Thanks for the further feedback - house still hopefully going through so may see you in the New Year at Twyford...I'd be coming from the South, so don't think the Wargrave trick would work , although interesting about other parking options...good tips

How easy is the change at Maidenhead onto the 8am service, and do you get a seat on that usually or is that just naive?!

Thanks again...I think the plan would be to use current (pretty batterd old) bike to get from house to Twyford and then leave it locked there in the day...woudl get another battered old bike and leave that at paddington end...not sure how secure Twyford station would be, but I heard there was some new bike parking goign in at Paddington?

Thanks again for the quick responses - I'll certainly be back here if we do get the house and I start commuting daily. INteresting that there's not much in it between daily and monthly parking charges, so might even be tempted to cycle it to Twyford in the summer months...plenty to think about!

Thank you for all the helpful advice. Looks like offer was accepted on the house, so may well be seeing some of you on the 6-54 / 7-22 / 7-56 early next year!

One final question - how busy is the car park at Twyford 7 to 8am in the week?

Thanks very much for all the responses, very helpful. I guess the two peak direct trains from Henley were always going to be full in the mornings, and hadn't really thought about the slower option, but sound much more civilised with a seat!

Interesting about parking - might well need to look into that as well, so what's the damage?! Could be a car or a moped

Good that there are some quick options in the evening, especially the 18-06...I work near Picc Circus, so hopefully wouldnt' take ages to get up to Paddington, although I know it's a bit of a walk from the tube to the british rail platforms

Of course need to see if we actulaly buy this house, but fingers crossed on that front...

LOL^▸ ('laughing out loud')

Could be wishful thinking on my part, and you may yet see me on the 6-54am!

Thanks also for the feedback on the Henley branch Oxman

Thanks very much for the prompt feedback! 

Interesting to know about the 6-54am...probably too early for the daily trip but useful to know about, and thanks also for the tips about what to look out for on the way home

I think the 7-22am and the 7-56am come through from the Henley branch, so really alll about how full they get there, Shiplake and Wargrave...

Hello everyone

I am new to this forum, and the reason for joining is that we are seriously considering buying a house which would have a daily commute from Twyford into Paddington. I am hoping for some help from people in the know!

Looking at the timetable on nationalrail.co.uk, there are fast trains timetabled to take just over half an hour that leave at 7-22am and 7-56am...how busy are both these trains when they pick up at Twyford...can you get a seat / can you even get on?

Coming back in the evenings, when do things get more sensible...from 6-30pm onwards?

Any feedback would be very gratefully appreciated.