I thought the official connection time between trains at Waterloo was 10 minutes but when looking up Twickenham to Guildford Journeys today, it wasn't showing connections that were about 10 minutes part. So what is the official time?
For example if I got a the 17.23 fast service, arriving into Waterloo at 17.49, it shows the 18.15 and not the 18.00. Equally getting the 17.28 stopping service, arriving at 18.02, it suggests the 18.18 and not the 18.15. The 17.41 journey suggested I'd be in Guildford a 19.06. The 18.11 journey also suggests getting home at 19.06, although you do have to change twice but at least you avoid Waterloo and peak rush hour!
I'd have thought 10 minutes would be enough time to make a connecting train. More so than the 5 minutes allowed at Woking, which during the evening peak can drop to minus minutes if you get held up behind a late running stopping service. Are people often 6-7 minutes late into Waterloo? I use those times because I think 3-4 minutes may be pushing it to make a connecting Tarun at Waterloo, especially if you don't know the platform number.
Depsite the longer waiting time than I'd have expected and the time it takes to get from Clapham Junction to Waterloo and back through it, National Rail Enquiries still recommended going via Waterloo than getting out at Clapham Junction and taking a stopping service all the way to Guildford.
I wouldn't have thought there would be that much in it though, unless the trains don't connect well at Clapham Junction.
For example if I got a the 17.23 fast service, arriving into Waterloo at 17.49, it shows the 18.15 and not the 18.00. Equally getting the 17.28 stopping service, arriving at 18.02, it suggests the 18.18 and not the 18.15. The 17.41 journey suggested I'd be in Guildford a 19.06. The 18.11 journey also suggests getting home at 19.06, although you do have to change twice but at least you avoid Waterloo and peak rush hour!
I'd have thought 10 minutes would be enough time to make a connecting train. More so than the 5 minutes allowed at Woking, which during the evening peak can drop to minus minutes if you get held up behind a late running stopping service. Are people often 6-7 minutes late into Waterloo? I use those times because I think 3-4 minutes may be pushing it to make a connecting Tarun at Waterloo, especially if you don't know the platform number.
Depsite the longer waiting time than I'd have expected and the time it takes to get from Clapham Junction to Waterloo and back through it, National Rail Enquiries still recommended going via Waterloo than getting out at Clapham Junction and taking a stopping service all the way to Guildford.
I wouldn't have thought there would be that much in it though, unless the trains don't connect well at Clapham Junction.