tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post8900982913811819503..comments2024-03-19T09:15:35.666+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: It's OK : It's All On-Line (2)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-39935459286028108292017-06-16T12:59:54.860+01:002017-06-16T12:59:54.860+01:00I accept everything prior to the 13.30 ferry is wr...I accept everything prior to the 13.30 ferry is wrong. However from the 13.30 if we sit down with a piece of paper: <br /><br />East Cowes: 13.30 14.30<br />Southampton Quay: 14:30 15:30<br /> 14:43 15:43<br />Southampton: 14:50 15:50<br /> 14:54 15:10 16:10<br />Salisbury 15:24 15:48 16:42<br /> 15:51 16:51 16:51<br />Axminster 17:05 18:05 18:05<br /><br />As you can see, as the 14:54 from Southampton does meet the connection allowance (5 mins?), the NR journey planner will not show it as a through journey. <br /><br />The 15:10 from Southampton does not make the connectional allowance at Salisbury, but the 16:10 does. As a result both the 15:10 and 16:10 trains connect into the same train at Salisbury. This is why the journey planner only shows a 2 hourly service - there is no advantage to catching the 13:30 ferry as opposed to the 14:30 one. You might be able to run from the bus to train at Southampton, or along the platform and down the subway at Salisbury, but the journey planner doesn't know that. Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13793451685912419925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-23076225095717053012017-06-15T20:36:01.697+01:002017-06-15T20:36:01.697+01:00Sorry Katie. Your arguments don't hold water. ...Sorry Katie. Your arguments don't hold water. Firstly no Red Funnel big ferries take half an hour; secondly the bus is half hourly throughout the main part of the day, so can always "connect".<br /><br />I often make the journey and hourly always works.<br /><br />If the JP can't find the hourly links, then the JP is not doing it right.fatbusblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-9104009141670655972017-06-15T17:49:41.738+01:002017-06-15T17:49:41.738+01:00Nothing wrong with the National Rail journey plann...Nothing wrong with the National Rail journey planner. Firstly East Cowes works for me... Secondly on the Sunday everything from the 13.30 ferry shows correct journey time (i.e. one hour). <br /><br />The problem is with allowable connection times. <br />From 1330 the bus doesn't connect with the Cardiff train at Southampton. This puts you on the Romsey to Salisbury via Southampton circular at 10 past the hour. Unfortunately every other hour these call at Mottisfont and Dean, taking 6 minutes longer and don't have sufficient connection time at Salisbury. <br /><br />Every other hour you therefore, "miss" the Axminster train. <br /><br />As the next Cardiff train from Southampton (xx.54 which remember doesnt connect with the bus from the ferry an hour previously) puts you on the same connection as the xx.10 from Southampton that means you can leave Cowes an hour later and arrive Axminster at the same time. <br /><br />Therefore you only have a valid connection every two hours, even though everything runs hourly. <br /><br />Blame SWT for stopping at Dean and Mottisfont every two hours breaking the connection at Salisbury. Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13793451685912419925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-69612918887315518512017-06-15T12:03:52.328+01:002017-06-15T12:03:52.328+01:00In re Euston . . . . we'd better get used to c...In re Euston . . . . we'd better get used to closures . . . . HS2 and all that.<br />To be fair, LM had a shutdown over Easter 2016 that closed the line south of Hemel Hempstead, and I was driving one of the replacement buses laid on. Loads of buses, not many passengers (they'd all heeded the call to go via (no pun) Chiltern or East Midlands trains (with connecting coaches from MKC to Bedford)).<br />Bus links were to Edgware and Stanmore, and worked very well (onto the M1 @ J8 and 20 minutes later off and onto the Tube).<br /><br />Joe Public was quite complementary about the arrangements; and he's what matters!!greenline727https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033268278026535109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-21634589656626937802017-06-15T09:31:53.502+01:002017-06-15T09:31:53.502+01:00Euston Bank Holiday Closure - it won't even al...Euston Bank Holiday Closure - it won't even all be on line. Any train times will probably be hidden some where in a journey planner, anyone who wants to see the whole timetable so they can plan their route is ignored by London Midland.<br /><br />By August Bank Holiday London Midland (a.k.a. Govia) will probably be packing their bags before handing the franchise over to the Dutch and the Japanese.<br />Alannoreply@blogger.com