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Title: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: infoman on April 17, 2023, 06:19:00 from May 2023
report on Radio Bristol Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: ChrisB on April 17, 2023, 06:28:21 I think this has already been reported on this board?
Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: infoman on April 17, 2023, 06:33:54 If this is the way to reply to info posted,therefore can you put me on your ignore list?
Just remember the Walt Disney film Bambi,if you can't say anything nice,don't say it. Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: grahame on April 17, 2023, 06:41:44 Gentlemen,
You are both "right". Yes, the Gloucester enhancement have been reported earlier and elsewhere on the forum - but it can be really had to find that data sometimes, and a fresh reminder to "ping" it to the top is no bad thing. The news that it's on the BBC this morning IS new. In order to make the archive easier to follow in the future, one of the moderators may merge this topic with a similar one in due course, As the most recent posts on the topic, this current thread content will pop to the top based on date. Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: infoman on April 17, 2023, 07:17:29 For those who don't live in the Radio Bristol aerial
Rob Dixon from FoSBR was speaking LIVE on Radio Bristol about the new services approx 07:05am if you want to listen to the interview. Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: DaveHarries on April 17, 2023, 12:45:39 Good news this, as is the doubling of the frequency to / from Worcester. To give some idea of the schedules that GWR are planning:
- Monday 22nd May (to give an idea of the Monday to Friday TT): https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:GCR/to/gb-nr:BRI/2023-05-22/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=GW - Saturday 27th May (nearly the same as Monday to Friday): https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:GCR/to/gb-nr:BRI/2023-05-27/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=GW - Sunday 28th May (Sundays toi be every 2hrs Worcester - Gloucester - Bristol): https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:GCR/to/gb-nr:BRI/2023-05-28/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=GW Hope this proves to be a success. Dave Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: Red Squirrel on April 17, 2023, 14:12:19 For those who don't live in the Radio Bristol aerial Rob Dixon from FoSBR was speaking LIVE on Radio Bristol about the new services approx 07:05am if you want to listen to the interview. …and you can listen to him here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fcd9md?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: Gordon the Blue Engine on April 17, 2023, 17:09:32 So I gather, though no-one has actually said it, that we're talking about increased train services to Gloucester ... from Bristol. It could be Worcester, Birmingham, Swindon, S Wales, or all of them. Have we got to follow an external link before we find out? It would be good if posts were self-explanatory and understandable without having to follow an external link.
Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: Red Squirrel on April 17, 2023, 21:05:56 I'm not sure why Radio Bristol focused solely on Bristol Temple Meads to Yate, as the new half-hourly service frequencies from 22nd May are Bristol to Gloucester and Bristol to Westbury.
Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: infoman on April 18, 2023, 02:47:12 Because OUR public broadcaster does not reconised neighbouring BBC local stations,and I live in the Radio Bristol area.
I once rang up to inform them of an event in Corsham. Can't announce that, its out of our area. So all the events we do attend,we don't go out of county boundaries? Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: TonyK on April 18, 2023, 09:05:04 What hasn't been mentioned is the (at least theoretical) improvement of service north from Lawrence Hill and Stapleton Road. Change at Filton Abbey Wood for Gloucester, Cheltenham, Worcester, and other places not within the Radio Bristol parish.
Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: Mark A on April 18, 2023, 09:09:54 Because OUR public broadcaster does not reconised neighbouring BBC local stations,and I live in the Radio Bristol area. I once rang up to inform them of an event in Corsham. Can't announce that, its out of our area. So all the events we do attend,we don't go out of county boundaries? Yup... also, this reminded me that I was thinking that Paul Clifton's recent piece on various Beeching closures on lines to the south coast that went out on BBC South's local news programme should also have been broadcast in Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Newcastle... Mark Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: Red Squirrel on May 22, 2023, 10:11:00 FoSBR were up with the flatulent sparrows this morning to catch the first MetroWest half-hourly train to Yate!
Awaiting the 06.10 departure from Bristol Temple Meads: (https://fosbr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/may2023tt-1-scaled-1.jpg) Arriving at Yate: (https://fosbr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/may2023tt-2-scaled-1.jpg) FoSBR with local campaigners and councillors. Great to see that, like us, they thought it worth getting up early to mark the occasion! (https://fosbr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/may2023tt-3-scaled-1.jpg) Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: JayMac on May 22, 2023, 12:15:54 I do like a bit of Double Gloucester!
Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: bleeder4 on May 22, 2023, 15:34:34 First day of the doubling of service frequency between Worcester and Bristol today. 15 trains Worcester to Bristol, and 13 from Bristol to Worcester. It's also nice to see some IETs working the route as well. Both the 1056 and 1456 departures from Worcester Shrub Hill were 5 coach IETs, which makes a change from the 2 coach 158's that we normally get!
The only downside is they don't go any further than Bristol anymore. Previously they would continue on to Westbury and thence to south coast destinations such as Weymouth, Portsmouth or Brighton. Title: Re: train services to Gloucester to double. Post by: Red Squirrel on May 24, 2023, 10:33:35 Quote Disappointment as Cam and Dursley train station misses out on upgrade Source: GazetteBy Alice Knight COMMUTERS and community leaders have slammed a new timetable for failing to include Cam and Dursley train station as part of new area upgrades. The new service was launched on Monday, May 22, as part of the West of England Combined Authority's MetroWest programme. Trains between Bristol and Gloucester will now depart Temple Meads every 30 minutes, stopping at Filton Abbey Wood, Bristol Parkway, Yate, and then Gloucester. The new regular service, however, will not stop in Cam or Dursley every 30 minutes and will instead continue to run every hour. It has caused some disappointment in the Stroud district, particularly since Cam and Dursley is the closest station for many commuters on the Bristol line. Great Western Railway has blamed the exclusion on timetable constraints and the new Charfield train station which has recently received planning permission. continues... (https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/23542638.disappointment-cam-dursley-train-station-misses-upgrade/) I believe the Gazette considered running a story about the start of the 2tph service, but perhaps thought it was a bit too similar to this one: https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/23448369.yate-mp-luke-hall-welcomes-mark-harper-train-station/ This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |