| Daily services extended to give wider through trains Posted by grahame at 04:42, 10th June 2026 |     |
From the European Rail Timetable
Germany's ICE network has reached the Belgian coast. A new seasonal service now links Köln with Oostende via Brussels, Gent-Sint-Pieters and Brugge, offering a direct rail route to the North Sea. https://shorturl.at/vSFwt #RailTravel #ICE #Belgium
The ICE neteotk reached out with a number of of daily trains that fit into the hourly / 2-hourly pattern for their core journeys. We were on the Amsterdam - Munich train a couple of week ago, just missed one from Chur that was headed for Hamburg, and I have seen them on Rugen Island.
In the GWR area we have summer-only trains to Newquay, and to Tenby on Saturdays. Is there a case for more like this, and if so, to where? Is the case made by the financial railway case, or the broader economic and political benefits brought to the places served?
How about ... a Fishguard service that connects with the Rosslare boat? A Falmouth service? Bath to York and Edinburgh? etc. The UK seems to have pulled back from these services during and in the aftermath of covid, and yet with increased leisure traffic the case for them seems all the stronger.
| Re: Daily services extended to give wider through trains Posted by GBM at 19:44, 10th June 2026 | |
In the GWR area we have summer-only trains to Newquay, and to Tenby on Saturdays. Is there a case for more like this, and if so, to where? Is the case made by the financial railway case, or the broader economic and political benefits brought to the places served?
How about ... a Fishguard service that connects with the Rosslare boat? A Falmouth service? Bath to York and Edinburgh? etc. The UK seems to have pulled back from these services during and in the aftermath of covid, and yet with increased leisure traffic the case for them seems all the stronger.
I do remember a Falmouth Paddington portion on Summer Saturday's (waaay back in my youth).
| Re: Daily services extended to give wider through trains Posted by grahame at 09:22, 11th June 2026 | |
Here's the advert for the German / Belgian service:
Not the market they're aiming at - and indeed the market has probably gone away - but what a pity there's no cross channel service from Ostende any more
| Re: Daily services extended to give wider through trains Posted by REVUpminster at 07:59, 13th June 2026 | |
Last Saturday and today GWR have cancelled all London-Paignton trains advising travellers to change trains where necessary. Today of the seven diagrams covering Paignton-Exmouth the are four two car 150s diagrams The others being 2 x 3 car turbos and a 3 car 158) on the busiest day of the week.
| Re: Daily services extended to give wider through trains Posted by GBM at 09:57, 13th June 2026 | |
Last Saturday and today GWR have cancelled all London-Paignton trains advising travellers to change trains where necessary. Today of the seven diagrams covering Paignton-Exmouth the are four two car 150s diagrams The others being 2 x 3 car turbos and a 3 car 158) on the busiest day of the week.
Two morning Paddington to Penzance trains both 5 cars!| Re: Daily services extended to give wider through trains Posted by IndustryInsider at 10:44, 13th June 2026 | |
Last Saturday and today GWR have cancelled all London-Paignton trains advising travellers to change trains where necessary.
Just to clarify, these are planned cancellations due to the Berks & Hants Line closure for engineering works.
A shame that some form of shuttle service couldn't have operated between Paignton and Exeter/Taunton or perhaps even Westbury.
Normal service resumes from next weekend.
