Great Western Coffee Shop

If anyone sees this before tomorrow can anyone enlighten me as to whichbof the Penzance to Plymouth fgw trains tomorrow will be hst. I know the 1400 is but I discovered my check out is 1000 (not 1200 as is assumed) so may want to head back ealier than booked.

I know from Plymouth to newportbit will be a vomiter but hey ho.

As an aside - when standard wasbpacked yesterday I could not believe how fewbpeople yaws weekend first!

1000 from Penzance is a FGW HST, arrive Taunton at 1334. Then 1411 from Taunton direct to Newport arrive  1606, should be a Class 158, thus neatly avoiding a Vomiter and another change at Bristol. Or take the 1354 Vomiter from Taunton and change at Bristol for the 1448 to Newport arriving 1527.

The 1000 from Penzance has a Restaurant from Plymouth at 1200, maybe enough time to sample the Pullman lunch offering; ask nicely to be served first and you may get two courses in before Taunton!

As it's a BH Monday you can upgrade to Weekend First on the leg from Penzance to Taunton, that's if you're not on a 1st Class ticket already!

EDIT: Thought just occured to me. As it's a BH Monday the Pullman restaurant may not be running....will still be a HST though!

2nd EDIT (  ::)  ) The 1354 XC Vomiter from Taunton is routed tomorrow via South Wales arriving Newport at 1508. Engineering I guess.....

Units are actually quicker through Cornwall than HSTs.  I overheard a driver telling a guard that this is because they spend less time at stations.  And...as speeds are limited this side of the frontier, the pointy nose things cannot attain full potential velocity.  A bit like the 153s on the Falmouth branch which hardly spend any time at all at stations due to poor reliability. ;D

Units don't carry 1st class, and regulars on this forum know that FA likes her creature comforts.  :D


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bit late now but there should have been an additional HST at 1048 off PNZ today.

Well I got the 10am, went as far as reading as taunton was jammed and I didnt want to face a unit - got the 15:11 to Swansea and then connected there

Decided paying the extra was worth not having a sardine can

Still home two hours earlier than planned.

And yes, if that tale is true - I DO like my creature comforts.  What I want is a table I can work on and that involves a 17 inch laptop and course books etc etc - and I normally pay for it!

If some guard is muttering about FA - if he sees me face to face - :-) - bring it on - :-)

Surely not again, Nemesis.....

Surely a candidate for

http://www.ioverheard.net/

And I get slated for stating the obvious ;D

yeah - but you probably also know that I do travel Arriva Snails Wales a lot and they don't have first either - but then I don't use them on a bank holiday monday afternoon when even the HST's are full to bursting.

Example of why I don't really like units if I can help it:

Friday I had to go to a major Boots store - choice - Birmingham or Cardiff.  Chose Cardiff - more easy to get to.  Hopped on the 1611 from ludlow which is normally a minimum 3 car if not a six since its the first south bound for about 2 hours since it has to make way for either a few freight trains or the wagex running through.  Friday - it was a 2 car 175.  I did have a seat after Hereford but with so many people on it, it was unbearable and I got off at Abergavenny to wait for the one 20 minutes behind which was empty.  Had there been a first class on there - I probably would not have had to get off as it would have been full but not a sardine can.