Plenty of delays on Southern and SWT. Due to a delay on Southern, I just missed the 0822 from Clapham - Guildford. The 0852 and 0922 from Clapham to Guildford were cancelled. So the next scheduled train was the 0952. I was not going to wait for an hour and a half at Clapham so I got on the train to Redhill and changed there for Guildford.
Journey times:
33 minutes for a fast from Clapham Junction to Guildford
50 minutes on the stopper via Cobham (my favourite route to Guildford, also the 0842 took 56 minutes due to delays)
1 hour 2 minutes on the stopper via Epsom
The 0852 started from Woking. The SWT Journeycheck page will almost certainly have mentioned that, so checking it and then taking the next fast to Woking would have sorted that cancellation out. Passengers are very lucky that SWT use such a system.
Link here:
https://m.journeycheck.com/southwesttrains
Actual journey times via Redhill:
1 hour 13 minutes if you took the delayed 0838 from Clapham Junction (normally 1 hour 14 minutes)
1 hour 33 minutes if you took the delayed 0908 from Clapham Junction (normally 44 minutes but the connection was missed)
Yep, going via Redhill was faster... but hey, you got your First Class :roll:
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Were there no Guildford trains from P11 either? RTT reckons there were. So was 'via Redhill' definitely the answer?
No First Class therefore they don't exist
Guess he also avoids the fast East Croydon to Clapham Junction workings that use 455s (those from Caterham and Tattenham Corner)