Do you connect into an FGW train, then on to some other transport too?

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[grahame]

Do you travel from within walking distance of one station to within walking distance of another, or is your most common journey one where your FGW^▸ (First Great Western) services connect in to / out of other trains / tubes / buses / cars / cycles / taxis / ferries?

Please answer for your most common journey ... and please treat a train that's operated by someone who's not FGW as an ongoing connection.

[Ollie]

Car to and from station.

[Zoe]

Bus to and from station Monday to Saturday daytime, taxi in the evening and on Sundays when the bus does not run.

[Mookiemoo]

Car at this end

Either FGW^▸ (First Great Western) or SWT^▸ (South West Trains) at the other

[Deltic]

I don't have a regular commute on FGW^▸ (First Great Western) - I actually use bus + walking, or occasionally the car.  I use FGW mainly for business travel to clients in the west.  I will use First Capital Connect + Underground to get to Paddington at this end.  At the other end, it depends on the location of the client office.  If it's within a mile or so of the station, I am happy to walk.  Otherwise it might be a bus (if convenient) or a taxi.  So I'm probably a floating voter as far as the poll is concerned.

[Brucey]

I usually walk to Redland from here which takes me nicely into Temple Meads.

At the other end, I usually get picked up by someone or take a taxi.  Very rarely do I take the bus at and it is a little too far to walk.  If I'm travelling in the evening, then I have to change at Southampton to a Southern service to complete my journey.

[matt473]

I can't really answer as it honestly depends on why I'm travelling, lugagge etc. Usually I will walk to or from Temple Meads for example but if I'm carrying a large amount of baggage then I will catch the bus. And at the other end it depends on the time of day as to whether I catch a bus, get a lift or a mixture of an onwards connection with ATW^▸ (Arriva Trains Wales (former Train Operating Company)) and walk the rest. I have to be akward don't I 

[adc82140]

Car to Twyford or Wargrave (depending on time of travel- Wargrave if I'm travelling in the peaks, Twyford off peak), then walk from Paddington.

[grahame]

Many thanks for the 'votes' (or rather mini-survey responses) so far.  I'm looking to gauge and learn what sort of proportion of our members' journeys are purely on FGW^▸ (First Great Western)'s train network, and what proportion connect in and out of other transports. Please do post details (as some of you have already been doing); I'm very interested in this too, but I kept the question straightforward rather than trying to come up with all possible combinations.

[Mookiemoo]

Details.......

If travelling a normal commute it is FGW^▸ (First Great Western) all the way 90% of the time if you don't count my cycle/walk at the other end.  If I miss the connection, the SWT^▸ (South West Trains) service leaves a few minutes later so its usually easier to get that than wait.  Then I get a cab at the other end.

If travelling off peak then normally I go arriva to newport then connect with FGW and vice versa.

Only if I have the time to spare do I use W&S^▸ (Wrexham and Shropshire (Open Access Operator)) or if I have to go to birmingham I use XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) - both of these are FROM work to home

Its a car at this end to the station in all cases

[Chris from Nailsea]

My commute: 10 minute walk, 10 minute FGW^▸ (First Great Western) journey (NLS^▸ (Nailsea & Backwell station) / BRI^» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains)), 10 minute walk.

[inspector_blakey]

Back in the old days once a week or so it used to be Oxford Bus Co (Headington to Oxford station) - FGW^▸ (First Great Western) - Wessex Connect/South Glos Bus and Coach/Buglers/whatever company had the council contract that week onward from Keynsham. Unless that happened to be on a Sunday, in which case it was a 25-min walk from Keynsham International.

[JayMac]

Travel hither and thither, but my most frequent trip over the last twelve months has been Bristol to Bracknell:

25 minute walk to Shirehampton, then FGW^▸ (First Great Western) to Bristol Temple Meads, then FGW to Reading, then SWT^▸ (South West Trains) to Bracknell, then First buses (or Courtney Coaches eve/wkend) to my final destination.

OR

5 min walk to bus stop. Wessex Connect bus to Bristol Parkway then as above.

[chemphys]

Walk to the station (West Drayton), train to Paddington, then bus or tube onwards to Victoria. Which depends on the weather (bus more pleasant when hot), time I get to Paddington (normally only get the tube if I get to Paddington Before 8:00) or day of the week (I collect a Shortlist from outside the station on a Thursday, so get the bus).

Then reverse in the evening.

[The Grecian]

I live by Parson Street in Bristol but when going anywhere I normally tend to walk/jog/run to Temple Meads, which takes me about 20-25 minutes as it means:
a) I can leave when I want and I don't have to hang around waiting for a connection (only 1tph offpeak, which is when I tend to use the railways).
b) If I've booked tickets from Temple Meads to wherever I'm going I don't have to deal with barrier issues to get to the ticket machines
c) I can find out what's happened to my train as I'm not aware of any train running information at Parson Street

I'd never bother using a bus to Temple Meads as it's slower and generally more expensive than the train.