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Title: Cancellations - effect on connections Post by: grahame on August 21, 2019, 20:55:35 Quote 21:22 Southampton Central to Westbury due 22:30 21:22 Southampton Central to Westbury due 22:30 will be cancelled. This is due to a shortage of train crew. Additional Information Customers should use the next service, the 22:23 from Southampton Central to Westbury which calls at Romsey (22:34), Salisbury (23:00), Warminster (23:20), Dilton Marsh (23:24) and Westbury (23:29). The 21:22 is an interesting train off Southampton. It's just a few minutes behind the last Portsmouth - Bristol and loads very lightly off Southampton. It pauses at Salisbury to allow a connection off a train from Waterloo, with folks getting out again at Warminster. And at Westbury it connects into the final train of the day to Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads. At first glance, perhaps not too big a problem - but look at the connectional issues. The biggest "ouch" being dropping - admittedly a very few - people at Westbury off the alternative suggested after the last train of the day has headed off north. If it wasn't timetabled, it might not be a problem. Operationally, logical. As the last advertised journey of the day between cities (Southampton and Salisbury to Bath and Bristol), not clever from a passenger viewpoint. 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 |