Back in ye olden days when it was the National Stadium of Wales and all games kicked off at either 1430 or 1500...

The NSE commuter stock that would sit spare for the weekend (look away bean counters) would be utitlised for rugby specials. One ECS move would be Oxford Foxhall curve Kemble Gloucester to Chepstow forming an additional to Milford Haven which then worked to Cardiff, ECS to Newport for another extra to Cardiff.

There were many rakes of vacuum braked mk1s used all around South Wales, ending back at the Thames Valley depots during Sunday. They needed a good clean before Monday morning but when the cleaners were on a basic of around £152 a week for 39 hours there were no shortage of volunteers to come in Sunday morning for £50 or £60 to do the dirty work.

The last train to London was from Swansea around 2020, 2125 from Cardiff.

Don't times change...

And to quote a Tory snob in the summer of 1993 who assaulted me by grabbing my shoulder and shaking me.

"Privitisation will sort out the railways and make it better."

(Looks at the current drivers salary and compares it to 1994 when I drove my first train).

 
Nope... Thinning out the Sunday service won't increase the number of avaliable crew on a Saturday late turn.

 

I'm not sure if there may be links here ...



... or whether these are just parts of the daily stuff.  I'm also noting tomorrow's engineering changes and wondering if the resulting Sunday thinning out releases crews to work Saturday (today)?   Ah well - let's see how it goes.

 
With what crew and what rolling stock?

 

Well, you'd hope so.

It's generally chaotic after the match with the last London bound train ridiculously early.

 
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