Karen’s Travel Problem
My friend, Karen, has a train problem.
She lives in Leeds and needs to go to Milton Keynes regularly.
The journey is difficult with often two changes and the need to go across Manchester.
But not from Monday!
It appears that under the new timetable, all the XX:50 trains from Leeds, go direct to Piccadilly over the Ordsall Chord and now give you twenty-five minutes to catch a direct train to Milton Keynes.
The total journey time is just under three hours.
The return journey seems quicker too!
It will be interesting to see, how much the Ordsall Chord changes journeys across Manchester!
An Unusual Service Pattern Between Paddington And Hayes & Harlington Stations
I’ve just been looking at the service pattern from Monday between Paddington and Hayes & Harlington stations.
There appears to be four (tph) provided by both TfL Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) at most times, which means an eight tph service between the two stations.
So it would appear logical that intermediate stations get the same service.
- Acton Main Line gets two tph
- Ealing Brodway gets eight tph.
- West Ealing gets four tph
- Hanwell gets two tph
- Southall gets five tph.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see complaints.
The Anonymous Widower 