Anyone know why this is late and getting later?
If anyone knows can you tell the guard to tell us.
ST
Anyone know why this is late and getting later?
If anyone knows can you tell the guard to tell us.
ST
How do guards/drivers find out about other delays?
Perhaps he should have noticed we are late and telephoned FGW to organise something for passengers going on the Hereford line? Then he could tell us?
Perhaps the connecting train won't be held at Newport, there won't be taxis available because it is a Friday and I should have telephoned my wife to pick me up at Newport?
ST
The journey between London and Swansea is scheduled to take 15-20 minutes more than it did in the 1970s, and almost every time I have made that journey in the past few years the train has been late.
I'm talking about 1975-77, when I used to travel to and from London quite a bit as a young teenage trainspotter. The journey time on the newly-introduced HSTs was 2 hours and 43 minutes (perhaps someone with a timetable from that era could confirm). I'm pretty sure that Bristol Parkway was open, and also that most trains stopped at both Swindon and Didcot.I can imagine that, Bristol Parkway wasn't open until '74, and Reading and Swindon had nowhere near the service they have now from an IC perspective. It wouldn't have surprised me if headliners were first stop Newport in some cases.
I'm talking about 1975-77, when I used to travel to and from London quite a bit as a young teenage trainspotter. The journey time on the newly-introduced HSTs was 2 hours and 43 minutes (perhaps someone with a timetable from that era could confirm). I'm pretty sure that Bristol Parkway was open, and also that most trains stopped at both Swindon and Didcot.
Not being funny but every FGW service to Cardiff is late. The 1525 Cardiff to London was running 55 minutes late last Saturday!! Hopefully when electrification of the South Wales Main Line arrives there'll be hope!!
Seems to happen a lot on the Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff services too.
From my personal experience I haven't seen a delayed Portsmouth-Cardiff service actually, but of course I won't judge your observations
I can honestly say I've never EVER seen a HST depart on time, genuinely.
We had taxis. No announcement about the delay and no announcement about arrangements. The announcements actually went from:So did you make your connection then or is it a taxi job. Did the guard ever make an anouncement regarding the reason for the delay.
They do sometimes, it depends on who is control at Newport. I'm told there are some nasty people at Newport who revel in people missing connections.ATW wont hold for a late running FGW.
Bob
I find FGW between Newport and Paddington to be mostly on time.Not being funny but every FGW service to Cardiff is late. The 1525 Cardiff to London was running 55 minutes late last Saturday!! Hopefully when electrification of the South Wales Main Line arrives there'll be hope!!