Interlacing of SWR and GWR services, Westbury to Salisbury, from 2019

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[RA]

The 10:25 Warminster to Westbury service generates a bit of custom from Warminster is it has a connection at Westbury into the 10:38 service from Westbury for all stations to Bristol Temple Meads (the 08:53 service from Weymouth). As mentioned, the 11:11 Westbury to Southampton Central service may appear superfluous following a Portsmouth service but provides an excellent connection at Westbury out of the 06:45 Penzance to London Paddington service. It also connects at Southampton Central into the 12:32 service for stations through to Brighton. From the January timetable change, the 12:27 Southampton Central to Great Malvern service will provide an excellent connection into the 13:56 service from Westbury to Taunton, for onward connections to Devon and Cornwall. (As an aside, the reinstatement of the 13:56 service is very welcome at Westbury as the recently introduced 13:00 service that replaced it was too close behind the 12:23 Plymouth service to be of much use, with a masssive gap in westbound services then until 16:23).

[grahame]

From last night - presentation set at http://atrebatia.info/tw_wsb_v1.pdf

As promised to the organiser - no mention in there of the/a bypass!

Audience not huge, but what it lacked in size it made up for in quality - some really good discussions following on from (and during) the presentation. 

[grahame]

Update in preparation for Warminster tomorrow ... I have lots of detail to take with me - here is a taster:

[grahame]

Complete meeting papers at http://atrebatia.info/SAL2WSB_20171121.pdf ... resolved in principle that this is very much the way ahead; more details and specifics to follow up with.