Adrian1980uk
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Leisure travel at the moment id guess but interesting to see after the bank holiday if loadings dramatically increase
GWR has been disrupted due to rolling stock shortage, Bristol planned works and Plymouth bridge strike which has been unfortunate given the number of passengers wanting to travel. Interestingly tickets were not checked at all on my GWR train from Paddington to Truro on Friday afternoon, gates left open at both stations. Hardly much interest in collecting revenue.I've never seen the tourist traffic on the trains so busy, so many people having staycations.
The tocs can't cope with the peaks as it doesn't follow the usual traffic, but commutters are still staying away.
Conductors are now going through doing revenue now, so income will be increasing to reflect true revenue unlike over the covid times.
GWR has been disrupted due to rolling stock shortage, Bristol planned works and Plymouth bridge strike which has been unfortunate given the number of passengers wanting to travel. Interestingly tickets were not checked at all on my GWR train from Paddington to Truro on Friday afternoon, gates left open at both stations. Hardly much interest in collecting revenue.
Not surprising - I suspect a lot of cheap fares seem to be the reason.Saturdays on TPE it's almost as if the crowds never went away....
The days of “ which carriage shall I have to myself today” are definitely over, but my bag still gets a seat!
Whereas Bristol area locals were cosy!I think that’s certainly very operator dependant though - I took a 9 car XC down to Bournemouth last Friday (still running on the 2 hourly Covid timetable I note!) and had a coach almost to myself from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkway, then to myself to Bournemouth.
I've been on 8 car Voyagers from Bristol with the rear coaches empty and standing in the front unit. A case of platform brain for sure.
To be fair at a lot of stations if you weren't in the know you could end up in a position where it's going to be difficult to walk to the other set.I've been on 8 car Voyagers from Bristol with the rear coaches empty and standing in the front unit. A case of platform brain for sure.
I also think people are worried about moving too far away from where they entered the platform, at a lot of stations you can look pretty stupid if you move too far down then a two car 170 arrives...