Ticket came today. The details are reporduced below and, just in case, I acknowledge the fact that they are published by Pathfinder Toursand hopefully they have granted their permission for them to be shared.
Tame Bridge Parkway 05:40 return 23:25
Bristol Parkway 07:50 Return21:15
Details have changed a little in that the Alphington Road branch is now done on the return journey and last before the Exeter drop.
Its Exeter pick up at 09:35 and return at 19:10
No GWML train connects with this either at Cheltenham or the Bristol stations. Even the first train from Reading misses the Exeter connection by 9 minutes.
It goes without saying that had I anticipated this I would have given the trip a miss being an exponant of rail travel wherever I can.
Anybody need a lift from Didcot along the M4 at some ungodly hour? I might nip round the back of Stoke Gifford first and have a nosy whats in the shed
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According to NRES the first train from Reading gets to Parkway well after this train departs so how late did you want them to retime the train?
Originally the estimated time was 08:20 and the first train gets there at 08:38 so not that a great difference is it?
