Mitchell Hurd
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It's ok don't worry - I'm aware it could go wrong ! Sorry to go slightly off topic but that's why I'm wary about going on a Saturday - if the 15:31 from Liskeard to Reading is cancelled then a change at Plymouth and Bristol Temple Meads is a really tight one! This is because I could end up on the X2 back from Didcot Parkway back to Abingdon as late as the 22:34 (if you look at the train timetables concerned here then you'll see what I mean).
On a Sunday I can get up later. It involves a taxi yes as the first X2 is around 08:45 from not far off my end of Abingdon instead of an hour earlier. Plus if the 16:31 from Liskeard to Reading is cancelled then the 16:08 stopping service to Bristol Temple Meads arriving at 19:19 gives me a better chance. But the 16:31 due at Reading at 19:49 gives me 17/18 minutes for the South Wales train to Didcot, arriving at 20:23. The X2 is at 20:34.
Going back to the IET business, if 9 or 10 coaches are used and run On Time or not too late then that'd be an absolute miracle!
On a Sunday I can get up later. It involves a taxi yes as the first X2 is around 08:45 from not far off my end of Abingdon instead of an hour earlier. Plus if the 16:31 from Liskeard to Reading is cancelled then the 16:08 stopping service to Bristol Temple Meads arriving at 19:19 gives me a better chance. But the 16:31 due at Reading at 19:49 gives me 17/18 minutes for the South Wales train to Didcot, arriving at 20:23. The X2 is at 20:34.
Going back to the IET business, if 9 or 10 coaches are used and run On Time or not too late then that'd be an absolute miracle!