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Title: Oxford to Basingstoke? Post by: grahame on January 20, 2020, 05:26:00 A new route to me for through GWR trains ... though Cross Country do it, of course.
Quote 05:19 Oxford to Basingstoke due 06:27 Facilities on the 05:19 Oxford to Basingstoke due 06:27. This is due to a fault on this train. Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3. Is this new from last December? Title: Re: Oxford to Basingstoke? Post by: IndustryInsider on January 20, 2020, 05:53:24 Yes, new, with a mid-evening return. Purely for operational convenience unlike a Gatwick service that a few might find useful.
Title: Re: Oxford to Basingstoke? Post by: stuving on January 20, 2020, 11:34:02 Yes, new, with a mid-evening return. Purely for operational convenience unlike a Gatwick service that a few might find useful. But that operationally-convenient sleepover at Oxford (to avoid the queue for the bathroom at Reading Depot, I guess) used to become a Gatwick train from Reading, didn't it? I wonder if the change is to do with the more or less imminent introduction of 769s. Title: Re: Oxford to Basingstoke? Post by: GWR 158 on February 15, 2021, 18:27:42 I have seen that every weekday there is one inbound and one outbound service Oxford to Basingstoke and vice versa. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P69376/2021-02-15/detailed
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P68531/2021-02-15/detailed These are today's (15/02/21) workings from Realtime trains. Title: Re: Oxford to Basingstoke? Post by: bobm on February 16, 2021, 16:47:07 I understand both will run only between Reading and Basingstoke from May.
Title: Re: Oxford to Basingstoke? Post by: GWR 158 on February 16, 2021, 18:19:10 Bobm, why are they changing it?
Title: Re: Oxford to Basingstoke? Post by: bobm on February 16, 2021, 19:59:38 I don’t know the answer to that. I do know there will be a train running in the path of the morning service as far as Reading from Oxford but then continuing to Paddington.
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