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Old June 6th 11, 05:38 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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Default Olympic impact on commuters and deliveries - serious worries

In message , at 18:12:52 on Mon, 6 Jun
2011, tim.... remarked:
I hope it's more than just one extra train!


It will probably be one per "end of line". Is that what you meant?


No, I don't think one train, late enough for the stragglers, will be
good enough for the majority of midnight travellers.

The timetable has apparently been "released" but is not public. When we
can see it, then these questions will be answered.

For one thing, as in my examples up thread, they need to be taking people
further from London than is traditional on a train starting at 9pm+ (I
recall when the last train home to Westbury from Paddington was a
party-pooping 8.30pm,


It still is.

Westbury is a poor example. It's a tiny place that just happens to have a
main line next to it. There are bigger places in the area that get no
trains at all!


And which therefore use Westbury as a railhead. (I used to drive there
from Frome, for example).

Places West of Westbury are served by later trains running via Bristol


The 20.35 is listed as the last train to Plymouth, the last to Taunton
and Exeter is 21.45 (I'm ignoring the sleeper).
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Roland Perry