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« on: October 17, 2014, 21:11:27 »
Oh joy. Due to planned engineering works (I assume), Maidenhead (as I am sure other stations have too) has lost half it's Saturday service tomorrow which is already busy when it's running as planned (four trains an hour usually).. I can hardly wait.. Huh

 



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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2014, 09:31:00 »
Does anyone know how long these trains are today? I am hoping 5 or 6 carriages.. Otherwise I am very tempted to drive..
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2014, 11:29:13 »
12:44 and 14:20 departures to London are 3-car, but practically everything else is either 5 or 6 cars.
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2014, 16:10:38 »
The 0944 TWY▸ (Twyford station)-PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) this morning had 6 cars but I'm currently on the 1521 stopper from PAD which has only 3. Incidentally I've noticed that the 1546 fast PAD to OXF» (Oxford - next trains) was cancelled due to a train failure.
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« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2014, 16:45:27 »
Quote from: BBM on October 18, 2014, 16:10:38
The 0944 TWY▸ (Twyford station)-PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) this morning had 6 cars but I'm currently on the 1521 stopper from PAD which has only 3. Incidentally I've noticed that the 1546 fast PAD to OXF» (Oxford - next trains) was cancelled due to a train failure.

Yes, the 15:21 would be the return working of the 14:20 I mentioned in the previous post.  How busy is it?
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« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2014, 17:36:54 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on October 18, 2014, 16:45:27
Quote from: BBM on October 18, 2014, 16:10:38
The 0944 TWY▸ (Twyford station)-PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) this morning had 6 cars but I'm currently on the 1521 stopper from PAD which has only 3. Incidentally I've noticed that the 1546 fast PAD to OXF» (Oxford - next trains) was cancelled due to a train failure.

Yes, the 15:21 would be the return working of the 14:20 I mentioned in the previous post.  How busy is it?

It didn't seem too bad, maybe 75-80% full, certainly not overcrowded.
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« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2014, 19:37:16 »
I didn't risk it.. I went for Plan B which was drive to Osterley, park all day for ^2 and get the tube in (as I have a monthly travelcard).. Admittedly it was busy at times but not on a FGW▸ (First Great Western) cattle truck scale... Grin
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2014, 12:53:06 »
Yesterday, as well as a half hourly stopping service there was also a half hourly faster train stopping at Twyford, Maidenhead and Slough only which was a bonus and the (fast) train I got was 6 carriages..

However it wasn't terribly well thought through as a stopping train left Maidenhead 12 minutes ahead of the fast train but it was only 3 carriages.. As you can imagine that train got later and later (13 late by Ealing Broadway) as people would have tried to get on to an already full train at each station which delayed us a bit but not a problem for me since my train wasn't full.. I did feel sorry for people on the stopping service though
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2014, 13:30:47 »
Quote from: johoare on October 17, 2014, 21:11:27
Oh joy. Due to planned engineering works (I assume), Maidenhead (as I am sure other stations have too) has lost half it's Saturday service tomorrow which is already busy when it's running as planned (four trains an hour usually).. I can hardly wait.. Huh

Network Rail have got to lower the trackbed under some bridges in order for electrification equipment to fit underneath, or that's what they have been doing the past few weekends in the Slough area unfortunately that results in a loss of capacity on the route. 
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