Recent content by nicksk

Thanks all for the explanations. Much appreciated.

Thanks. I have previously excessed an any permitted ticket to a via London ticket when I turned up at Guildford station to find that the Reading train was cancelled. That then got me a ticket with the Maltese cross, and the ticket office were very helpful on that occasion. But it is good to know...

I travel from Guildford to Manchester every month or so. The sensible routes are via Reading, or via Waterloo/Underground/London Euston. I've done this with off-peak returns on previous trips, mainly as I like the flexibilty, but partly because I couldn't find any splits that gave significant...

Thanks all for the insights. As said up thread, to be fair I don’t know if any passengers were left behind.

I caught (just!) the Reading to Gatwick service today which was scheduled for a 13.32 departure. These North Downs line trains normally depart from the bay platforms adjacent to the old ticket hall. But according to the passenger displays, this train was due to depart from platform 15A for some...

Thanks for the info and the correction. For my desired journey (Guildford to Port Talbot, typically in peak) this may be worse than previous timetable, due to the trains which don’t stop at Reading. But any change will create winners and losers.

I’m wondering what this means for trains from Paddington to Bridgend/Port Talbot/Neath/Swansea. Currently there are two direct trains per hour most hours. What I’ve read up the thread suggests that there will only be one direct train per hour in future, with the other terminating in Cardiff. In...