So, today, we have had a few hours with 3tph Reading to Redhill services during the off peak. Under this timetable, the stopping train xx20 from Reading is overtaken at Guildford by a xx36. In the other direction, the xx00 from Redhill is overtaken by the xx14 from Redhill. The service on the opposite side of the hour goes through Guildford in the opposite direction at about the same time.
Some odd bits from the operation. In particular, I note that it didn't seem to go to plan with the 2V63 1301 Redhill to Reading and 1V82 1315 Redhill to Reading. 2V63 (scheduled 1336-1346) was let out of Guildford to free up platform 8 and 1V82 followed it through (scheduled 1342-1344, actual 1349-1350) to Reading, ending up 21 minutes late in the process (25 minutes late at Wokingham). 1V82 clearly sat on the signals at North Camp, Farnborough and Blackwater awaiting 2V63 to clear the sections ahead - eg 1V82 couldn't leave Blackwater until 2V63 was at Wokingham.
2V63 1301 Redhill to Reading -
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/L83262/2020-09-15/detailed
1V82 1315 Redhill to Reading -
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C08500/2020-09-15/detailed
It appears that platforms 5 and 6 at Guildford were both blocked but that sort of thing is the gamble with the 3tph timetable and passing at Guildford.
The next sequence in the other direction didn't really work either. 2O40 1320 Reading to Redhill arrived at Guildford platform 8 (booked 1403-1413) at 1409. The following 1O97 1336 Reading to Redhill lost time at North Camp and arrived at Guildford at 1417 (booked 1407-1408) using platform 4 leaving at and being given priority over a delayed Portsmouth train. 2O40 followed at 1420. In the meantime, the northbound service on the opposite side of the hour (booked 1412-1414), having been held in the tunnel to wait for platform 8 to become free, arrived at Guildford at 1424.
2O40 1320 Reading to Redhill
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/L83056/2020-09-15/detailed
1O97 1336 Reading to Redhill
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C08498/2020-09-15/detailed
1V50 1330 Gatwick Airport to Reading
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/L82061/2020-09-15/detailed
Unfortunately, there have been two days of disruption on the line so a bit difficult to see how things are now working.