Recent content by westie1

You're right. We won't. I don't wish to be shunted onto an earlier service and change at Swindon, or wait an hour for the next direct service to South Wales from Reading. I'd rather continue to board the 1948 (1915 from Paddington) get my seat in A or B (as I always do), and be on my way.

More reliance on electricity for heating, cooking, air conditioning and, of course, railways in France. The UK consumes twice as much natural gas as France.

When was that six year period? I seem to remember you mentioned the late 1990s in an earlier post. Well, things have changed greatly since then - not least the population of Reading (9% increase since 2001) and the number of people travelling by rail from Reading (20% increase since 2002). That...

And while doing that you p155 off those of us at Reading wanting to catch that train. There are no spare paths or stock at that time of the evening.

I've taken the 1948 from Reading nearly every Friday for the past four months. Never more than 10 minutes late when the fault has been the operators. Never had a problem not being able to board it at Reading, along with many fellow passengers. I head for A or B and always get a seat. Last Friday...

Wonderful. Trade one busy train for another. Change your daily schedule to get to the station earlier and then wait at Swindon for 15-20 minutes. Some of us like to get on one train and be done with it. No thanks. :roll: All academic anyway. Neither the DfT or FGW will be re-casting the...

I'm sorry, but where does the rolling stock come from to run a relief? FGW is sweating its HSTs to the max on weekday evenings as it is. Despite that, and despite being told there isn't a path, its a case of 'whatever' until a relief runs in this non-existent path? How's that work? To say...

At the time of evening under discussion all services go through to Swansea, with one onward to Carmarthan. That's all services, every half hour ex Paddington, from 1545 to 1915. Then it's 2015, 2115, 2245. The last service of the day at 2330 travels via Bristol TM and terminates at Cardiff...

What about passengers from Reading, or connecting through Reading (it's a major hub after all), and those from Swindon wishing to get to South West Wales? If you run the 1915 fast to Bristol Parkway then there would be a 90 minute gap between the 1845 and 2015 services to stations beyond...