Recent content by burty76

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/worcestershire-parkway-station-progress.103108/page-23 Interesting thread. I’m dismayed at the lack of calls by the Ply-Edi and Bri-Man services. The whole point of the station when it was first envisaged in the 1970’s was to...

Thanks for the reply jimm. I would respond to your points but they'll just be met by more sarcasm and sniping.

If the standard time of 2hr 8m from December 2018 (at presumably a standard pattern hourly service) goes ahead then I think that's pretty much all the residents of Worcester can ask for. My dismay is the overall slowing down of services in recent years. To have a peak time London to...

Thanks for the long response I take your point about the need to stop at Hanborough. The timings noted about the Cathedrals Express are also true, it did miss out Reading. But my timings about the 10.10 Cotswold and Malvern Expeess were also true - Padddington to Shrub Hill in 1hr 52 with...

No. And to be fair Cheltenham also suffers from a farcically slow service to London. Almost exactly like Worcester, where trains took around two hours ten or twenty years ago, they now take up to half an hour longer.

It appears that my pro-Worcester sentiment is not a popular one on here! For the record, I was stating that Hanborough (population 2,630) and Kingham (population 913) could cope with a two-hourly off-peak and hourly peak service from London. Worcester (population 100,000) suffers from an...

I'm not suggesting that Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham and Moreton should be skipped. But a service every two hours off-peak and hourly at peak times should suffice. Which would give more chance of an accelarated time for Worcester. For example : Odd Hours : Oxford, Hanborough, Charlbury...

Mod Note: Split from this thread It really isn't if you live in Worcester. The new 16.22 departure replacing the 15.52 now takes 2 hours 37 minutes. For 125 miles. Stopping at every hamlet in the Cotswolds. When are GWR going to provide a limited stop service to Worcester? It's not like...

Really interesting replies, thanks

Thanks for the answers guys. I suppose what I was wondering is with the Bedford trains switching between the slow and fast lines does this not provide pathing issues with EMT services and potential for delays? ie a fast to Bedford switches from the slow to the fast just after Kentish Town and an...

Thanks - I was there in the evening peak when there are no terminating services, so didnt see these platforms used. So the fast Bedfords must switch to the fast lines between Kentish Town and West Hampstead

No-one will convince me that Voyagers are fit for purpose for long distance travel, but the reliabilty, speed and frequency of services is so much better than in pre-operation princess days. I regularly make a trip from Wakefield to Birmingham after work on a Friday. Here are my current...

Ok I'm using it as a worst case scenario. But really, even if the interior of the pacer has been refurbished, and the 319 is in a sorry state inside - one is a four coach, quiet, electric train... and the other is a two (short) coach noisy diesel that looks like a bus.

Those 319's may be a bit battered now but theyre luxury compared to a pacer

Lots of examples both good and bad. Cotswold Line had a 1hr 52 timing from London to Worcester in the mid-80's, now the fastest is about 2h 10, with about 3 extra stops. Most trains take over 2h 20m now though, all down to ridiculous padding in the timetable. On the plus side, theres far more...