Indeed, the amount of people who commute from Cwmbran/Pontypool/Abergavenny to Bristol despite the lack of a direct service is really quite something. As are the amount of phonecalls I've made to Newport station to ask for the xx:44 Portsmouth to get put on platform 3 not 4 to facilitate a cross platform interchange with my late running Manchester-West Wales service. Luckily they're a very helpful bunch there with a good relationship with the signal box.
Consider it justice for all the times your late running 9Sxx holds up our Manchester - South Wales services at Crewe
Being serious though, I took one look at the application and thought "not a hope Virgin will let that happen". The TfW is booked out of Coventry 4 minutes in front of the Virgin - yes it should almost always be on time given the long turnaround time at Coventry but still I can't see Virgin accepting that.