1Z32 1118 Paddington - Newquay 08/08/18

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Just realised I posted this in the wrong forum, so am re-posting it here!

Hello all,

I'm usually to be found in the fares section, so venturing into this section is a first!

I'm travelling from Southall to Exmouth on Wednesday 8th August, and got a great fare of £27.70 (1st Advance) on the 1118 from Paddington to Newquay. When I reserved with GWR, the advisor said that this was a counted place, and not a reserved seat. This struck me as very odd, and looking up the train's booked schedule, it all looks most unusual, with 15 minutes waiting at Reading (pick-up only) and 25 mins of pathing and recovery time between Reading and Exeter. BRTimes shows it as calling at platform 4 at EXD, which would be expected, but realtimetrains has it calling at platform 5 instead:

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/V09152/2018/08/08/advanced

BRTimes shows it as an HST, but if that's the case, why the counted place and not a booked seat? Can anyone shed any light as to what rolling stock is booked?

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Will be a HST; additional due to a festival in Newquay and reservation compulsory. Probably no specific seat reservation as expected to be busy - certainly near the end of the journey - but need a way of restricting people to their booked train.

 

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Just realised I posted this in the wrong forum, so am re-posting it here!

Hello all,

I'm usually to be found in the fares section, so venturing into this section is a first!

I'm travelling from Southall to Exmouth on Wednesday 8th August, and got a great fare of £27.70 (1st Advance) on the 1118 from Paddington to Newquay. When I reserved with GWR, the advisor said that this was a counted place, and not a reserved seat. This struck me as very odd, and looking up the train's booked schedule, it all looks most unusual, with 15 minutes waiting at Reading (pick-up only) and 25 mins of pathing and recovery time between Reading and Exeter. BRTimes shows it as calling at platform 4 at EXD, which would be expected, but realtimetrains has it calling at platform 5 instead:

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/V09152/2018/08/08/advanced

BRTimes shows it as an HST, but if that's the case, why the counted place and not a booked seat? Can anyone shed any light as to what rolling stock is booked?

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Platform 5 looks to be right as there is a clash with 1C80 which is at Exeter at the same time. It is running as STP so don' ttake any notice of BRTimes.