Recent content by Hellfire

I did point this out to the individual. It turns out he wasn't actually travelling on the train, he just 'stuck his head inside the door'. SWR are doing the best they can with limmited resources and having to deal with the SMD situation on the West of England line.

This appeared on the South Western Railway Passenger Facebook group this morning: "Anyone who was looking forward to the refurbishment of the diesel Class 159 trains, prepare to be severely disappointed! I saw the first refreshed unit 159103 at Salisbury this morning about to head off to...

In the past from Plymouth you could go south from the station to London via Tavistock and Okehampton or north via Totnes and Newton Abbot. Both lines then crossed at Exeter St Davids with the Southern going off via Exeter Central and Salisbury while the Western headed via Taunton to London...

Exeter-Waterloo?

Best trains ever. On GWR they have been replaced with the Hitachi Class 800s. Uncomfortable, noisy and with seats like ironing boards even in First

For eleven years I used to do a weekly commute from Preston to Euston on Virgin trains. Down on Wednesday morning and back Thursday evening. I can only remember a couple of cancellations, both weather related. The only major delays I experienced were on six occasions coming back from Euston, all...

Normal timetable from tomorrow according to SWR. According to their press release they are offering 20,000 additional Advance tickets starting from as little as £13 and a wide range of off-peak tickets for journeys between Salisbury and Exeter will also be discounted by one third. The offers...

Thank you.

Yes, Basingstoke. Thank you, I've corrected that. I bought the ticket from SWR and sent them an image but I'll take your advice on the screenshot if they turn it down again. When I came back the other way yesterday the ticket barrier at Woking would not accept my return ticket. The guy on the...

I travelled on the 1458 Yeovil Junction to Heathrow T3 on 16th August using a First Class Open return. The train was supposed to go to Waterloo but was terminated short at Basingstoke. I had a 20 minute wait at Basingstoke for a connection to Woking so I missed my RailAir coach which would have...

That contradicts the e mail that was sent out at 1232 to SWR account holders. That just said there would be a train every two hours between Waterloo and Exeter. Didn't mention that the service between Waterloo and Yeovil J would remain hourly.

Less so now, certainly in my bit of the world. Everyone seems to drive to Dorset, the A31/A35 is heaving at weekends. Getting to the coast from the railways is much more difficult now the branch lines have gone and bus services are infrequent.

We'll see the details when they release the new timetable on Mon 4th. I'm booked on the 1529 from Yeovil J to Woking on 16th Aug. Hopefully they will lift the restrictions on Advanced tickets tied to a specific train

Just had an e mail from SWR stating the service between Waterloo and Exeter St Davids is going to be reduced to two hourly but stops at Crewkerne are being restored from 11th Aug. Journeys between Waterloo and Yeovil Jnc will take an extra 25 mins and between Waterloo and Exeter St D an extra...

There might well be scope for extra services from Cranbrook into Exeter. The population is now over 7,000 and they are building like mad at the moment.