Lord Duckhunter Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 SWR announced tonight. No trains from Weymouth to Southampton. Waterloo service starting at Southampton Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Southampton council Twitter still reporting of hazardous roads and advising against travel unless essential , will be interesting to see the conditions by midday. South West Railway announcement that they will not be running trains between Southampton and Weymouth will make it impossible for some people to make the game, I think there will be loads of empty seats at the match. Not looking forward to the game think the conditions might favour Stoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 (edited) SWR have confirmed to me that their decision has nothing to do with the track or safety, purely because their “stock is displaced”. They didn’t like my suggestion that the first train from Waterloo to Southampton could go onto Weymouth, meaning that only early trains from Weymouth would face cancellation. They have clearly made a commercial decision to cut down on delay repayments from the whole of the route by cancelling a chunk of it. They only have to repay monies already paid and I’d imagine most people pay on the day at weekends. If they ran the whole route nearly every passenger would be able to claim delay as it’s payable after 15 mins now. I won’t be able to have a few bevies now as I’ll have to drive up. ****ing he’ll, I may even vote for Corbyn if he chucks these clowns out of their franchise. Cross country are running trains down the same track, but it’s Reading to Bournemouth with no stops in between. FFS Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Edited 3 March, 2018 by Lord Duckhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Martin Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Traveling from Somerset,has anyone any info on the roads Warminster to Salisbury,Salisbury to Southampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Travelling down from Shropshire now. Train to Crewe cancelled (should have come from S Wales, which is closed) so drove that bit. West Coast main line fine. Hopefully Waterloo to Soton too. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Appear to be two trains an hour out of Waterloo. Oddly 35 and 39 past the hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 I have just cooked a fried egg on my car bonnet so should be ok today. Took fcking ages mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Cross country are running trains down the same track, but it’s Reading to Bournemouth with no stops in between. FFS That is ridiculous ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Saint Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Milk has been collected from the farm - game on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellman Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 I am season tkt holder in Sherborne (Dorset-Somerset border) and don't see any way of getting to the match. Trains from Exeter to Salisbury are all cancelled and the roads around my house are blocked tho they are probably ok further on, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Cross country are running trains down the same track, but it’s Reading to Bournemouth with no stops in between. FFS Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk That is ridiculous ! According to my mate cross country are now running an hourly service from Bournemouth to Southampton stopping at Brock. Although their website still only shows shuttle service from Bournemouth to Reading so don’t know if that’s 100% right Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice29 Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 SWR have confirmed to me that their decision has nothing to do with the track or safety, purely because their “stock is displaced”. They didn’t like my suggestion that the first train from Waterloo to Southampton could go onto Weymouth, meaning that only early trains from Weymouth would face cancellation. They have clearly made a commercial decision to cut down on delay repayments from the whole of the route by cancelling a chunk of it. They only have to repay monies already paid and I’d imagine most people pay on the day at weekends. If they ran the whole route nearly every passenger would be able to claim delay as it’s payable after 15 mins now. I won’t be able to have a few bevies now as I’ll have to drive up. ****ing he’ll, I may even vote for Corbyn if he chucks these clowns out of their franchise. Cross country are running trains down the same track, but it’s Reading to Bournemouth with no stops in between. FFS Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk National rail site shows Reading to Bournemouth stopping at Winchester, Basingstoke and Southampton as usual. Is this not correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 National rail site shows Reading to Bournemouth stopping at Winchester, Basingstoke and Southampton as usual. Is this not correct? Looks like it is running now. Earlier their website said “shuttle train from Reading to Bournemouth “ I messaged them and they got back saying no stops in between. Now it’s updated and showing as “Reading to Bournemouth” with no mention of it being a shuttle service . Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northam soul Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Yep no trains from Exeter or Honiton so ive decided to give it a miss, could have probably drove but stuff it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Yep no trains from Exeter or Honiton so ive decided to give it a miss, could have probably drove but stuff it. All joking aside I am impressed how far so many seem to come from to watch a home game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Is the A33 into Southampton from the M3 definitely closed? It is according to Google Maps. Any idea why? Nothing about it in twitterland. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Codger Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Touch-and-go for me. The problem isn't the snow - we've had very little - but the black ice which is treacherous. The only ways out of the village where I live are up steep hills. Lizzie Yarnold might feel at home tackling them on the return leg but not me and my little Mazda. However, the sun is out, the temperature is on the up, the thaw is on and I reckon it is good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylander Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Thats a long team closure for resurfacing and drain renewal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Can't believe how easy it's been from Shropshire. Hour ahead of schedule. Got advance tickets, but restrictions lifted, so now on the best trains. Getting home might be a different matter...... Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granadino Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Is the A33 into Southampton from the M3 definitely closed? It is according to Google Maps. Any idea why? Nothing about it in twitterland. Cheers Yes, has been closed a couple of weeks, nothing to do with the weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Is the A33 into Southampton from the M3 definitely closed? It is according to Google Maps. Any idea why? Nothing about it in twitterland. Cheers Yep. The road needs work. Let’s just shut it for a month to make our job easier. It’s the British way. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15989863.Drivers_left_in_gridlock_after_Bassett_Avenue_closure/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Having a liquid breakfast in the pub after getting a lift to the Itchen Bridge from the Hants/Sussex border. No problem my way, bit of slush on side roads and pavements. Getting home on Southern Rail maybe a different matter.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Yes, has been closed a couple of weeks, nothing to do with the weatherYep. The road needs work. Let’s just shut it for a month to make our job easier. It’s the British way. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15989863.Drivers_left_in_gridlock_after_Bassett_Avenue_closure/Cheers. Left early and got into town in record time. Oh well, allows time for an extra beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBizzier69 Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Fair weather alert - chosen snowmen with daughter over football. Must admit it doesn't sit right with me still! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Drove here from Cornwall. A-roads absolutely fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Trains out of Eastleigh all over the shop. I checked online before I left home and the national rail site said everything was running as normal turns out that was bollix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 We're sitting in Bitterne in our regular parking slot having got here over an hour early. We were going to get the 13:14 from Chandlers Ford into town but that was cancelled. Website says 14:14 is running on time but that would mean getting to our seats at kickoff, all being well. Roads were much quieter than usual but all ok with just a little slush lying around and melting steadily. Even local roads are clear. We'll give it a few minutes and then walk in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 As one predicted 24 hours ago, everything has now thawed. Business as usual. COYR!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 As one predicted 24 hours ago, everything has now thawed. Business as usual. COYR!! Apart from the trains... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 As one predicted 24 hours ago, everything has now thawed. Business as usual. COYR!! Apart from the trains... The trains haven't thawed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Apart from the trains...It's the 'management' that supposedly run the trains that haven't thawed, not the trains themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 It's the 'management' that supposedly run the trains that haven't thawed, not the trains themselves It was more the "business as usual" although TBF late and delayed trains pretty much is business as usual... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 3 March, 2018 Author Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Sat in SMS, easiest drive from North Shropshire that I've ever had! Roads were fine, there was no traffic, probably because of all the media hype. Wish it would snow more often! Sent from my HTC One M8s using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Apart from the trains...Yep. They've decided to stop early, so I can't get home. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 3 March, 2018 Share Posted 3 March, 2018 Yep. They've decided to stop early, so I can't get home. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk To where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 4 March, 2018 Share Posted 4 March, 2018 To where?Wem in Shropshire. Finally got home at 11 on Sunday morning after a friend put me up overnight. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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