The 'new' service, 1234 Bristol - Westbury used to be ECS▸ , so it is good to see FGW▸ are creating good things out of some of there pointless ECS moves! For anyone who cares, this forms the 1332 to Cardiff then the 1600 to Weymouth, so will be booked 3 car I belive
Yes this 'extra' service makes up for the loss of the Brighton service stopping at places like Keynsham, Oldfield Park, Freshford and Avoncliff. So it's a positive move. Makes you wonder why they didnt think of it in time for last December's TT. This would have deflected a bit of negative publicity surrounding these stations losing one of their services.
This service along with the 08:34 Bristol-Swindon (again was going to ECS but which started as a passenger service at December TT change) means that overall Keynsham and Oldfield Park still have a pretty respectable service in the Bath direction.