Service Gap For Taunton-Weston-Bristol Corridor Passengers (26/09/2008)

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[Lee]

Two in a row gone, according to the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) website :

06:00 Exeter St Davids to Bristol Parkway due 08:03

This train has been cancelled.This is due to a train fault.

05:22 Plymouth to London Paddington due 09:45

This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Bridgwater, Highbridge & Burnham, Weston-Super-Mare, Worle, Yatton, Nailsea & Backwell, Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa, Chippenham, Swindon and Didcot Parkway.This is due to a train fault.

[John R]

Not terribly impressive. The Plymouth London service will run direct from Taunton to Reading, yet if it ran non-stop to Temple Meads would only be around 15 minutes late, and thus avoid an hour gap in the service from TM^▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context) to London (and avoid the 0830 from TM being horribly overcrowded.). Could overtake the 0830 by avoiding WSM.