Great Western Coffee Shop

Hi all,

Does anyone know why 1D93 (1810 at Maidenhead), has suddenly switched from Platform 3, to Platform 4? It happened about 2 weeks ago I think - confused the hell out of me when I came back from a week off  ??? ;D

It seems that there are services to Reading almost every 5 minutes now, so the times are quite tight (is the 1813 a new one?), which is why I assume it has moved, but it switches back and forth depending on what other services are delayed, and happens right at the last minute, leading to everyone running up and down the stairs. Last night they made the announcement but the boards still showed it on platform 4 for a good few minutes, leading to those that arrived after the announcement being on the wrong platform.

Along those lines, does anyone know why the OpenTrainTimes maps still show it coming in on platform 3, even when its on platform 4? I usually use that to preempt a platform change (it comes in on the mainline and then routes into 3 or 4) - but the last couple of days its shown it coming into 3 both times, when it actually came into 4 on Wednesday.

I can only assume it is to help passengers get to the 18:13 Bourne End service quicker. Perhaps this keeps being delayed when there is a minor delay to 1D93. Problem is though, if 1D93 is a little behind schedule then that delays the 18:15 to Paddington which is waiting to arrive from the middle siding.

I've had a look back through and see no reason as to why it suddenly jumps to platform 3 every now and again. It is scheduled to use Platform 4 until the end of the month though.

(The 18:13 to Reading has been in operation since at least May)