Travelling with a bike on GWR

[karo]

Hiya - was wondering if anyone could help me. I'm planning on travelling from Oxford to Bristol Parkway on a Saturday in June with my big 29er mountain bike, and am wondering if there is a non-painful way to do this (note that when I make this trip, the line between Oxford and Didcot should be open - if not I could just cycle to didcot and get the train from there, or go some horrible way up to worcester then back down to bristol). I know that the cycle spaces on the GWR IETs are particularly awful - is there some convoluted route that avoids these, or am I just gonna have to try and wedge it in there and hope for the best (and if so, when would the trains be likely to be less busy)? Cheers.

 

[Doctor Fegg]

There's a small number of trains that are operated by 387s and so bike accommodation is a bit more free-form - on Saturdays, the 08.55, 12.56 and 15.55 from Didcot: https://www.brtimes.com/!board?stn=DID&filt=BPW&date=20230527 (note the "EMU (110mph)" line)

Otherwise it's an IET, even if you go via Worcester.

 

[karo]

There's a small number of trains that are operated by 387s and so bike accommodation is a bit more free-form - on Saturdays, the 08.55, 12.56 and 15.55 from Didcot: https://www.brtimes.com/!board?stn=DID&filt=BPW&date=20230527 (note the "EMU (110mph)" line)

Otherwise it's an IET, even if you go via Worcester.

Ah great thank you! I knew there were some that weren't IETs between London and South Wales but I couldn't remember whether they were 158s or 387s, and didn't know whether they still ran them.