Exeter to Honiton

[piccadilly]

I have been helped with this route before.

At present the train seems to take an age to get from Birmingham to Exeter over 3 1/2 hours.

Either via Newport or Swindon and Bath or Gloucester, or a bus replacement service via Parkway.

Does anybody know when the engineering works will be complete and what the journey time will then be - surely an improvement?

Thank you for your help and Kind Regards

 

[swt_passenger]

Filton Bank (Bristol Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads) is closed for 3 weeks for four tracking, work continues until this coming weekend. No idea how Honiton fits in to Birmingham to Exeter though...

 

[piccadilly]

Filton Bank (Bristol Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads) is closed for 3 weeks for four tracking, work continues until this coming weekend. No idea how Honiton fits in to Birmingham to Exeter though...

Sorry I wasn’t clear!

I travel from Honiton but the Exter to Birminghsm part is the drag.

Apologies for the confusion.

 

[piccadilly]

Actually the title should be Exeter to Birmingham.

 

[MarlowDonkey]

Sorry I wasn’t clear!

I travel from Honiton but the Exter to Birminghsm part is the drag.

Is the route Honiton - Basingstoke - Reading - Birmingham any better? It's probably only one change, at Basingstoke to XC.

 

[piccadilly]

Thank you.

I will check this route out.

I was hoping the engineering works would finish soon and there would be an improvement - swt passenger has confirmed the end date for the works.