Trains all day, every day. Wow!

grahame

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Trains all day, every day. Wow!

« on: September 29, 2017, 18:52:23 »

First pass at Autumn timetable. Part of me is p*ssed that the timetable changed unexpectedly on 10th September (such short notice that the GWR^▸ timetable change posted got the change wrong!) ... the other part of me is delighted that we now have a year round service all day every day. What a big marketing boost with the addition of the early Sunday service through to Chippenham - indeed to Swindon from 10th December!

The Adventure starts here: http://atrebatia.info/tt_autumn_2017.pdf


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Re: Trains all day, every day. Wow!

« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2017, 19:00:44 »

Good news, Graham. Though I'm not sure I'd describe a service with the last train of the day at 7:30pm from Westbury on weekdays as 'all day' - hopefully a 9-10pm departure could be added over time?


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Re: Trains all day, every day. Wow!

« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2017, 21:58:03 »

Quote from: IndustryInsider on September 29, 2017, 19:00:44

Good news, Graham. Though I'm not sure I'd describe a service with the last train of the day at 7:30pm from Westbury on weekdays as 'all day' - hopefully a 9-10pm departure could be added over time?

I thought about that before I posted, and decided that "day" means daytime - from around 8 in the morning til 6 at night. It means that people working during the day can use the train, including (now, just) people working in retail in Swindon on a Sunday.

There should be a later train that 18:32 from Westbury on a Saturday ... and later that the 19:35 (ish) the rest of the week. A further cycle of the same unit? Understand another crew would be needed and (commenting here in a slightly private area) we have been quoted what looks like the price of a complete shift for driver and conductor, with a need for two of each to run 7 days. 4 staff at £how-much each, plus operating cost of train and track access charges and you'll see it's an awful lot of money. Need to find something else to do with the crew / train, or have it more sensibly integrated at another timetabling point.


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