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« on: March 15, 2026, 20:04:12 »
My daughter travelled down from Kent to this neck of the woods today. She normally goes Kent - Waterloo East - Waterloo Main - Salisbury - Warminster. Today, she came via Paddington and Westbury.

When she explained why, I initially thought she had been at the cooking sherry ..........but having looked it up - today's routing from Waterloo to Salisbury was - train to Guildford, bus to Andover, then train to Salisbury. What a strange route !
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« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2026, 04:45:48 »
An excellent demonstration of how - within the main network - alternative routes are available at times of planned (or unplanned) disruption.    You can travel to ... Inveness via Aberdeen, Margate via Ashford, Weymouth via Southampro, even Swansea via Llandrindod.  Missing only Stranraer via Castle Douglas and Plymouth via Tavistock.
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« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2026, 18:11:00 »
My own daughter has been known to travel by train from Cardiff Central to Nailsea & Backwell via Didcot Parkway.

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« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2026, 19:53:09 »
Sounds rather like my commute home from Paddington to Cholsey via Bristol Parkway. It was just after a work Christmas event!  Tongue
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« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2026, 21:05:23 »
For Taunton on 6th, Google suggested I take the 07:21 from Melksham and change at Swindon and Reading.  Google does not quote fares or sell tickets ...
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