Is there any way to do this folks, out of curiosity? I'm planning on heading from Coventry to Reading this afternoon. Ideally I'd catch the 1226 (XC Manchester <> Bournemouth), but I'm conscious that there's a small game of footy on at Wembley today at 3pm (both Manchester teams are playing for those who don't follow footy), and the 1226 has a connection at Banbury for a Marylebone service that calls at Wembley Stadium at 1409. I'd imagine most supporters would make their way earlier than that to soak up a bit of the atmosphere etc. at Wembley, but there's a half-decent chance that there'll be supporters on the 1226.
So my options are: head to Coventry for the 1226 and keep my fingers crossed, or play safe at get the 1326 which -- in theory at least -- shouldn't have (m)any footy fans on it, but would get me to my end destination later than ideally required.
Is there a publicly available way of finding this out? I've looked on TIGER at the departure boards at Stockport / Macclesfield etc. to see if there are any "full and standing" messages being broadcast, but can't see any. And to be honest I see those all the time for Avanti services and they're rarely accurate!
TIA ~ Jim.
So my options are: head to Coventry for the 1226 and keep my fingers crossed, or play safe at get the 1326 which -- in theory at least -- shouldn't have (m)any footy fans on it, but would get me to my end destination later than ideally required.
Is there a publicly available way of finding this out? I've looked on TIGER at the departure boards at Stockport / Macclesfield etc. to see if there are any "full and standing" messages being broadcast, but can't see any. And to be honest I see those all the time for Avanti services and they're rarely accurate!
TIA ~ Jim.