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On previous weekday strike days, there has been one train an hour from London to Bristol, and one train every two hours from Bristol to Cardiff. From memory, the connection at Bristol was something like 20 minutes. Nothing ran directly from London to Cardiff. No idea how this will change...

Great - I'm glad it went well.

There is a lift at the rear. Please see my post above.

There are two options at the B end of the platforms. One is a very basic footbridge, which you are referring to. However, the other is the main connections concourse, which has escalators and lifts, and is very easy to use.

Could you please explain what you mean by this?

£36.80 is the price of an Anytime Day Single from York to Manchester. Despite the wording in the letter, I don't believe they're charging any admin fees here.

Does the announced strike impact GWR? The three depots named in the press release are presumably LNER depots, but there's mention of other workers striking too. Sorry if this is obvious to others!

GWR suggesting people travelling to watch Bath versus Exeter "visit Bath on another day". Not sure they entirely understand how rugby fixtures work. :D

I'll take the direct EuroCity, but thank you for the advice.

Thank you very much - seems obvious now you've shown me where to look!

Hi folks. I'm planning on travelling from Zurich to Milan, and later on to Rome, on Sunday 21st January. I know that one tube of the Gotthard base tunnel has re-opened, but I'm not sure which trains are using it. Therefore, I have the following questions on routeing: Question 1: Online...

Thanks folks. They also seem to have correctly filled in the blanks in my record for Monday and Tuesday and charged me the correct amount.

Does anyone know what's been going on this week? I haven't been able to tap in or out at Bristol Temple Meads, and staff have told me there's a nationwide issue with ticket gates, however I have been able to tap in and out at Bristol Parkway.

I travel on XC all the time and have never witnessed this. Every time I've seen two people who thought they had reserved the same seat, one of them always has the wrong seat/carriage/time/service/date.

When I've travelled between Bristol and London, it's been just like normal - there are reservations in place, but lots of unreserved seats too. I wouldn't expect reservations on the Bristol to Cardiff leg, but that's just an educated guess.

My experiences of travelling between London and Bristol on strike days is that the trains are busy but not crush-loaded. As ever, the best approach is to arrive at Paddington early, wait on the bridge, and once the train is announced head to the very front of the train. The vast majority of...

I highly recommend reading the whole thread from 2019 that's linked to in post #3. There are some fascinating posts.

Superb! Thank you very much for the write-up.

I've never noticed them being dirty, but then my standards may be low as the other trains I use for work are turbos, which are utterly filthy!

I commute on them daily. Get a pair of seats to yourself and they're very pleasant. However they feel very cramped when you're sat next to a stranger. The first class carriage is also superb - I can't think of a better one on the network.