ValleyLines142
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That ain't hourly and you know it!
I genuinely thought it was!! Okay, let's change to it to Port Talbot Parkway.
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I genuinely thought it was!! Okay, let's change to it to Port Talbot Parkway.
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Robinson
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I am relieved to find FGW call at Port Talbot Parkway, otherwise we'd have found ourselves stuck again...
FGW to London Paddington.
FGW to London Paddington.
ValleyLines142
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Ooh yes, Wales is very globalised with the British capital 
HC to Hayes & Harlington
HC to Hayes & Harlington
Robinson
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FGW to Reading.
ValleyLines142
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SWT to Virginia Water
Robinson
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Assuming that we arrived on a Reading service...
SWT to Weybridge.
SWT to Weybridge.
ValleyLines142
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Sorry, I don't get you? :P we've just been on a 458 from Reading to Virginia Water?
SWT to Basingstoke
SWT to Basingstoke
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Robinson
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Sorry, I'm confusing myself again (I was looking at it from the other direction, i.e. from London).
Your spelling of Basingstoke is almost as amusing, though...
ValleyLines142
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Ah right.
Robinson
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XC to Southampton Central.
ValleyLines142
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Your spelling of Basingstoke is almost as amusing, though...
Dear Christ, that's hysterical.
SN to Barnham
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Robinson
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Southern to Portsmouth & Southsea.
ValleyLines142
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FGW to Bradford-on-Avon
Robinson
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Not sure if any other route through Bradford-on-Avon runs hourly (SWT don't, and neither does the Weymouth service; I can't think of anything else off the top of my head).
So unless told otherwise, I'm assuming this needs to be changed.
ValleyLines142
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First Great Western's hourly Portsmouth to Cardiff calls at Bradford-on-Avon, at 22 minutes past each hour.
Robinson
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Only flaw is that's the service we've just arrived on.
ValleyLines142
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I thought we've done Southern to Barnham, then Southern to Portsmouth & Southsea and now FGW to Bradford-on-Avon??
Robinson
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Correct. Which means we've just used the FGW Portsmouth-Cardiff service to get to Bradford-on-Avon surely, as there is no other direct service between them?
Xenophon PCDGS
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This is where the problem seemed to arise. This journey came as a result of a journey from Barnham. Therefore, we need a new TOC and to proceed in a westerly direction from Portsmouth and Southsea on a service with an hourly frequency, so I will say......
FGW to Bristol Temple Meads
ValleyLines142
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Yes, it was the Southern to Ports & SS that had me, hence I switched over to FGW.
ATW to Bridgend
IMPORTANT QUESTION: I'm just wondering what the rules are on services that only have hourly services in the peaks? I made a posting from Sheffield to Bodmin Parkway on one of the three daily extensions from Plymouth through to Penzance. They leave Sheffield at 1354, 1454 and 1554. Also, Pyle is another example I used but was declined. Although Pyle officially has a two-hourly service along the Swanline routes, there are hourly services in the peaks. So the question I'm asking is, will peak hourly services be allowed or not?? Thanks
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Xenophon PCDGS
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FGW to Swansea
MK Tom
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In answer to the query, it has to be an off-peak hourly minimum service. So I'm afraid places like Welshpool and Polesworth and anywhere that doesn't have at least 1tph Monday-Friday 10.00-17.00 doesn't count! Hope that makes sense Also Paul seems to have a pretty solid grasp of the rules so I trust him to advise in my absence as I don't usually have the time to keep up to speed on this thread. The primary focus is on making clear which hourly+ service is being used (by which I mean hourly+ journey possibility, e.g. Wrexham-Chester would be fine even though that's two different two-hourly services, they combine to form one over that stretch).
FGW HST to Swindon.
Also Paul seems to have a pretty solid grasp of the rules so I trust him to advise in my absence as I don't usually have the time to keep up to speed on this thread. The primary focus is on making clear which hourly+ service is being used (by which I mean hourly+ journey possibility, e.g. Wrexham-Chester would be fine even though that's two different two-hourly services, they combine to form one over that stretch).FGW HST to Swindon.
ValleyLines142
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FGW to Salisbury
Robinson
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Can't do that; there's only 3tpd Gloucester-Salisbury direct.
ValleyLines142
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Aww poo is there? I'm not very good at this lately. AWKWARD.
Okay then, let's just cut that back to Westbury instead, I think it's hourly from Westbury northwards isn't it?
Robinson
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That appears to be valid.
Back on the Cardiff-Portsmouth service now (because I have no idea what other service through Westbury runs hourly) - so it's FGW to Romsey.
Back on the Cardiff-Portsmouth service now (because I have no idea what other service through Westbury runs hourly) - so it's FGW to Romsey.
ValleyLines142
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SWT to Eastleigh (on that hideous figure-of-6 route!)
Robinson
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SWT to Clapham Junction.
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