Thanks, I will probably still book. Besides, I'm not in a rush, so a delay isn't a problem.
A while back (way before the pandemic) I noticed a number of Sunday runs from Salisbury to Reading via Andover. Not sure how that came about but a great idea. If some commuter services like that ran it would really help job access options... not sure if that was on the cards as an aspiration.
It was put in the Sunday morning and afternoon timetable to provide additional capacity towards London (via Reading) during the period on Sunday that paths into Waterloo are reduced for maintenance, and at that time not all Basingstoke to Reading GW paths are used. There is a weekday late evening route learner as well.
Having acceptance on GWR doesn't help folk who want Andover.
It’s 15 minutes isn’t it?
If it's caused by SWR yes that's right. Also SWR have put GWR ticket acceptance in place on all reasonable routes.
Cross Country are running via Guildford today (seems to be Reading to Basingstoke closed), so presumably will do the same next weekend if Laverstock lines haven't reopened. It's a fairly frequent diversion for them.
Yes, I have diverted that way before, so I would imagine so.
RTT is now showing XC running via the SWML to/from Eastleigh all day next Sunday. Has that just been uploaded?
Anyone know what unit this was?
I was only responding to the previous poster's comment, I hadn't checked RTT.
No worries, looking back through the whole thread it looks as if it must have been changed since Friday whenever it was done. Next Saturday still shows via Laverstock though…
158883 and 158884 were noted in the main Salisbury incident thread.
Presumably it'll all be dependent on the progress of the relaying operation. No doubt NR will have a detailed programme by now, but they're always at risk from the unexpected (I was a planning engineer in earlier times).
Thanks
