Paddington-Newbury peak services

[nw1]

I swear someone recently mentioned a 1720 Paddington-Didcot and Newbury divider on here.

However a look at Realtime Trains and traintimes.org.uk reveals no such service (neither now nor in the new timetable from June), there is no evidence of the Didcot services dividing and containing a portion for Newbury.

Does this service actually run? Or is it operated as a separate service (Reading-Newbury) with the stock detached off the Didcot?

Thanks.

 

[Mag_seven]

I swear someone recently mentioned a 1720 Paddington-Didcot and Newbury divider on here.

However a look at Realtime Trains and traintimes.org.uk reveals no such service (neither now nor in the new timetable from June), there is no evidence of the Didcot services dividing and containing a portion for Newbury.

Does this service actually run? Or is it operated as a separate service (Reading-Newbury) with the stock detached off the Didcot?

Thanks.

Look closely at the Reading entry here and you will see that the 17.20 does contain a portion for Newbury:

Realtime Trains | 1D76 1720 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway | 18/04/2024

Real-time train running information for 1D76 1720 departure from London Paddington to Didcot Parkway on 18/04/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

 

[nw1]

Look closely at the Reading entry here and you will see that the 17.20 does contain a portion for Newbury:

Realtime Trains | 1D76 1720 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway | 18/04/2024

Real-time train running information for 1D76 1720 departure from London Paddington to Didcot Parkway on 18/04/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Ah ok, thanks. Sorry, wasn't obvious from the destination.

Presumably this is not advertised publicly as through, as Traintimes does not show it as a through Newbury service.

 

[jammmmmsssssss]

Ah ok, thanks. Sorry, wasn't obvious from the destination.

Presumably this is not advertised publicly as through, as Traintimes does not show it as a through Newbury service.

It did on Wednesday

Realtime Trains | 1D76 1720 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway and Newbury | 10/04/2024

Real-time train running information for 1D76 1720 departure from London Paddington to Didcot Parkway and Newbury on 10/04/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

 

[Horizon22]

Ah ok, thanks. Sorry, wasn't obvious from the destination.

Presumably this is not advertised publicly as through, as Traintimes does not show it as a through Newbury service.

Probably because there is a quicker direct service at 1736 which departs Paddington later and arrives at Newbury earlier than the splitting service does.

If it was advertised on the CIS at Paddington it would be because the two trains are associated showing "Didcot Parkway & Newbury", but that may be deliberately surpressed.

 

[nw1]

Probably because there is a quicker direct service at 1736 which departs Paddington later and arrives at Newbury earlier than the splitting service does.

If it was advertised on the CIS at Paddington it would be because the two trains are associated showing "Didcot Parkway & Newbury", but that may be deliberately surpressed.

Ah ok. Presumably the split is just done for operational convenience in this place, presumably there isn't a Newbury train terminating at Reading that can form the Reading-Newbury.

 

[JonathanH]

It doesn't run through on from Paddington to Newbury on a Friday.

Monday to Thursday, the arrival from Newbury at Reading at 1734 goes from platform 3 to the depot, and the 1806 departure comes off the back of the 1720 from Paddington.

Friday, the 1734 arrival from Newbury goes back to Newbury at 1806.