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« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2013, 14:49:15 » |
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I am a bit confused about this, most mornings while awaiting the train from Didcot to Oxford I hear the announcement for the 08:29 Didcot to Paddington train (06:48 from Weston Super Mare) and it is always announced as the 'Bristolian', yet in the leaflet the Bristolian is supposed to be the 09:46 from Weston Super Mare.
I hold my hands up to that - that was an error on my part. The leaflet has now been corrected to show the correct time. Luke |
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« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2013, 15:03:34 » |
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Then, while we are about it KfD, Speaking from memory, I thought the Penzance sleeper was shewn in the leaflet as departing 2250 but when I accessed the FGW▸ booking page, it said it went at 2345. Have I made a mistake somewhere?
Also, I got some very funny blockages when filling in 'Paddington' and then accepting the offer from the system when halfway through typing. The next page gave me an error shewing 'PAD» ' in the field, which was how far I got before I clicked the system suggestion. It seemed that the acceptance did not overwrite the typing with which I began. Could your 'web man' have a look please? I had to have several goes before I got over the block.
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« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2013, 16:40:04 » |
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It's the wrong way round actually in the leaflet.... M-F from Paddington is 2345 and Sunday night is 2350.
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« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2013, 13:20:11 » |
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Excellent, Luke, a good idea well researched and well presented. Please can you now turn your skills to doing a decent guide to access to (and within) Reading station over Easter.
Gordon, I am led to believe there will be no changes to the access at Reading station during the blockade. Access to the car park will be altered, with the existing overbridge closed. The walking route from station to car park will now be via the subway. A map can be found at http://firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/Reading%20Station%20Improvements/FGW-Reading-Station-Map.ashxAll the best |
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« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2013, 13:38:58 » |
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Not really correct - surely the whole point of the blockade is that access to the station from the north side changes to the future setup at the very start of the Easter Weekend period of closure. The first map you've just pointed out clearly states the route from the car park to the southern entrance via the new subway is temporary between the 1st and 28th of March. Then overnight on the 28th/29th the new Northern entrance and transfer deck becomes available - and that is the most significant change of all.
That clearly means that for a majority of passengers using the station for the first time on the Tuesday, their access route will be completely different?
Did you actually mean it won't change again during the 10 day period following that work, because that isn't how most passengers will see it, especially if they aren't travelling between the Thursday and Tuesday...
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« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2013, 14:31:39 » |
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was shewn in the leaflet as departing
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« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2013, 15:46:25 » |
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Just as well they don't call The Cheltenham Spa Express the Cheltenham Flyer any more otherwise Trading Standards would have them.
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« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2013, 16:30:30 » |
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Just as well they don't call The Cheltenham Spa Express the Cheltenham Flyer any more otherwise Trading Standards would have them.
Even the term "express" is an interesting one ... a. Sent out with or moving at high speed.
b. Direct, rapid, and usually nonstop: express delivery of packages; an express bus.
c. Of, relating to, or appropriate for rapid travel: express lanes on a freeway.
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« Reply #23 on: February 07, 2013, 23:24:36 » |
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was shewn in the leaflet as departing
Good, thats very good, GW▸ tradition kept alive there. Keep it up. Don't encourage him.    |
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« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2013, 20:12:18 » |
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Mind you, there aren't many expresses left as they all stop at Reading..............
And the Cornish Riviera can't manage to make it to Plymouth on a summer saturday without a stop.
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« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2013, 20:22:48 » |
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There's the Capitals United the 0558 from Swansea, non-stop from Swindon to Paddington. And the 0640 from Bristol TM‡, which also skips Reading. I think those are the only ones.
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« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2013, 21:10:35 » |
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There's the Capitals United the 0558 from Swansea, non-stop from Swindon to Paddington. And the 0640 from Bristol TM‡, which also skips Reading. I think those are the only ones.
The Capitals United may not stop at Reading but it evidently slows down quite a bit! ..... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/3994_On-board-Eurostar-a-running-commentary-.htmlIt wasn't all that many years ago that the 18:00 from London Paddington to Bristol didn't call at Reading but it does now. |
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« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2013, 22:07:54 » |
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There's the Capitals United the 0558 from Swansea, non-stop from Swindon to Paddington. And the 0640 from Bristol TM‡, which also skips Reading. I think those are the only ones.
There's the 0714 Didcot Parkway-London Paddington as well but I don't think that really falls under the definition of express either. The Cornish Riviera is still an express being one of the fastest of the day. The Reading stop doesn't add much time really because services would be running slowly through there anyway, and it's a rather useful stop. The worst use of the term express has to be the Devon Express though, the 0706 London Paddington-Paignton, although at least the return from Paignton at 1106 never gained the name, that would be a step to far considering it calls at nearly every stop from Paignton to Reading. |
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« Reply #28 on: February 11, 2013, 12:13:50 » |
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Re: access to Reading station during and after the blockade, I've attached two maps which hopefully clarify what the access arrangements are going to be during and after the work.
Apologies if my last post was a little ambiguous.
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