Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 06:55 29 Mar 2024
- Bus plunges off South Africa bridge, killing 45
- Easter getaway begins with flood alerts in place
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]
 02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
29th Mar (1913)
Foundation of National Union or Railwaymen (*)

Train RunningCancelled
06:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
07:00 Bedwyn to Newbury
07:22 Newbury to Bedwyn
07:49 Bedwyn to Newbury
08:13 Newbury to Bedwyn
08:46 Bedwyn to Newbury
09:54 Bedwyn to Newbury
10:22 Newbury to Bedwyn
11:29 Newbury to Bedwyn
11:57 Bedwyn to Newbury
12:52 Bedwyn to Newbury
Short Run
04:54 Plymouth to London Paddington
05:23 Hereford to London Paddington
05:33 Plymouth to London Paddington
05:55 Plymouth to London Paddington
06:00 Bedwyn to London Paddington
06:37 Plymouth to London Paddington
06:48 Exeter St Davids to Exmouth
07:03 London Paddington to Paignton
07:38 Bristol Temple Meads to Penzance
07:40 Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury
08:35 Plymouth to London Paddington
10:35 London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
Delayed
23:45 London Paddington to Penzance
05:03 Penzance to London Paddington
06:05 Penzance to London Paddington
07:10 Penzance to London Paddington
08:03 London Paddington to Penzance
08:15 Penzance to London Paddington
09:04 London Paddington to Plymouth
09:37 London Paddington to Paignton
10:04 London Paddington to Penzance
11:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
PollsOpen and recent polls
Closed 2024-03-25 Easter Escape - to where?
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
March 29, 2024, 07:09:44 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[82] would you like your own LIVE train station departure board?
[76] West Wiltshire Bus Changes April 2024
[74] Reversing Beeching - bring heritage and freight lines into the...
[67] Return of the BRUTE?
[57] Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption el...
[46] 2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury...
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
  Home Help Search Calendar Login Register  
  Show Posts
Pages: [1] 2
1  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: Romsey on: February 26, 2020, 21:54:15
Please excuse me, whilst I pick myself up off the floor.
2  Journey by Journey / Portsmouth to Cardiff / Re: Landslip between Salisbury and Romsey on: February 20, 2020, 21:13:41
There should be no need to introduce random trips to Totton, or anywhere else, just because it’s there. 

A few weeks back, before the Eastleigh problems, SWR» (South Western Railway - about) had a weekend of planned Romsey to Romsey circulars, with GWR (Great Western Railway) running hourly Romsey Portsmouth at the same time.  Maybe though, it’s been realised Millbrook and Redbridge  aren’t actually going to overwhelm the Cardiff trains...

Just seems a very negative way of doing things...



I think a lot of people are saying this. With the Eastleigh works drawing to a close soon, seems incredible that there will not even be a Romsey "0" until the end of March. Then again, nothing about SWR shocks anyone any more.
3  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: Delay repay on SWR on: February 07, 2018, 19:25:54
One important element of the delay repay system is the ability to make a claim for the overall delay caused by a missed connection.

It seems SWR» (South Western Railway - about) have a novel solution to reducing claims made on this basis - they have removed the journeys involving the tighter connections from the inbuilt journey details selector on the online delay repay form - despite them continuing to be advertised as valid journeys on the national rail route planner.....



4  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: Delay repay on SWR on: December 16, 2017, 21:35:24
What happens if a season ticket holder is making a journey only as far as an intermediate station, rather than using the full end to end validity on the ticket, and encounters a delay or cancellation?

Presumably there is no compensation at all? Or is the compensation paid as if the full route was being taken?
5  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issues / Re: Teenager electrocuted on railway line in 'tragic accident', says coroner on: January 26, 2014, 14:02:43
You mean something like this?

http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/11430/title/wildenrath-test-track/cat/566
6  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Train services at Bath Spa disrupted due to broken down train (8 April 2010) on: April 10, 2010, 12:35:30
I recall some time ago being on one of the wessex trains class 153s (I think it was a Southampton to Swindon) where the failure of the leading cab just prior to departure from Soton meant that the driver had to swap ends and the train was diverted via Eastleigh, using the tunnel in the process. I think this mave been around 2002/2003.
7  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Splitting Tickets on: March 21, 2010, 15:30:58
In the end, I popped down to my local station this afternoon and coughed up the ^2.70 to have the route excessed to via Honiton, since for the time of day I was travelling it would have resulted in the same arrival time at my eventual destination anyway and saved me the bother of the potential arguement on the train later. But I would tend to agree with Grahame that if a machine issues it, it should be valid- theres there potential for less experienced travellers to get in a real pickle here.

