Passenger Journeys / flows - West Wiltshire and stations to Swindon

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[TonyN]

This may not be based on ticket sales. Just looked at Pershore data. Worcester forgate street and Shrub hill are shown as seperate flows.

Tickets used to be to Worcester stations and are now to Worcester Shrub Hill/Forgate street.

None of these stations have barriers so not based on entrance/exit ether.

[CyclingSid]

Not many people tackled a daily 4+ hour commute.

It always amazed me the distance/time people did commute; Yarmouth (IoW) to Waterloo on the first ferry in the morning always springs to mind. Not sure whether they were hardy souls (bit nippy in winter) or earning a substantial salary.

[TaplowGreen]

Not many people tackled a daily 4+ hour commute.

It always amazed me the distance/time people did commute; Yarmouth (IoW) to Waterloo on the first ferry in the morning always springs to mind. Not sure whether they were hardy souls (bit nippy in winter) or earning a substantial salary.

Yep, mine was 3.5+ hours daily for a number of years - train + 2 tubes each way, 5 (occasionally 6) days a week - hybrid working + the Elizabeth Line have been transformational for me and so many others.

I have a lot of friends/colleagues who topped 4 hours daily, and not necessarily in return for a substantial salary, more about affordability of housing and very slow trains!

Long commutes are/were also tolerated in return for living in a nicer, more rural area, better schools, cleaner air etc

[IndustryInsider]

Yep, mine was 3.5+ hours daily for a number of years - train + 2 tubes each way, 5 (occasionally 6) days a week - hybrid working + the Elizabeth Line have been transformational for me and so many others.

I have a lot of friends/colleagues who topped 4 hours daily, and not necessarily in return for a substantial salary, more about affordability of housing and very slow trains!

Long commutes are/were also tolerated in return for living in a nicer, more rural area, better schools, cleaner air etc

Yes, good point about the tubes - and of course getting to and from the origin station - so it would be more like a five or six hour commute into a London office via Waterloo from Westbury, Trowbridge, and B-o-A.

Mark A knows a lot more about the specifics of those through services than either of us, perhaps he can jog our memories as to how often and at what times they operated?  I seem to remember there being more of them on a Saturday, which might tell us all we need to know.