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Title: Simon Calder: How InterCity makes the going ... slower Post by: grahame on March 29, 2014, 07:29:55 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/simon-calder-how-intercity-makes-the-going--slower-9221100.html
Quote Good news for rail travellers to the South West: the line along the south Devon coast is due to reopen on Friday, and some whispers suggest it could be a day or two sooner. Now for the bad news: the rail journey to Cornwall is scheduled to take longer than the bus replacement service currently in force. [snip] no matter how early in the morning you are prepared to start from London (or, for that matter, Birmingham or Southampton), there is no combination of trains that will get you to Truro before noon. But if you're quick, and travel before they fix the track at Dawlish, you can get there at noon. Once the trains start running normally again, the journey slows down. Title: Re: Simon Calder: How InterCity makes the going ... slower Post by: bobm on March 29, 2014, 08:30:18 A little mischievous.. the 07:06 from Paddington currently connects into a bus which arrives in Truro at noon. Once the normal timetable resumes it will connect into a train at Exeter St David's which arrives in Truro at 12:02 - strictly speaking after noon granted however I for one would rather spend an extra two minutes on a train than change onto a bus!
(If you don't want to change trains, the 07:30 from Paddington will arrive in Truro at 12:33 once Dawlish reopens.) Title: Re: Simon Calder: How InterCity makes the going ... slower Post by: old original on March 29, 2014, 12:57:26 ...and I'm sure that if the train only had to stop at the same places as the bus (Plymouth & Bodmin) it would get to Truro quicker
Title: Re: Simon Calder: How InterCity makes the going ... slower Post by: The Tall Controller on March 29, 2014, 14:36:21 The bus in question doesn't even stop at Plymouth. It goes non stop from Tiverton Parkway to Bodmin town centre then onto Bodmin Parkway and then finally Truro for 1200.
Title: Re: Simon Calder: How InterCity makes the going ... slower Post by: Umberleigh on April 07, 2014, 20:08:53 The buses may have run on time pre-Easter, but once the holiday season kicks off its a different matter. Every weekend/bank hol I hear on the news that the M5 is extremely busy, and prone to major delay accidents
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