Paddington to Reading GWR/TFL services

[GodAtum]

With TFL taking over services, will GWR still be running their fasts?

 

[MikeWh]

Well, TfL are only taking over stopping services between Reading and London. They're not going to run to Bristol, Swansea, Penzance etc. Those trains will still be run by GWR and will still call at Reading, so ...

 

[daveshah]

Running 345s to Penzance would hopefully silence anyone complaining about the Class 800s!

 

[pdeaves]

In the spirit rather than letter of the original request, GWR will still run Paddington-Didcot services, which run 'fairly' fast to Reading.

 

[swt_passenger]

In the spirit rather than letter of the original request, GWR will still run Paddington-Didcot services, which run 'fairly' fast to Reading.

...and also 2 tph stopping (but not all stations) services between Paddington and Reading in the Offpeak period, during which time a TfL reduce to 2tph on the route.

However, this seems to not be a fares question, and the GW/TfL timetables have been discussed many times in the timetables sub-forum, but in any case the original question can easily be answered by reference to the online published timetables?

 

[GodAtum]

Will TFL keep the current fares GWR charge, or will they be cheaper?

 

[swt_passenger]

Will TFL keep the current fares GWR charge, or will they be cheaper?

They’ll be the same, as discussed here:
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/tfl-rail-to-reading-fares.194186/
as announced by TfL here:
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/p...-operate-services-to-reading-from-15-december