James Farrar wrote:


Ah, I'm glad that I wasn't hallucinating when I saw "Manchester" as it
flipped over one time... though I bopggle to think what route (and
purpose!) that would serve...

The same route as the bizarre Waterloo to Manchester via Cardiff service
maybe?

Peter Smyth wrote:
"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
.li...

Actually it took a rather more scenic route via Wales!

You're joking, right? If not, details please!

I mean, Windsor lines - Reading - Oxford - Coventry - Brum - Crewe -
Manchester, i could understand. But Wales?


Waterloo - Basingstoke - Salisbury - Bath - Bristol TM - Newport -
Hereford - Shrewsbury - Crewe - Man Picc.

I don't think it was ever intended as a serious way of getting from London
to Manchester although it was useful for various intermediate journeys along
the route.


Yep I used this service to get to Westbury a few years ago. The return
journey went via Southampton (but didn't stop) - via Southampton and
Cardiff is a very odd way to get to Manchester