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:lol: :lol: :lol: Will there be a price increase for passengers who can't buy Cross Country only advances on the Saturdays in question or are the cost differences negligible?

It empty more when I travel on them but that is usually in the evening after 8 pm.

Reflecting on this further, I think the GWR times are the stopping trains times that happen on a regular Sunday. I guess the time it might take the bus to reach Shalford, might mean they can't run in the usual Guildford path without an even longer delay. I think there was talk of eventually...

They have run trains from Guildford to Gatwick Airport during previous engineering works, stopping at smaller stations too and this train stops at Shalford but I haven't checked if two trains overlapped around Shalford, which might be a problem. The only train to go to Gatwick Airport is the...

I didn't check the arrival times of the trains. At least it won't be peiole out in the cold. Despite what I said, I am actually tempted to do it, given the train is already in the platform but I might not be able to spare the additonal time it will take vers going via Clapham Junction...

This Sunday there is engineering works on the North Downs Line. I've noticed some long waits between buses and trains. There are buses between North Camp and Shalford. If one was travelling from Reading they would depart at 9:50, get to North Camp at 10:23, wait for 17 minutes and then get the...

If you go to Recent Train Times and search for individual dates around the end of January, you can get an idea of what ran. For example, put in Haywards Heath and Gatwick Airport for 30/01/2024 and nothing will show up. There may be differences this time but it will give you a rough idea in...

Or even Guildford, to be quite specific. Although if it was 7 day timetable, there wouldn't be 2 fast trains an hour to Clapham Junction apart from in the early morning and evening peak.

How long does one have to wait for this so-called 8 minutes service from Watford Junction to Hemel Hempstead? I note they don't include that figure. I looked it up. A 14:21 arrival has to wait until 14:29 to get a train to Hemel Hempstead. So that is 8 minutes between services. For most though...

Do you know the reason why they refused it?could Govia Thameslink Railway appeal if they wished?

On a related note. On Sunday 10 March there was engineering works meaning it was rail replacement buses between Guildford and Gatwick Airport. A stopping service was running hourly and a fast non-stop service every 2 hours. I don't remember reading any ticket acceptance with South Western...

It might be unofficially but it's not a valid route, even if it was.

Currently 16 minutes but it's rising to 24-minutes, which is a long time when you consider the fast journey direct is only 31 minutes.

That explains it. Many thanks. I thought it might have been conflicting move related. If they ever have the possibility of re-doing all the timetables, should they decide no more than 3 fast trains an hour will ever be needed on the Portsmouth Direct, most hours then maybe there will be an...

I was thinking of schools and wondering about that. Of course if they add in stops that will mean the timetables will have to change. If only there was a similar flow to Clapham Junction but I do accept less are travelling. Even I don't travel almost every day as I use to. At least there is...

Thanks for that info. That puts pay to my idea then. That means in the future one will arrive into Woking at 18:57 and have to wait until 19:21 for a connecting train, so a 24-minute wait! The journey time from Guildford to Clapham Junction on a fast direct train is 31 minutes. Waiting...

This is due to the number of trains that need to pass through Clapham Junction at that time of the morning and so it isn't possible for them to stop. In the example I'm referring to, this isn't the case, so there might be another reason for it not stopping. By not stopping, one has to wait 16...

This has come up more generally in the past but not sure if this specific example has come up. What is the reason why the Monday to Friday 17:45 Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo cannot stop at Clapham Junction. It passes there at 19:22 and the next service appears to be the 19:29...

I hadn't even noticed you'd misspelt it.

Thanks for that. Very interesting, especially for someone who knows nothing about it. I like reading about this stuff.