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The FGW▸ website has been updated with the new timetables valid from 22nd May 2011 to 10th December 2011. http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=5238Page shown as 'under construction' but all the .pdfs are there. I note that the recently introduced (Dec 2010) 0706 Paddington - Paignton has been given the name ' The Devon Express'. |
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« Last Edit: April 14, 2011, 22:04:31 by bignosemac »
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
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« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2011, 22:24:18 » |
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Definitely still needs some construction - the Cotswold Line timetable, No 19, is currently showing in the list as London Paddington, Slough and Reading to Oxford, although the link does go to the correct timetable, which includes the Worcester via Cheltenham services, though oddly someone has seen fit to insert Swindon in the list of stations for all of three trains a day. Surely a footnote would have sufficed?
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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2011, 23:45:06 » |
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A note about new timetable. You will notice on the list that numbers are missing, this is because of being withdrawn. Number 2 is an example (merged with number 1). Why they didn't renumber I don't know. Also note the QR▸ (Quick Response) codes, so people can download a digital copy to their smartphones, I think FGW▸ are first for this? Posters will go up at stations listing all the barcodes so customers won't have to locate the timetable to scan the code, just the poster and scan the ones they need  |
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« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2011, 23:59:01 » |
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Th QR▸ codes are indeed a good idea. For those that have a smart phone of course. Dunno whether FGW▸ are the first National Rail TOC▸ to offer the facility but the South Devon Railway Association already have QR codes on their online timetable pages. I don't have a smart phone, but if I stare at a particular code will the relevant timetable materialise in my pocket?  |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 00:43:43 » |
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But dont knock it
for smart phone owners its a boon and the additional cost for doing it is neglibible
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 00:45:27 » |
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 07:15:56 » |
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Any ideas why the M-F 0534 Reading - Gatwick Airport has been retimed to 0524. Seems a bit random to me.
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« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2011, 07:24:23 » |
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... or very little ... Thats where iphone auto correct fails! |
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2011, 09:49:25 » |
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Any ideas why the M-F 0534 Reading - Gatwick Airport has been retimed to 0524. Seems a bit random to me. Reliability I reckon. More turn-round time? |
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« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2011, 11:22:48 » |
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Table 25 ... Sundays, 26th June to 31st July. Two trains leaving Westbury at 19:30 - one being the Weymouth to Bristol service, and the other being Westbury to Swindon. The Bristol service leaves Trowbridge 1 minute ahead of the Swindon service. Same train dividing at Trowbridge, perhaps? Anyone know what's happening here?
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« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2011, 14:58:39 » |
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Any ideas why the M-F 0534 Reading - Gatwick Airport has been retimed to 0524. Seems a bit random to me. Reliability I reckon. More turn-round time? I can only assume that it is more to do with getting the return journey to run more punctually. The Redhill/Reigate section is very congested around 0720, and this train (0700 ex LGW) is often several minutes late into Reigate, which creates knock-on delays. The good news about the earlier outward journey is that it will create the fastest current journey (I think) from Dorking to a London terminus, in this case London Bridge in 42 minutes - faster than any direct services from Dorking. Unfortunately the journey planners don't seem to show this as I imagine that 5 minutes is the official connecting time at Redhill, whereas this offers 4 minutes. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2011, 15:24:11 » |
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In case anyone hadn't noticed or even wanted to know! XC▸ Summer timetables are on their website too.
East Coast have had their "Eureka" timetable (regular interval service and quite different from current t/t) on their site for a while now. It doesn't show any other TOCs▸ trains though, and of course connections are nowhere to be seen.
Apologies if this was posted elsewhere.
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« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2011, 15:40:49 » |
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ATW▸ have also introduced a 07:10 Cardiff - Pembroke Dock sunday service as well. also most Manchester - Milford Haven trains will run 25-30 minutes earlier from Cardiff to Swansea/Carmarthen & Milford.
Also swanline services are every hour during the peaks on weekdays now as the 17:39 is now a service from Manchester which only stops @ Pyle with the 18:04 being the new all stoping service to Swansea
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« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2011, 16:06:31 » |
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Still quite a few errors in the timetables I think (hope!). The last Henley connection from Paddington is shown as 2210 in table 13 (which would be very annoying). But look in Table 17 and and the 2245 still runs (current last advertised connection) which connects with the last branch service from Twyford at 2337.
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