possible combinations.
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Mookiemoo
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« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2010, 17:41:36 » |
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Details.......
If travelling a normal commute it is FGW▸ all the way 90% of the time if you don't count my cycle/walk at the other end. If I miss the connection, the SWT▸ service leaves a few minutes later so its usually easier to get that than wait. Then I get a cab at the other end.
If travelling off peak then normally I go arriva to newport then connect with FGW and vice versa.
Only if I have the time to spare do I use W&S▸ or if I have to go to birmingham I use XC▸ - both of these are FROM work to home
Its a car at this end to the station in all cases
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« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2010, 17:48:50 » |
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My commute: 10 minute walk, 10 minute FGW▸ journey (NLS / BRI» ), 10 minute walk.
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« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2010, 18:04:17 » |
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Back in the old days once a week or so it used to be Oxford Bus Co (Headington to Oxford station) - FGW▸ - Wessex Connect/South Glos Bus and Coach/Buglers/whatever company had the council contract that week onward from Keynsham. Unless that happened to be on a Sunday, in which case it was a 25-min walk from Keynsham International.
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« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2010, 05:17:58 » |
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Travel hither and thither, but my most frequent trip over the last twelve months has been Bristol to Bracknell:
25 minute walk to Shirehampton, then FGW▸ to Bristol Temple Meads, then FGW to Reading, then SWT▸ to Bracknell, then First buses (or Courtney Coaches eve/wkend) to my final destination.
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5 min walk to bus stop. Wessex Connect bus to Bristol Parkway then as above.
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« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2010, 06:57:42 » |
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Walk to the station (West Drayton), train to Paddington, then bus or tube onwards to Victoria. Which depends on the weather (bus more pleasant when hot), time I get to Paddington (normally only get the tube if I get to Paddington Before 8:00) or day of the week (I collect a Shortlist from outside the station on a Thursday, so get the bus).
Then reverse in the evening.
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The Grecian
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« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2010, 18:47:45 » |
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I live by Parson Street in Bristol but when going anywhere I normally tend to walk/jog/run to Temple Meads, which takes me about 20-25 minutes as it means:
a) I can leave when I want and I don't have to hang around waiting for a connection (only 1tph offpeak, which is when I tend to use the railways).
b) If I've booked tickets from Temple Meads to wherever I'm going I don't have to deal with barrier issues to get to the ticket machines
c) I can find out what's happened to my train as I'm not aware of any train running information at Parson Street
I'd never bother using a bus to Temple Meads as it's slower and generally more expensive than the train.
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