Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 No recent travel & transport from BBC stories as at 07:55 02 May 2025
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 tomorrow - Walk to Pilning
10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM

On this day
2nd May (1999)
Last special train to Weymouth Quay (link)
Train RunningCancelled
06:28 Reading to Gatwick Airport
07:59 Gatwick Airport to Reading
Short Run
06:02 Bristol Parkway to Carmarthen
07:00 Worcester Shrub Hill to Didcot Parkway
09:21 Carmarthen to London Paddington
•
PollsOpen and recent polls
Open to 08/05 09:07 Steam Excursion - or diesel excursion with a featured steam section?
Open to 07/05 09:27 Should train, bus and coach operators be required to accept cash
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
May 02, 2025, 07:59:48 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[98] Steam excursion - except there's much more diesel than steam!
[88] Low passenger numbers due to train unreliability
[56] In memory of the Weymouth Harbour Tramway on the anniversary o...
[53] A very easy riddle
[46] Warmest day of year as UK temperature hits 24.9C - April 2025
[45] Spain / Portugal power outage
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > Journey by Journey > London to Reading (Data Manager: Ollie) > 3rd September 2008 - Paddington to Maidenhead - 19.06 departure (to Henley)
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: 3rd September 2008 - Paddington to Maidenhead - 19.06 departure (to Henley)  (Read 3927 times)
johoare
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 2818


View Profile
« on: September 03, 2008, 20:52:51 »
This train was delayed tonight (delayed on it's inward journey I think although we weren't told).

There were a couple of announcements at Paddington about what we should do if we were waiting for this train, but I couldn't decipher them so got the 19.15 instead which is also first stop Maidenhead...

We arrived at Platform 1 at Maidenhead which isn't the norm.. That was fine. I think this was because by this point the 19.06 had caught up with us and was going into platform 3.. However, a lot of people who wanted to go to Oxford (where the 19.15 goes to) had to make a mad dash from platform 3 to 1... As I was passing the bottom of the stairs to platform 3 I heard someone say "It's going from platform 1 but I think you'll miss it now"... Oh dear.. Not good.. I wonder what happened there then.. Lack of announcements maybe..?

However looking at the National rail website, anyone who missed the Oxford train due to the platform change could have caught the next train to Reading and changed there, and got there quite quickly,  so not the end of the world... phew...
« Last Edit: September 04, 2008, 00:42:11 by johoare » Logged
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page