Title: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: grahame on July 04, 2024, 07:49:13 Now twice an hour from Reading. Fast (well, reasonably so) and not subject to this sort of problem ..
From The BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg660p0l91eo) Quote Holidaymakers say they have been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket after using two meet-and-greet car parking firms at Gatwick, the UK's second largest airport. One passenger said she had to get a taxi nearly 150 miles home to Norfolk after Drive Park and Fly told her they could not find her car key when she arrived at the West Sussex airport. Indeed take public transport ALL the way - don't park at stations either! http://www.passenger.chat/apcoa We catch the local bus from outside our home - pity it does not go to the local station but it DOES go (daytime, Monday to Saturday) to Bath Spa Station, where a nice man (not being sexist, but I can't recall any ladies on the staff) helps us get the correct ticket, a lift takes us up to the platform, and we are even offered help boarding the train these days. Allowing plenty of time ... if it's Gatport (change at Reading), or Southampton (for the port) and it's a leaisurly and easy run. Or catch the A4 bus across the road into Bristol Airport. For the absence of doubt, I fly very little these days - 24 counties in the first half of 2024, with just one flight whenI was time constrained. But I HAVE taken multiple people to Gatwick and helped with checkin procedures. Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: CyclingSid on July 05, 2024, 07:06:13 Might not be so good with the amount of crew shortages recently.
Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: TaplowGreen on July 05, 2024, 10:29:41 Might not be so good with the amount of crew shortages recently. Exactly. Reliability on this line is terrible. Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: eightonedee on July 05, 2024, 14:45:50 Quote Exactly. Reliability on this line is terrible. Really? Although it's now over two years since I retired from being a commuter along this line, I've not noticed it being particularly prominent among all the news of problems. Compared to Swindon - Westbury, or North Cotswolds, I expect it looks a paragon of reliability - although sadly those a very low bars to exceed. Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: grahame on July 05, 2024, 15:43:41 Quote Exactly. Reliability on this line is terrible. Really? Although it's now over two years since I retired from being a commuter along this line, I've not noticed it being particularly prominent among all the news of problems. Compared to Swindon - Westbury, or North Cotswolds, I expect it looks a paragon of reliability - although sadly those a very low bars to exceed. Some data: Over the last 6 months, Gomshall has been the 1464th best perrormig station - down 549 places with 4% cancellations. If a train is cancelled, the next one will be along in an hour, or 30 minutes if a stop order is added. Over the last 6 months, Melksham has been the 1900th best performing station - up 98 places with 7% cancellations. If a train is cancelled, the next one will be along about 2 hours later. Over the last 6 months, Evesham has been the 2560th best performing stations - down 73 places with 5% cancelled. If a train is cancelled, next one is typically an hour later. The ranking is based not only on percentage cancelledm but also on delays. At Evesam, 55% are on time, at Melksham 71% are on time and at Gomshall 77% are on time. Source on-time trains, with a midline station selected to ensure reasonable comparable data. The North Downs line has slipped ... but cancellation are roughly half of what they are at my home station of Melksham and the wait when one does not run is only a quarter of the time if another train coming through is stopped instead. By all means be unhappy with the North Downs line and how it has slipped, but don't for a moment think you are now worse served than some of these other places .... Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: TaplowGreen on July 27, 2024, 13:05:19 All trains cancelled. First full weekend of the summer holidays. What a great advert for the railway.
Cancellations to services between Reading and Gatwick Airport Due to a fault with the signalling system between Reading and Gatwick Airport all lines are blocked. Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 14:45 27/07. Customer Advice We're sorry ALL TRAINS are CANCELLED on the North Downs Line until further notice due to multiple signal faults at Guildford. Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: IndustryInsider on July 27, 2024, 13:44:09 All lines reopened shortly after your post.
Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: TaplowGreen on July 27, 2024, 14:38:43 All lines reopened shortly after your post. Yes good to see that disruption doesn't seem to have lasted beyond the time advertised. Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: TaplowGreen on August 02, 2024, 06:14:35 Best take another route today...
Cancellations to services between Reading and Gatwick Airport Due to a shortage of train crew between Reading and Gatwick Airport fewer trains are able to run on some lines. Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day. Customer Advice Due to train and crew shortages some services between Reading to Gatwick Airport will be cancelled. - Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: JayMac on August 02, 2024, 15:14:56 According to this poster I saw at Swindon last week, you can catch a lovely IET from Reading to Gatwick. ::)
(https://i.postimg.cc/tgRy6LZt/IMG-20240727-151640.jpg) Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: TaplowGreen on August 02, 2024, 16:49:02 According to this poster I saw at Swindon last week, you can catch a lovely IET from Reading to Gatwick. ::) (https://i.postimg.cc/tgRy6LZt/IMG-20240727-151640.jpg) I expect Broadgage will be on that one, we know how much he loves IETs - the ideal start for his annual fortnight partying in Benidorm, flying from Gatwick! ;) Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: bobm on August 02, 2024, 17:49:38 http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=28678.msg345942#msg345942 (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=28678.msg345942#msg345942)
Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: bobm on August 02, 2024, 17:53:54 http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=11558.msg344235#msg344235 (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=11558.msg344235#msg344235)
Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: TaplowGreen on August 13, 2024, 07:47:52 Not looking like a great option today either - all cancelled;
07:20 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 08:55 09:00 Gatwick Airport to Reading due 10:28 10:54 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 12:25 12:29 Gatwick Airport to Reading due 13:57 14:24 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 15:55 15:59 Gatwick Airport to Reading due 17:28 17:49 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 19:25 19:29 Gatwick Airport to Reading due 20:57 21:36 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 23:12 23:22 Gatwick Airport to Reading due 00:43 Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: eightonedee on August 13, 2024, 08:02:44 Not good, but only one cancellation every three and a half hours in each direction, one in every seven. Presumably not enough Turbos or crews available.
Title: Re: Advert - take the train to Gatwick. ALL the way from home to Gatwick!! Post by: grahame on August 13, 2024, 08:20:37 Not good, but only one cancellation every three and a half hours in each direction, one in every seven. Presumably not enough Turbos or crews available. Agreed. One in seven passengers hits a cancellation, which puts them back 30 minutes, so the average passenger is delayed by 4.28 minutes. Interesting to do the same calculation for my local line ... 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 |