Recent content by fizzwheel

I really not following the suggestions to close Yeovil Junction ? Its the busiest in terms of passenger numbers ( based on the stats I found on Wikipedia ) its clearly being used and I'm not sure the challenge of Pedestrian access / lack of integrated bus service is a reason to close it...

Here's your walking route if you fancy it... Link The bit of Yeovil is hard to describe, but Newton road sits in a "hollow" off to one side is a steep drop off and the other side is a wall of rock formed of the local stone. Then once you get to the top of Newton road, just before the junction...

Thats not quite right, the Old Town Station site is where the Cinema / Bowling Complex is now. The trackbed to the Junction goes through the now privately owned Yeovil Golf Club which I suspect would make putting the railway back its original alignment complex / expensive You're correct about...

the problem with that plan is lack of parking at Pen Mill, Junction has 200 spaces, and it does get reasonably full there is no way there is room at Pen Mill for all those cars, and then if people are pushed to Sherborne by lack of parking, well that will fill up the Carpark at Sherborne which...

Its certainly a safer walk than attempting to walk along the road between Yeovil Junction and the town centre is, especially in the dark.

I'm not so sure, its still a reasonable walk from Pen Mill to the Town Centre / Bus Station from there, the real problem is neither Pen Mill or the Junction are ideally suited for the town they serve, coupled with the fact the service interval on the Pen Mill line isnt that frequent and if you...

I use the Junction frequently, and live in Yeovil, there isn't room to create a pavement, as said above, the banks either side of the road arent stable and one side is heavily forested and there are frequent treefalls in the winter which then block the road. I had heard / read that the plan was...

Class 159's run by SWR on that route are 2 + 1 in first class, I use it regularly and tend to pay the extra to upgrade, seats are bigger and more comfortable and I like the extra space. As per other poster, the food trolley stopped a while ago, which is a shame

In my experience, that does sometimes already happen. If the train is busy and they cant get through with the trolley, the hosts announce "I'm running a static service today and you can find us between coach x and y"

Here is my 2p. I currently commute 3 days a week between Castle Cary and Reading For my Journey into work - basically I want to get to the station, park my car, get on the train with as little noise, disturbance, hassle as possible. 1. I'd agree with other comments, I dont want to be...

I had my first ride on a 800 today. My regular commute is Castle Cary to Reading. Which I do 3 times a week. Service was this one http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C40191/2018/08/21/advanced Positives Increased legroom over a HST ( I'm 6ft tall ). Interior lighting is softer it has more...

If you are unable to purchase at Bath, then I would suggest trying the ticket office at Reading, I've been buying split season tickets from the ticket office there for the last two years, never had a problem purchasing what I wanted.

Hi My normal journey is Castle Cary to Reading, I split my ticket at Westbury, Pewsey & Newbury Due to the engineering works for electrification. Newbury is shut at regular intervals over the next few months and the train I catch is being diverted via Swindon. My question is, Am OK with...

Interestingly... this morning Coach D was declassified first class. The Matrix signs at each station platform the train called at showed the following message "Coach D is for the use of Standard Class Ticket Holders" and the 1st class labels had been covered over so had the Coach K or...

I've had this a few times on my regular commute on a GWR Service. Normally the 1st signs are covered over and sometimes there is a "standard" hand written sign. I dont tend to ask now. If it isnt coach K or L and the coach I want to sit in is in a position where I would expect a standard...