We want more room!

[whole diary]

[Commuting Bookworm]

How come on the Reading to Basingstoke we only get two carrages, and people standing, and on the Newbury - Reading train hardly anyone is on it, but they get three carrages?

Also how come not all guards check our tickets? Sometimes becuase of bikes being a saftey concern I sit and wish a guard to come along and they don't. I always think that if there was an accedent half of us would be injured by bikes in the walkway.

Also why do some people (usually not regulars) think that their rucksack/ laptop qualifies for a seat when some people have to stand?

just some gripes from a fare paying passenger!

[Ollie]

You also get your nice 5 carriage voyager.
Newbury and Bedwyn doesn't.

If someone has a bag on the seat you can just ask them to move it.

In terms of carriages it's mostly down to demand at other times, and the carriages follow a diagram for that particular day.

[swlines]

5 carriage Voyager? You mean 4 coach Voyager Ollie?

5 is just luck!

[Phil]

Bear in mind the Voyagers don't (or at least aren't scheduled to) stop at Reading West, Bramley or Mortimer.

All the same I have to confess, travelling from Melksham to Basingstoke via Reading (as I regularly do) I think I'd much rather have the admittedly crowded two coach half-hourly service I get at the end of the journey than the no trains at all between dawn and dusk service I get at the start. Maybe that's just me being unreasonable though.

[Commuting Bookworm]

5 COACH VOYAGERS? Do you mean by this the cross country services that are going on to such places as manchester, or Bournemouth? If so, these are even more packed that the tatty 2 coaches! and the only one that I ever see / occasionaly get on is the one that leaves Basingstoke to manchester at 1749. Or is there other trains I do not know about? Prey tell & share! 

[swlines]

Trains from READING to BASINGSTOKE on 19/05/08 after 0700. CrossCountry only.

All trains take 23 minutes from Reading to Basingstoke. All trains go to Bournemouth except 2145 and 2245 from Reading.

0745 arr 0808
0845 arr 0908
0945 arr 1008
1045 arr 1108
1145 arr 1208
1245 arr 1308
1345 arr 1408
1445 arr 1508
1545 arr 1608
1645 arr 1708
1745 arr 1808
1845 arr 1908
1945 arr 2008
2045 arr 2108
2145 arr 2208
2245 arr 2308

Trains from BASINGSTOKE to READING on 19/05/08 after 0700. CrossCountry only.

All trains take 17 minutes from Basingstoke to Reading. All trains run from Bournemouth except 0547 and 0647 which run from Southampton.

0547 arr 0604 dest MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
0647 arr 0704 dest EDINBURGH via the EAST COAST
0747 arr 0804 dest MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
0847 arr 0904 dest ABERDEEN via the EAST COAST
0947 arr 1004 dest MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
1047 arr 1104 dest EDINBURGH via the EAST COAST
1147 arr 1204 dest MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
1247 arr 1304 dest GLASGOW CENTRAL via the EAST COAST and CARSTAIRS
1347 arr 1404 dest MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
1447 arr 1504 dest EDINBURGH via the EAST COAST
1547 arr 1604 dest MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
1647 arr 1704 dest NEWCASTLE via LEEDS
1747 arr 1804 dest MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
1847 arr 1904 dest LEEDS via SHEFFIELD
1947 arr 2004 dest MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
2047 arr 2104 dest BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET

[dog box]

Oh yes Voyagers..........pretty good if you like being sick on trains

[swlines]

From the stench of ****? Sorry mods

[devon_metro]

Rumour is that some 142s were to be heading to Reading to cover for the turdo refurb!

[Commuting Bookworm]

Whats a 142? Whens the referb? What will this give us? How much more will our season tickets cost? Guys, you have to remember not all of us understand your jargon! 

[devon_metro]

142: http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l50/liamy_2006/swr/wtp1.jpg
Interior: http://units.fotopic.net/p9518935.html

[Conner]

142's are buses on rails.
Very poor ride and bus seats.
Rumour is they will be used on Greenford run when the Turbo's are being refreshed.
The Turbo's are being refurbished as part of the Remedial Plan Notice, not sure what it will include though.

[Lee]

Whats a 142? Whens the referb? What will this give us? How much more will our season tickets cost? Guys, you have to remember not all of us understand your jargon! 

As mentioned by Conner, the improved turbo refurb proposal forms part of the Remedial Plan imposed by/agreed with (depending on your point of view) the DfT^» (Department for Transport - about). A total of ^6.1m will be invested in the London and Thames Valley fleet, including ^1.1m already committed.

Background contained in the link below.
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=1862.msg13465#msg13465

[Ollie]

Apologies, obviously meant 4 coach =]

And I personally when travelling to Basingstoke use CrossCountry, but that's just me.

[swlines]

What's wrong with SWT^▸ (South West Trains) Ollie?