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Title: Unusual through train Post by: bobm on October 30, 2011, 10:57:35 From FGW Website
Quote 07:59 Swansea to London Paddington due 12:02 This train will call additionally at Pewsey and Newbury.This is due to an earlier train fault. Last Updated: 30/10/2011 09:33 Wonder when the last time there was a through train from Swansea to Pewsey? Always like these extra stops but of course it's usually too late to take advanatge of them. Did strike lucky once when a Penzance service made an extra call at Twyford and I was heading to St Erth so didn't need to change at Reading! Title: Re: Unusual through train Post by: IndustryInsider on October 30, 2011, 11:11:06 Yes, I travelled direct from Banbury to Tiverton Parkway several years ago when Virgin Cross Country were diverting their services that would normally run via Cheltenham through that route instead.
Title: Re: Unusual through train Post by: Steve Bray on October 30, 2011, 13:45:43 Was it around a Sunday in New Year 2010 when there were a couple of London-Swansea services that ran via Hereford and the Cotswold Line?
Title: Re: Unusual through train Post by: smokey on October 30, 2011, 16:21:39 I recall that last Christmas or New year that the 17.38 Penzance to Paddington which is routed via Bristol TM, Bath Spa and Swindon normally was routed and called at Oxford before reverseing at Banbury.
Penzance to Oxford on a Direct train THESE days is about as Common as Rocking Horse Droppings. Title: Re: Unusual through train Post by: inspector_blakey on October 30, 2011, 17:21:49 Probably about 10-11 years ago, a Virgin XC HST from Penzance - North East somewhere that worked direct (and non-stop) Bristol TM - Oxford, via Chipping Sodbury and the west curve at Foxhall. It was a planned, advertised diversion due to engineering, and probably the quickest journey I've ever had between the two places by some distance!
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