flitwickbeds
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Looking ahead to this weekend from my station Flitwick, where I commute every other weekend for shift work into London.
There is engineering work closing the line between Bedford and Luton, and therefore the dreaded rail replacement buses operating. They've allowed 35 minutes journey plus a 10 minute connection for what Google Maps says is a 33 minute car journey (without traffic or pickups). But that's another topic.
What really annoys me is that they have timed the first bus to depart Flitwick at roughly the same time as the first train would have departed Flitwick. The first train on Sundays according to the Thameslink timetable is the 0606, arriving into St Pancras at 0710. This Sunday the first bus departs Flitwick at 0605, arrives Luton at 0640 (it won't, see above!) and provides a connection (if you're lucky) to the 0650 train departure, which is scheduled to arrive at St Pancras at 0740.
Should rail replacement services start earlier, factoring in the extended journey time, so that connection can be made to the first (or last) "normally timetabled" train of the day?
There is engineering work closing the line between Bedford and Luton, and therefore the dreaded rail replacement buses operating. They've allowed 35 minutes journey plus a 10 minute connection for what Google Maps says is a 33 minute car journey (without traffic or pickups). But that's another topic.
What really annoys me is that they have timed the first bus to depart Flitwick at roughly the same time as the first train would have departed Flitwick. The first train on Sundays according to the Thameslink timetable is the 0606, arriving into St Pancras at 0710. This Sunday the first bus departs Flitwick at 0605, arrives Luton at 0640 (it won't, see above!) and provides a connection (if you're lucky) to the 0650 train departure, which is scheduled to arrive at St Pancras at 0740.
Should rail replacement services start earlier, factoring in the extended journey time, so that connection can be made to the first (or last) "normally timetabled" train of the day?