5th January 2017
As predicted
Facilities on the 07:33 Westbury to Swindon due 08:19.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 1 coach instead of 2.
Facilities on the 08:49 Swindon to Westbury due 09:42.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 1 coach instead of 2.
The 07:33 Westbury to Swindon is a very heavily loaded train which
needs to be two carriages consistently for us to continue to grow. Only slightly behind the 17:36 from Swindon in being 2 cars rather than 1 this year (and it's behind because there's an 07:04 off Westbury which spreads the morning peak a little).
The 08:49, frankly,
will cope at 1 carriage at the moment. It's one of our poor performers.
Due Station
08:49 Swindon
09:06 Chippenham
09:15 Melksham
09:33 Trowbridge
09:42 Westbury
For Newbury electrification works weeks (March 12, April 23, June 4, and also later in year) this train is rescheduled:
08:49 Swindon to Westbury Runs earlier at 08:28 arriving earlier into Westbury at 09:14
from
https://www.gwr.com/travel-updates/planned-engineering/newbury2018which I take to mean something like:
Due Station
08:28 Swindon
08:46 Chippenham
08:57 Melksham
09:06 Trowbridge
09:12 Westbury
I am told that timing would really help people who work in Trowbridge - one major employer at least there works flexitime with core hours (when people must be in) from 09:30.
New connections at Westbury would lead to a much earlier arrival into Salisbury, and the 12:09 Weymouth arrival would become 11:00 - saleable as a day trip through the summer, which it hasn't been (except on engineering-free Sundays!)
Connectional arrivals at Bath (from Melksham) would step forward to 09:34 (from 10:06) and at Bristol Temple Mead to 09:51 (from 10:28).