SWR Sunday allocations (Poole semi-fasts)

[nw1]

In an era where, mostly due to a lack of government support, the railways are generally not doing so well, I did notice yesterday some actually quite smart stock allocations on SWR, which seemed to match stock to likely demand.

The 1335 Southampton-Poole was formed of a single 444, but the 1655 Southampton-Waterloo was a double 444 while the 1755 was a triple 450, which would make sense as it's a popular time to return from a day-trip to Bournemouth. (In fact it wasn't so busy as it was cloudy, but obviously on a fine day it probably would be).

Formerly, the stock allocations on all these services were single 444s, IIRC.

Wonder if these were booked allocations? If so, it's good to see some matching of demand with stock at the weekends.

 

[HamworthyGoods]

Formerly, the stock allocations on all these services were single 444s, IIRC.

Wonder if these were booked allocations? If so, it's good to see some matching of demand with stock at the weekends.

The stock allocations on Sunday afternoons have not been single 444s since pre-Covid. This was changed when the practice of portion working at Eastleigh on these trains was removed on Sunday afternoons.

All the afternoon trains in both directions are booked for 10/12 cars although this can be affected by engineering work especially in Winter.

 

[nw1]

The stock allocations on Sunday afternoons have not been single 444s since pre-Covid. This was changed when the practice of portion working at Eastleigh on these trains was removed on Sunday afternoons.

All the afternoon trains in both directions are booked for 10/12 cars although this can be affected by engineering work especially in Winter.

Ah ok - thanks. I swear the 1335 from SOU was a single 444 (which would make sense as it's a bit late for a day trip) but maybe that was an unplanned allocation.

 

[greaterwest]

Portion working is until and including the 1621/1626 services to Poole/Portsmouth Harbour respectively, at Eastleigh. This explains your single 444 in the early afternoon.

 

[nw1]

Portion working is until and including the 1621/1626 services to Poole/Portsmouth Harbour respectively, at Eastleigh. This explains your single 444 in the early afternoon.

Ah, ok - thanks.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

So we're talking Sunday evenings here, not afternoons.

 

[swt_passenger]

So we're talking Sunday evenings here, not afternoons.

Sort of depends on the direction I think. The last joining of 2 portions at Eastleigh in the up direction is the 1411 departure to Waterloo. The 1507 and 1511 up departures run through separately. So you could probably justifiably say the UP change occurs mid afternoon?

But in the down direction they still split at Eastleigh for a while longer, the previously mentioned 1621/26 departures from Eastleigh are the last to split, but they’ve left Waterloo at 1454.

 

[HamworthyGoods]

So we're talking Sunday evenings here, not afternoons.

No, most definitely Sunday afternoons, the first train which runs through complete from Poole to Waterloo as a 10-444 is the 13.55 departure.

 

[Lewlew]

So we're talking Sunday evenings here, not afternoons.

1600 is still very much the afternoon.

Evening starts at 1700