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« Reply #45 on: August 08, 2018, 11:10:00 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on August 08, 2018, 09:01:12
To be clear - there are boarding controls at Paddington/Reading and all tickets are being checked?

And at Exeter, Plymouth and Par.
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« Reply #46 on: August 08, 2018, 11:19:23 »
Quote from: a-driver on August 08, 2018, 11:10:00
Quote from: TaplowGreen on August 08, 2018, 09:01:12
To be clear - there are boarding controls at Paddington/Reading and all tickets are being checked?

And at Exeter, Plymouth and Par.
Good!
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« Reply #47 on: August 08, 2018, 12:35:07 »
Question elsewhere - "where is the stock coming from"  Notice at Chippenham advising of three cancellations today and tomorrow, and 7 on Monday.  13:36 and 17:42 PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) to CNM» (Cheltenham Spa - next trains) and 16:20 CMN to PAD today.  Won't show on journey check because they have been planned for a few days (T -12??)
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« Reply #48 on: August 08, 2018, 12:38:12 »
One of the HSTs▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) arriving at Newquay today then runs back empty to Paddington, another goes empty to St Philip' Marsh (Bristol).
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« Reply #49 on: August 08, 2018, 12:53:06 »
Buses at 16:44 from Gloucester to Swindon, non-stop and all station stops with 18:52 return workings from Swindon
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« Reply #50 on: August 08, 2018, 13:01:41 »
I know on Monday Westbury and Pewsey lose their mid evening service to London as the usual train runs limited stop.
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« Reply #51 on: August 08, 2018, 13:10:07 »
Quote from: a-driver on August 08, 2018, 11:10:00
Quote from: TaplowGreen on August 08, 2018, 09:01:12
To be clear - there are boarding controls at Paddington/Reading and all tickets are being checked?

And at Exeter, Plymouth and Par.

Just goes to show they can do it when they want to.....perhaps similar on next Maundy Thursday.....I'm on the Royal Duchy heading for Plymouth, busy but not overly so....some poor chap got taken off by paramedics at Reading, didn't look too good.......lots of people moaning as there's no Pullman on this service today.
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« Reply #52 on: August 08, 2018, 13:51:48 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on August 08, 2018, 13:10:07
Just goes to show they can do it when they want to.....perhaps similar on next Maundy Thursday.....I'm on the Royal Duchy heading for Plymouth, busy but not overly so....some poor chap got taken off by paramedics at Reading, didn't look too good.......lots of people moaning as there's no Pullman on this service today.
I take it you decided to go by train and risk it because its a weekday and not a weekend?
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« Reply #53 on: August 08, 2018, 14:36:56 »
Quote from: Timmer on August 08, 2018, 13:51:48
Quote from: TaplowGreen on August 08, 2018, 13:10:07
Just goes to show they can do it when they want to.....perhaps similar on next Maundy Thursday.....I'm on the Royal Duchy heading for Plymouth, busy but not overly so....some poor chap got taken off by paramedics at Reading, didn't look too good.......lots of people moaning as there's no Pullman on this service today.
I take it you decided to go by train and risk it because its a weekday and not a weekend?

Indeed. Coming back by road on Sunday though, I'm afraid I don't trust GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) at the weekends. TM▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context) has just announced that service is full and standing throughout 2nd class so my earlier comment about it being not overly crowded was overly optimistic!
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« Reply #54 on: August 08, 2018, 14:38:50 »
I'm heading west tomorrow lunchtime and back on Sunday night.  I'll be on the last service up so should run or an alternative be offered.  The alternative would be to come back Monday along with all the surfers.

On balance I think Sunday is the better option!
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« Reply #55 on: August 08, 2018, 15:04:23 »
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I'm heading west tomorrow lunchtime and back on Sunday night.  I'll be on the last service up so should run or an alternative be offered.  The alternative would be to come back Monday along with all the surfers.

On balance I think Sunday is the better option!

Good luck with that. Your nightmare scenario of course is the (now) usual collapse of the service on Sunday & GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) encouraging everyone to travel on Monday instead.....with all the surfers too that would be cosy!
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« Reply #56 on: August 08, 2018, 15:29:25 »
As for today's 12:03, it was originally diagrammed to be seven coaches with a kitchen suitable for a Pullman but was swapped to an eight coach train with a smaller kitchen.  Sensible decision in the circumstances.
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« Reply #57 on: August 08, 2018, 21:34:28 »
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I'm heading west tomorrow lunchtime and back on Sunday night.  I'll be on the last service up so should run or an alternative be offered.  The alternative would be to come back Monday along with all the surfers.

On balance I think Sunday is the better option!

Are you not getting the wetsuit out and taking your board to hang ten and shoot some tubes then, dude?
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« Reply #58 on: August 09, 2018, 06:06:29 »
Might be a better option than what I am doing.  Stuffing 1,000 envelopes with various items, sticking stamps on and then filling every postbox within a one mile radius.
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« Reply #59 on: August 09, 2018, 07:29:16 »
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Might be a better option than what I am doing.  Stuffing 1,000 envelopes with various items, sticking stamps on and then filling every postbox within a one mile radius.


Would you rather key in 1000 e-mail addresses, identify a few attachments to each address and press the send key, it would be cheaper no envelopes to pay for and stamps to purchase.
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