Went to Haslemere at the weekend during the Petersfield-Havant engineering works.
I noticed that there were only 3 trains an hour down the Portsmouth Direct on Saturday. Fair enough that only two trains per hour could reach Petersfield due to capacity constraints- but why not continue to run 4 trains an hour from Haslemere? They could have had the xx00 and xx30 out of Waterloo to Petersfield and the xx15 and xx45 as Haslemere terminators.
The only issue I can see is that the normal Haslemere terminator arrives at xx17 and the non-running Portsmouth and Southsea up stopper leaves Haslemere at xx15 - but could they not have made the latter a Haslemere starter and run it a little earlier at say xx13, dwelling at Godalming to slot into its normal path?
Not sure if they ran the normal Portsmouth and Southsea stopper as far as Guildford at least? I'd have thought they'd maintain the 15 min frequency Waterloo to Guildford at least unless it was physically impossible.
I noticed that there were only 3 trains an hour down the Portsmouth Direct on Saturday. Fair enough that only two trains per hour could reach Petersfield due to capacity constraints- but why not continue to run 4 trains an hour from Haslemere? They could have had the xx00 and xx30 out of Waterloo to Petersfield and the xx15 and xx45 as Haslemere terminators.
The only issue I can see is that the normal Haslemere terminator arrives at xx17 and the non-running Portsmouth and Southsea up stopper leaves Haslemere at xx15 - but could they not have made the latter a Haslemere starter and run it a little earlier at say xx13, dwelling at Godalming to slot into its normal path?
Not sure if they ran the normal Portsmouth and Southsea stopper as far as Guildford at least? I'd have thought they'd maintain the 15 min frequency Waterloo to Guildford at least unless it was physically impossible.
