Bizarre routing ...........

Bizarre routing ...........

Posted by Clan Line at 20:04, 15th March 2026

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 !

Re: Bizarre routing ...........

Posted by grahame at 04:45, 16th March 2026

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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