You have to be kidding, the service is dire already and has 2 hour gaps, this surely now means 4 hour gaps if you want to travel to Worcester FS or Malvern, or a journey from Cheltenham to Malvern is extended by god knows how much with a long wait at Worcestershire Parkway. Joy!Similarly on Saturdays a couple of round trips Bristol to/from Worcester and Great Malvern have been cut back to Gloucester. Selected XC services call at Ashchurch to avoid creating 4h gaps.
Woeful service GWR
Doesn’t look like the XC Manchester to Bristol service is back (apologies if I’ve missed something).
Cheltenham still missing quite a few services so what’s the feeling here, will GWR restore the full Bristol-Malvern later in the year or will it just be quietly forgotten about and left to die. Similarly, will XC restore the full Bristol service within the next timetable period or is that just too much to hope. Changing at New Street is much harder than it used to be and I’d rather a through service up to the north west if possible.
I do feel lots of these reductions are a sign of things to come and for those of us without any alternative to using public transport it’s going to be a rough future, probably even worse for bus users!
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