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« Reply #15 on: November 27, 2024, 10:10:47 »
From RTT» (Real Time Trains - website), 22 additional GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) services at Bath (BTH» (Bath Spa - next trains)) this Saturday;

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:BTH/2024-11-30/0000-2359?stp=S&show=passenger&order=wtt&toc=GW» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about)
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« Reply #16 on: November 27, 2024, 19:18:33 »
Looking through Realtimetrains for this Saturday, here are the additional services running.  The following two Saturdays may be the same, or may be slightly different.

Eastbound services
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0810 Bristol Temple Meads-Bath Spa
0924 Bristol Temple Meads-Westbury
1008 Bristol Temple Meads-Westbury
1039 Bristol Temple Meads-Swindon
1107 Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury
1142 Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham Spa via Swindon and Gloucester
1613 Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury
1641 Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham Spa via Swindon and Gloucester
1714 Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury
1742 Bristol Temple Meads to Swindon
1811 Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury
1835 Bristol Temple Meads to Swindon
1903 Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury
1932 Bristol Temple Meads to Swindon

Westbound services
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0840 Westbury to Bristol Temple Meads
0856 Westbury to Bristol Temple Meads
0934 Swindon to Bristol Temple Meads
1016 Westbury to Bristol Temple Meads
1034 Swindon to Bristol Temple Meads
1103 Westbury to Bristol Temple Meads
1133 Swindon to Weston-Super-Mare
1534 Swindon to Bristol Temple Meads
1602 Westbury to Bristol Temple Meads
1707 Westbury to Bristol Temple Meads
1717 Swindon to Bristol Temple Meads
1806 Westbury to Bristol Temple Meads
1908 Westbury to Bristol Temple Meads
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« Reply #17 on: November 29, 2024, 00:48:36 »
I did the Christmas Market on opening day yesterday 28th November.  Trains in the afternoon to Bath and back in the evening were not over full but it was not the weekend off course.  The Thursday "soft launch" seemed to be rather successful as it was busy but not unpleasantly so. 
The mulled wine vendors seemed to have significantly increased their prices this year but this perhaps is a not a subject worthy of exercising the great minds of the forum.
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« Reply #18 on: November 29, 2024, 10:21:49 »
I went there yesterday too. All pretty uneventful; trains were well-loaded but not overcrowded, and everything was more or less on time.

As to the Shed Show: too much mulled wine, not enough roast chestnuts in my opinion…
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« Reply #19 on: November 29, 2024, 14:50:21 »
Bath Rugby at home to Exeter Chiefs on Saturday too (1745 ko) which I would imagine will put a fair bit of additional strain on local trains and facilities before and after the match.
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« Reply #20 on: November 30, 2024, 20:37:20 »
Checking all those extra services on realtimetrains, I see that most of them all ran today.  The only ones cancelled were those 1142 and 1641 Bristol-Cheltenham via Swindon services.  Not too bad really.  Went better than I expected it to.  Though we'll see what it's like on the next two Saturdays.
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« Reply #21 on: November 30, 2024, 21:13:26 »
Quote from: XPT on November 30, 2024, 20:37:20
Checking all those extra services on realtimetrains, I see that most of them all ran today.  The only ones cancelled were those 1142 and 1641 Bristol-Cheltenham via Swindon services.  Not too bad really.  Went better than I expected it to.  Though we'll see what it's like on the next two Saturdays.

Good for them - one has to wonder as to whether there's some sort of sacrifice elsewhere
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« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2024, 21:35:48 »
Quote from: grahame on November 30, 2024, 21:13:26
Quote from: XPT on November 30, 2024, 20:37:20
Checking all those extra services on realtimetrains, I see that most of them all ran today.  The only ones cancelled were those 1142 and 1641 Bristol-Cheltenham via Swindon services.  Not too bad really.  Went better than I expected it to.  Though we'll see what it's like on the next two Saturdays.

Good for them - one has to wonder as to whether there's some sort of sacrifice elsewhere



At least Westbury station staff had the decency to annouce the provision of taxis for passengers requiring Melksham.
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« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2024, 09:59:25 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on November 29, 2024, 14:50:21
Bath Rugby at home to Exeter Chiefs on Saturday too (1745 ko) which I would imagine will put a fair bit of additional strain on local trains and facilities before and after the match.

I did notice that the bus stop screens in Bath were announcing earlier this week that there would be "severe disruption on Saturday due to several major events".
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« Reply #24 on: December 06, 2024, 15:17:13 »
Given the storm Darragh forecast, Bath Christmas Market stalls aren't opening Saturday 7th December.

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