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Title: 90 mph trains on 75 mph diagrams - good signs Post by: grahame on May 29, 2018, 08:56:03 Interest to observe this morning a couple of 166 runs (Melksham - Trowbridge and Trowbridge - Bristol Parkway) where the train was consistently arriving a couple of minutes early into stations and having to wait for time - and that even on some runs that were scheduled for as little as 10 minutes / departure to departure.
Certainly proved what can be done - Melksham to Temple Meads in 52 minutes, change at Trowbridge. An it was an all stations ("Bristol MetroWest") from Trowbridge too. P.S.26/6 passenger numbers for the 06:36 off Melksham, and according to folks I spoke with trains are quieter than normal as it's day after bank holiday and half term. Certainly lots more capacity than I expected on trains I used after TransWilts. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |