There ... continue to be ... comments on social media suggesting that the change at Salisbury is no problem. And the ones I've seen so far are all from people who don't live anywhere near here and give no indication of ever being nearby. Typically written in terms that suggest the author has a knowledge and authority - "This is a fuss about nothing" they state.
I'm afraid I took the bait and after a reference to TAG analysis that shows the time people will waste at Salisbury has more value than the saving made by the service removal, I added
Just imagine if South Wales to London passengers had to change from a TfW to a GWR▸ train at Pilning, and wait there for 59 minutes because the London train had left the platform to allow the train from Swansea to arrive.
I won't bother running a poll to ask if you, dear members, would be happy with nearly at hour at Pilning event time you crossed into and out of Wales by train, or at Carlisle or Berwick Upon Tweed on every trip to Scotland which might have been a more appropriate example!
