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| Portsmouth to London not via Woking? 28/08/2013 at 11:14 #48926 | |
jetblast787
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I went to portsmouth yesterday via SWT and on the express return I noticed that instead of going via woking, we went via Oxshott instead of woking. Any reason for this?
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| Portsmouth to London not via Woking? 28/08/2013 at 12:45 #48932 | |
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Sacro
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That's his booked route?
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| Portsmouth to London not via Woking? 28/08/2013 at 12:48 #48933 | |
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benstafford
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If it was the 1715 from Portsmouth it is booked that way
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| Portsmouth to London not via Woking? 28/08/2013 at 13:20 #48934 | |
Peter Bennet
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If I've done this correctly this seems to be every train that passed Oxshott yesterday. Includes some runs as required which did not run. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Last edited: 28/08/2013 at 13:26 by Peter Bennet Reason: tweaked before the resident pedant commented Log in to reply |
| Portsmouth to London not via Woking? 29/08/2013 at 16:18 #48996 | |
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jetblast787
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Yep, it was booked however all the trips I've made in the past year to uni and back, we've always gone via Woking. Quite odd as well seeing it was going much slower than it would on the mainline, kinda defeating the purpose of it being the express service?
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| Portsmouth to London not via Woking? 29/08/2013 at 16:39 #48998 | |
Steamer
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I don't know much about services in that area, but from what I can tell your service was only 6 minutes longer than the usual xx:15 service from Portsmouth. Perhaps it's a route knowledge train for some drivers? Or it runs that way to allow extra trains during the peak in the Woking area? "Don't stress/ relax/ let life roll off your backs./ Except for death and paying taxes/ everything in life.../ is only for now." (Avenue Q) Log in to reply |
| Portsmouth to London not via Woking? 29/08/2013 at 19:02 #49005 | |
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Danny252
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" said:Or it runs that way to allow extra trains during the peak in the Woking area?That looks like the main reason - all 8-10am or 6-8pm timings Log in to reply |
| Portsmouth to London not via Woking? 29/08/2013 at 20:49 #49006 | |
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hayleysmith
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Yep, a few in the morning and evening peak routed via the New Line so they use the grade-separated Hampton Court junction instead of the flat one at Woking.
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| Portsmouth to London not via Woking? 01/09/2013 at 15:31 #49076 | |
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francisoldfield
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Fratton drivers drive some via the "new line" for route retention...
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