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« on: December 02, 2008, 14:25:06 »
Nothing major, just a bit of bizarre timetabling!!

Was travelling on 21.55 Westbury to BTM▸ (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI) but BTM is a commonly used alternative)) (ex 20.09 Weymouth) last Sunday Evening.  This service is all stops to BTM.

Arrived at Westbury to find my train on time.  Great!

Then I noticed a 22.01 Semi-fast ex Portsmouth Harbour service.  This service is for cardiff Central and only stopped at Trowbridge, BOA, Bath Spa, BTM then onto Cardiff!

Why would you timetable a fast service to follow a slow, all stops, service to depart just 6 minutes later.  In fact when leaving Westbury, I noticed the 22.01 service in Platform 2.

Its a Sunday evening, there probably wasn't a service from Westbury to BTM since 7pm and now there are 2 services within 6 minutes of eachother, with the faster service following the slower service!  Bizarre!

And guess what, the 22.01 Cardiff Central service had left BTM for Cardiff before we arrived to BTM!

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« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2008, 19:39:32 »
Hi BB

There are several timetable anomolies similar to that, and I'm sure there will be someone along to explain, eg driver swap etc. but I have to agree it can be annoying.
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