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Post by wirewiper on Apr 21, 2023 8:36:14 GMT
GWR is to run extra early morning trains from South Wales and the West of England into London Paddington on Saturdav 6th May. GWR will be operating an enhanced service between Slough and Windsor on Sunday 7th May and into the early hours of 8th May, for the concert. South Western Railway will also operate additional trains between Waterloo and Windsor & Eton Riverside on Sunday 7th. Some Southeastern and Govia Thameslink services will operate with additional carriages. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-65323659 |
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Post by gwiwer on Apr 22, 2023 21:50:45 GMT
SWR and Southern have not advertised anything extra for the coronation. SWR has advised that extra trains will run to Windsor & Eton Riverside for the concert there. In reality these are not "extra" trains but would have been the timetabled Waterloo - Weybridge services which are diverted at Staines. An hourly shuttle will cover Virginia Water - Weybridge.
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Post by gwiwer on May 5, 2023 13:29:10 GMT
An update. There are NO extra trains for the Coronation. Quietly the TOCs are admitting they may be swamped by passengers but no-one really knows how many will travel until tomorrow. Unlike 1953 when there were drivers, firemen, guards and many other grades a-plenty and almost all willing to muck-in and work as many hours as was asked of them this is not the case 70 years later.
Rail staffing levels are cut to the bone, permitted hours has been a "thing" for many years now and is very closely monitored. There simply isn't the rolling stock around to run cohorts of extras although some main-line services might have more carriages than usual.
SWR as providing four-an-hour between Waterloo and Windsor on Sunday for the concert but the additional resources are available because engineering works means there are no Kingston "rounder" or Shepperton trains, and the Sunday timetable on some of their suburban routes is hourly rather than half-hourly anyway.
There are NO Southern services into or out of Victoria, via Clapham Junction to East Croydon on Sunday or Monday due to planned engineering works; these have been in the pipeline for longer than the Coronation and have been shifted by 24 hours taking advantage of the Monday being a holiday and to ensure the line is open on Saturday.
Advice is to expect large crowds, queueing systems and to CHECK last train times home. Also do not rely on ebing able to board the last train if everyone chooses to stay late.
In other news, and as is now widely known, Their Majesties have pre-recorded some station announcements which are being played at all rail (including tube) stations today, tomorrow and Sunday.
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Post by galwhv69 on May 19, 2023 13:29:51 GMT
GWR is to run extra early morning trains from South Wales and the West of England into London Paddington on Saturdav 6th May. GWR will be operating an enhanced service between Slough and Windsor on Sunday 7th May and into the early hours of 8th May, for the concert. South Western Railway will also operate additional trains between Waterloo and Windsor & Eton Riverside on Sunday 7th. Some Southeastern and Govia Thameslink services will operate with additional carriages. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-65323659 Semi related but to add, for the concert, First Travel Solutions provided 30 buses to shuttle concert goers between Ascot and Windsor. I was asked to be one of the coordinators, and from what I remember, approximately 15 vehicles were from First Bus (mainly Slough depot), and the rest were provided by a variety of other operators (most of them normally seen on SWR rail rep), which included Cardinal Buses, Reading Buses, Harlequin Travel, Alex Naughton (who brought out a stunning Olympian!), Bear Buses, Tates Coaches, London Bus Group, and Aldermaston Coachlines. |
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