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So, the sleeper didn't leave Paddington until 02:30 Friday morning as a result of the driver being stuck on an inbound service from Cornwall, due to fallen tree... We eventually arrived into Penzance some 128 minutes late. As I was only in the seated section it wasn't the most pleasant of...

Hi All I have an Advance Single booked for the Paddington to Penzance sleeper (seat only) for tomorrow night. Circumstances at home have changed and I ideally need to travel on the 15:06 instead. The advance was booked online with GWR, if I get to Paddington in plenty of time for the 15:06 will...

Hi, Trying to better the cheapest GWR walk on fare for the above date (£57). Any suggestions? Exeter St David's to Waterloo is out due to bus replacement. I have Devon & Cornwall Railcard and Annual Gold card at my disposal (Gold card is for Isle of Wight stations though) Don't mind splits...

Very eloquently put, and much describes my experience on the Paddington to Minehead run on Sunday, you could tell that Union of South Africa was not working very hard as we skipped one of the scheduled water stops both there and back... Got to Minehead with only 40 minutes instead of the up to...

Hi All, Was planning on joining this trip at the weekend, Railway Touring Company - The West Somerset Steam Express - Union of South Africa But when I called to enquire I was informed that the Diesel will be situated directly behind the Steam Loco to assist due to the high fire risk caused...

Firstly, apologies for the lengthy post... I was due to travel from Penzance to Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads yesterday with the following tickets: Penzance to Tiverton Parkway off peak single with Devon and Cornwall railcard, purchased via TVM Tiverton Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads via...

Just found the IET coach layout, so it seems so...

Hi All, Trying to book a 1st class ticket for my Wife with Disabled Persons railcard, from Paddington to Penzance on the 5th November on the 12:03 via the GWR web site. Everything looks fine, but when it comes to seat reservation it's allocating coach D, does this mean that they anticipate it...

I am aware of that, but when all of their advertising says book early to get the best fares....I was more interested in whether other people had changed plans or travel mode because of this, perhaps I should have worded it better

My experience is with GWR, I have had to change my usual journey of Penzance to Paddington direct, as the dates I want to travel still show no advances, I have been checking relentlessly to no avail, so now I am splitting at Exeter St. David's and picking up advances for SWR to Waterloo which...

My gold card expires end of July and I must have been one of the last lucky few to get the 6 free tickets. I intend to use one to travel from Motspur Park to IOW, but assume I need to book ferry or hovercraft separately? Ideally want to combine with trip on Steam railway too. What is the...

Well GWR got me from Penzance to Paddington with only a slight delay for additional stops, snowing heavily in Cornwall when I left at 12:04, might be a different story tomorrow as more heavy snow is forecast in the South West, which is why I travelled today.

SWR are reporting that Journey Planners are showing incorrect information for travel tomorrow and have linked to a set of timetables instead. I was going to travel via SWR to Exeter St David's tomorrow, but the service is starting from Basingstoke, due to lines through Woking being shut. My...

According to SWR website, lines through Woking are shut tomorrow, so the 'normal' Waterloo to Exeter SWR service is departing / starting at Reading.

Hi, I think I must be one of the last few who got the 6 free tickets with my Annual Gold card last year, has anyone had any issues using them with SWR? My journey tomorrow would be Motspur Park, change at Wimbledon for SWR to Reading, then SWR to Exeter as it would seem that the SWR Exeter...

Hi all, sorry for not coming back with more info, but it's been a bit hectic at work. I did submit a claim in the end and to my utter amazement, got a reply within 30 minutes to say that they were refunding the full amount! Better still it's gone straight to my GWR account, they usually send me...

Hi all, On 1st Jan I got delayed by over an hour on a journey from Exeter St David's to Paddington, due to a fatality between Iver and Paddington. (GWR Service) I haven't submitted a claim as I assume that GWR will site circumstances beyond their control and not compensate. Is this correct? In...

Hi all, my train (19:55 from Exeter St David's to Paddington) was delayed by over an hour due to a fatality on the line between Iver and Paddington, so we arrived at Paddington just gone midnight. I presented myself at the excess fares window as the District line was no longer running and...

Very busy at work the last few days, getting a Winter pressures ward that wasn't supposed to open for another 2 weeks ready to open tomorrow due to extremely high numbers of admissions, also the reason I won't get home this weekend.

I was told it had to be a GWR ticket office and have only just finished work.