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[NuttySquirrel]

not GWR’s finest day by a long shot!

Sounds like a typical day at Temple Meads Station!

Good luck with the trains @Matt N, I confess I gave up on them in this area several years ago. Every time I try to be green and use the train rather than take my car into Bristol I end up stranded!

Glad to hear you're enjoying the new job. You can learn a lot about a place in the first few days!

 

[Leigh]

Apparently TfW are going to be starting South Wales to Bristol services in the next year (in addition to GWR) so you should at least have other options soon!

 

[Matt N]

Apparently TfW are going to be starting South Wales to Bristol services in the next year (in addition to GWR) so you should at least have other options soon!

I’ve never seen anything more than a 3-car service on my local line, primarily served by TfW (the line that runs between Gloucester and Severn Tunnel Junction), so I don’t have a lot of faith that it would be much better at peak times (albeit having another operator running services could reduce strain, I guess). From copious experience of commuting to both Cheltenham and Cardiff with them for university, TfW are very prone to running a good 2-car service at peak times! One particular nadir was 2 cars to Cheltenham during Cheltenham Festival week…

Until recently, I would also have said that TfW’s rolling stock left much to be desired compared to GWR’s, with the trains mostly originating from the 1980s or earlier, but they have upgraded the trains to newer models in the last year or so, to be fair.