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1  Journey by Journey / Heart of Wessex / Re: Should Heart of Wessex step up to hourly, clock face? How can it? on: February 02, 2021, 22:41:21
HELLO,

Sometime last year I read an article in Somerset Live about the lost of the direct rail service between Yeovil and Taunton.
Today its a journey of about 40 mins. I suggested to Jaime Rockhill, Senior Strategic Planning Manager for Network Rail that the Cardiff to Taunton service could be extended to Weymouth via Castle Cary.
I worked out the through journey would be about 10 mins quicker if infrastructure changes at Castle Cary were possible. It will allow a through Taunton / Yeovil service and the opportunity to travel from South Dorset and change trains at Taunton were the level of service is good to Exeter St Davids and beyond.
My suggestion had been taken on board with the Dorset CMSP in mind and the possible implications/ constraints using the Western mainline route.
2  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: SWR services stepping up from 1st June2020 on: June 10, 2020, 11:23:01
Quote from: Clan Line on June 08, 2020, 16:37:12
Quote from: grahame on May 30, 2020, 05:56:52

Now ... the question I would be asking is "Will through trains from Bradford-on-Avon / Trowbridge / Warminster to London return".

Yes, A good point.What will return on the SW mainline west of Bournemouth ? I understand Waterloo through to Weymouth are to resume shortly.

According to RTT» (Real Time Trains - website) they do from 15th Jun.................we shall see !
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