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[email protected] · November 17th 09, 09:30 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(CJB) wrote:

Meanwhile for bus livery spotters there are replacement buses from all
over the South offering a connecting service at Feltham for Whitton or
Twickenham. But the connection times are about 30-45 mins due to
having to detour to avoid residential streets &/or pass through other
residential streets.

But at Waterloo there are no trains whatsoever advertised for Reading
or Windsor. There is a simply a couple of LCD signs stating that such
trains can be caught at Feltham.

HOWEVER THERE ARE NO NOTICES ABOUT HOW TO ACTUALLY GET TO FELTHAM. ITS
AS THOUGH THE STATION DOES NOT EXIST. AND THERE IS NO MENTION
WHATSOEVER OF ANY CONNECTING BUS SERVICES BETWEEN WHITTON / TWICKENHAM
AND FELTHAM.

Basically at Waterloo in the rush hour tonight there were thousands of
commuters wanting to get home west of Feltham, and NO information
about how to actually get there.

Pretty crap coping with the problem by SWT there.

In addition there are notices on nearly every (all?) SWT stations
about planned Engineering Works for this coming weekend - Nov 21 / 22
- whereby the Hounslow Loop will be closed with a special timetable
which includes stops at Feltham. Seems like despite the total closure
of the mainline through Feltham, the Engineering Works are still to
take place. I would have thought that a priority might have been to
cancel the Works and remove those signs. Its going to be one very
chaotic weekend on SWT.

But par for the course with SWT I guess.

Sounds good, but the works will all be the responsibility of Notwork Rail,
not SWT.

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Colin Rosenstiel