It is not as if it is the only software fault associated with use of a Network Card, some of the SWT (South West Trains) machines allow you to select the card for fares that were originally under ^13 in the first place- resulting in the fare being automatically raised to that minimum level, a bit of a nasty trick really. I dont know if FGW (First Great Western) machines do the same thing.
8  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Splitting Tickets on: March 21, 2010, 09:52:34
Thanks for your swift reply.
Slightly concerning I suppose that it is possible to purchase a ticket that can never be valid, but hardly suprising given the current fare structure.
If I wanted to now pay the couple of quid excess to have the ticket valid via Honiton instead, do I have to elect to do this before I commence the journey at Winchester? Or could it be done by the SWT (South West Trains) guard on the train between Winchester and Southampton? On the other hand could the FGW (First Great Western) guard on the train between Soton and Westbury do an excess for the Honiton route if the train had not reached salisbury yet? Im potentially in an awkward situation if I get to Winchester and theres a long queue at the ticket office.
 Huh Huh Huh
9  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Splitting Tickets on: March 21, 2010, 01:45:03
On the subject of splitting tickets I have found a strange anomaly in the system.
I wanted to make a journey from Winchester to a station in Cornwall, so I decided I would split between Winchester and Exeter St Davids in order to use my Network Railcard discount. However, if the route chosen for this element of the journey is Westbury/Southampton, it seems the guards ticket machines and the self service machines are still applying the nc discount, even though the journey between salisbury and exeter st davids is presumably outside of the published boundary- I therefore now have a ticket costing 24.90, marked as NSE (Network South East) discount, but the route is marked as 'Westbry Shampton'.
So really what I am asking, is the ticket valid on the route via Castle Cary or not? It doesn't state 'Honiton Shampton', that particular option was actually a couple of pounds more.
When I get to Westbury and join a HST (High Speed Train) what is the guards reaction likely to be?
10  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Fare Evasion on: October 05, 2009, 13:02:03
Im not so very sure that the link between rising ticket prices and fare evasion is as strong and direct as some people think.
Many of the regular hardcore evaders would probably freely admit that they simply wouldnt travel by train if it meant paying for it.
I heard it rumoured that the reason there are no ticket barriers at Fratton station is because South West Trains are well aware that it would not for that reason have any significant effect on revenue.

On a moral basis of course, it does make me angry that somebody is receiving the same service and travelling opportunity as me without paying for it, but then it could equally be said that it is not fair that others pay slightly less simply because they are of an age that permits them to use a 16-25 RC or a Senior one.  Just because something is legitimate does not mean it is therefore fair.
11  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: South Hampshire Rail Users (SHRUG) on: July 05, 2009, 20:26:07
This thread has become subject to a bit of misdirected friendly fire largely due to one or two people getting a bit overexcited. Theres no need for anybody to give themselves a nosebleed, afterall most of us are working towards the same end.

12  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: South Hampshire Rail Users (SHRUG) on: July 03, 2009, 01:22:40
Well Ive read through a few of the issues online and I have to say it does seem very negative and vitriolic. Yes its true that SWT (South West Trains) have misled passengers, but there are plenty of completely disproportionate statements in the newsletter as well.

One thing that caught my eye was the silly claim that not being able to use the station as a right of way whilst the nearby footbridge is being refurbished has resulted in a 1 mile detour for a group of elderly people... It is actually barely half a mile and repeating those kinds of letters published in the Daily Echo doesnt really do any one any favours.

To be honest the formatting is a little odd. I wonder if the use of capital letters for words like DUFF STOCK and OPERATIONAL CONVENIENCE in the daily reports are meant to actually indicate anger and shouting on the part of the editor.
13  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: South Hampshire Rail Users (SHRUG) on: July 01, 2009, 23:10:54
I dont think it is possible to buy a network card online or over the phone, but I could be wrong.

Having said that, the way some people go on you would think that having a ticket office was the be all and end all of everything. If people need guidance on ticket types they can also look online first, post a question in a forum etc, and often get guidance that is just as good as that provided by a ticket office.

I would have said that the worst side effect of a ticket office being unexpectedly closed is when the people who normally buy their tickets at the windows end up causing a terrible queue at the machines as they gingerly press at the touchscreen, as if they are trying to defuse a bomb. Are these the same people that cause queues in banks?
14  Journey by Journey / Portsmouth to Cardiff / Re: Non-Existent Service on: July 01, 2009, 18:57:29
Hi, Yes this is prior to 1745, I usually arrive at the station just after 17.30. There are no manual annoucements regarding the missing service either, it is most purplexing.
15  Journey by Journey / Portsmouth to Cardiff / Non-Existent Service on: June 30, 2009, 15:44:02
Ive recently noticed that on a number of occasions at Portsmouth and Southsea recently, the 1745 FGW (First Great Western) weekday departure to the Harbour (from cardiff) has not been listed on the departure boards at all, even as a cancellation. Presumably even if the train was stopped short at Fareham due to heavy delay, it would still be listed as cancelled?
Nobody else there at the time seems to even be put out about these mystery disappearances. Am I actually just going insane?


Pages: [1] 2
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the 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 the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link to report). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants

Jump to top of pageJump to Forum Home Page