Welsh Weekend Wander

[Amaranthe]

I’m heading to Aberystwyth from Durham today for a weekend of North Wales track bashing.

Might be an interesting journey as currently animals on the line at Abergavenny affecting Manchester to Cardiff and a tree on the line to Aberystwyth.

Currently sat enjoying a quick pint in The Waiting Room at Durham station before my first train which is the 11:18 TPE as far as Huddersfield.

 

[Welshguy1048]

@Amaranthe

I am in North Wales.

Let me know if you need any advice/information at all

Dave

 

[Amaranthe]

@Amaranthe

I am in North Wales.

Let me know if you need any advice/information at all

Dave

Thanks, I'm getting myself a North Wales Day Rover tomorrow which seems a bargain at £45.

Provisional plan is...

06:17	Aberystwyth	Dovey Junction	06:44
06:49	Dovey Junction	Pwllheli	09:14
09:34	Pwllheli	Minffordd	10:01
10:14	Minffordd	Blaenau Ffestiniog	10:45	Bus T22
11:36	Blaenau Ffestiniog	Llandudno	12:59
13:10	Llandudno	Llandudno Junction	13.19
13:46	Llandudno Junction	Holyhead	14:40
15:02	Holyhead	Shotton	16:39
16:46	Shotton	Wrexham Central	17:25
17:29	Wrexham Central	Wrexham General	17:32
17:40	Wrexham General	Shrewsbury	18:25
19:33	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	21:22

 

[Welshguy1048]

@Amaranthe

Hi

How is your day going ?

Dave

 

[Amaranthe]

@Amaranthe

Hi

How is your day going ?

Dave

Hi, well I ended up sleeping in and missed the early start so ended up doing the Vale of Rheidol railway instead which I thoroughly enjoyed.

 

[Amaranthe]

Getting home is going to be fun. I’m booked on 1E60 18:10 Birmingham International to Durham and I’ve just found out XC are terminating it early at Derby.

The only XC services leaving Derby after 19:00 going north are only going as far as Leeds and I’m not seeing any onward connections north from there.

I have split Advances Aberystwyth to Birmingham International and Birmingham International to Durham.

I’ve tweeted XC for advice but not heard back from them yet.

Any suggestions?

 

[LowLevel]

Getting home is going to be fun. I’m booked on 1E60 18:10 Birmingham International to Durham and I’ve just found out XC are terminating it early at Derby.

The only XC services leaving Derby after 19:00 going north are only going as far as Leeds and I’m not seeing any onward connections north from there.

I have split Advances Aberystwyth to Birmingham International and Birmingham International to Durham.

I’ve tweeted XC for advice but not heard back from them yet.

Any suggestions?

Suggest you bail out early at New Street and get the 1803 direct to Durham instead, to avoid a mire of rail replacements and general messing about. Ticket will be valid due to the cancellation.

 

[Amaranthe]

Suggest you bail out early at New Street and get the 1803 direct to Durham instead, to avoid a mire of rail replacements and general messing about. Ticket will be valid due to the cancellation.

Thanks, that looks like a plan. XC have advised this and it’s tempting as I’d get 100% delay repay although I’m a bit worried about ticket acceptance on EMR…

19:13 Derby - Sheffield 19:48 EMR
20:10 Sheffield - Doncaster 20:34 TPE
20:43 Doncaster - York 21:03 LNER
21:18 York - Durham 22:19 TPE

 

[Amaranthe]

And EMR have said no to ticket acceptance

 

[Amaranthe]

Suggest you bail out early at New Street and get the 1803 direct to Durham instead, to avoid a mire of rail replacements and general messing about. Ticket will be valid due to the cancellation.

I’m proposing this to them but given I won’t have a seat reservation I’m hoping they will allow me to buy a weekend first upgrade on board but if not I’ll take the delay and the refund