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17:29 Gatwick Airport to Reading
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury
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14:32 London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa
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15:00 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
15:28 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington
15:30 Banbury to Didcot Parkway
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15:34 Oxford to Didcot Parkway
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