First Great Western changes
For information...details on the reduction in services and number of carriages.
Severnside Community Rail Partnership
December 2006 changes to the local rail services in the Greater Bristol area.
Briefing note
The timetable and pattern of service for many local rail services will change from 10th December 2006. At the same time there will also be reductions in the number of carriages allocated to local trains. This note outlines the main changes, concentrating on the peak period services. The changes implement the new Greater Western Franchise Agreement as drawn up by the Department for Transport and signed by First Greater Western trains.
While the number of trains calling at most local stations will (with some exceptions) remain broadly as at present in the day-time, many of the local trains will in future have fewer carriages in the peak period, which could lead to overcrowding and passengers not being able to board their usual service. Some passengers may need to change their commuting times to fit the availability of seats being provided by First Great Western. The biggest reductions come in the evening peak when between 5pm and 6pm 8% fewer standard class seats will be available on trains leaving Bristol. The main reductions of seats are on the Cardiff - Bristol route, in both the morning and evening peak, and on the Weston-super-Mare line in the evening peak.
Taunton - Weston-super-Mare - Bristol
Revised pattern of train services (after morning peak) with an hourly all stations service Weston-s-M to Bristol and Abbey Wood, and an hourly semi-fast from Taunton calling at Bridgwater, Highbridge, Weston-s-M, Worle, Yatton, Nailsea and Bristol Temple Meads (with most trains going through to Abbey Wood, Parkway, Yate, and Gloucester), The departure times of the local trains from Bristol to Taunton will however no longer be clock-face, but will be more irregular than at present, leading to larger gaps than now in the service interval. One additional High Speed Train will operate in the peak periods, but this will not be able to call at Worle (because of the short platform) so there is likely to a lack of seats for Worle passengers.
Morning peak into Bristol
Pattern of train services will be broadly the same as now, but local trains will generally have only 2 coaches (instead of 3 or 4). One additional High Speed Train (with 350 standard class seats) starting at Highbridge at 7.40 will call at Weston-s-M, Weston Milton, Yatton, Nailsea, Bristol and main stations to Paddington, and will partly compensate for the reduction in local train carriages. Some semi fast trains from Taunton will also call additionally at Weston Milton. Parson St and Bedminster will see a reduced number of trains stopping in the morning peak
Evening peak from Bristol
Hourly Abbey Wood - Bristol - Weston local service and hourly semi-fast service to Taunton. In the peak, the Taunton trains will also call at Bedminster and Parson St (but not at Weston Milton, which will have only an hourly pm peak service – half-hourly at present). All local trains will be formed of 2 carriages (instead of 3 or 4). Two HSTs (providing 700 standard class seats in total) will leave Bristol at 16.47 and 17.46, calling at Nailsea, Yatton and Weston-super-Mare (the 17.46 also extended to Highbridge, Bridgwater and Taunton).
Main problem will be at the height of the peak when 2 trains currently departing at 17.15 and 17.25 (with a combined capacity of 359 seats) will be replaced by one 2-coach train with 138 seats.
Cardiff - Severn Tunnel Junction - Abbey Wood – Bristol
A half hourly service will continue (as now), but most First Great Western Trains will be formed of 2 carriages instead of 3 or 4 at present. (The 7.30 from Cardiff will continue to have 3 carriages.) This will result in a considerable reduction in seats. All trains will call at Newport and Abbey Wood (where the service will be improved as some trains do not call at present). High peak service between Bristol and Severn Tunnel Junction reduced from half-hourly to hourly. Similar peak service as now at Patchway (but 2 hour gap in mid-day service to Bristol, and late night trains axed).
Severn Beach - Avonmouth - Bristol
Slight change to the morning peak and evening peak timings, but number of trains, and overall seating capacity, remains as now.
Gloucester - Yate - Bristol
Regular hourly service throughout the day. All trains will in future call at Cam and Dursley. Early morning train from Gloucester (5.25) withdrawn. First local train into Gloucester does not arrive until 8.37 (8.02 at present). Late evening services withdrawn.
Morning peak into Bristol
Main commuter train, retimed to leave Gloucester 10 minutes earlier (at 7.16), and will have 4 coaches instead of 3.
Evening peak from Bristol
Service frequency hourly (as now), but trains will have only 2, instead of 3, coaches
Westbury - Trowbridge - Bradford-on Avon - Bath - Keynsham – Bristol
Service continues at 2 trains an hour (one Portsmouth - Cardiff, and one local stopping service). Most trains go through to Cardiff. Two hour gap in the local service (in both directions) at mid-day. Departure times of Portsmouth line trains largely as now, but call at Keynsham at 8.28 (towards Bath) is withdrawn. Stopping trains leave Temple Meads at xx.04 instead of xx.40. This will result in “bunching” of trains, with two trains together from Bristol at xx.04 to Westbury and xx.22 to Portsmouth, followed by a long gap. The 4 trains an hour from Bristol to Bath are also “bunched”, resulting in a half hour gap in the service. The number of carriages will generally be reduced on Cardiff – Portsmouth services from 3 to 2 (apart from the morning peak into Bristol and evening peak out of Bristol, when both the Portsmouth service and the local trains will generally be 3 or 4 coaches). One train less into Bristol in the morning peak, but the overall seating capacity into Bristol in the morning peak will be similar to the present. In the evening peak from Bristol there will be a slight increase in the number of seats, with the same number of trains as now (although the timings change). There could be particular problems in the morning peak at Keynsham, because trains are likely to be full when they reach Keynsham.
The information in this note was produced by the Severnside Community Rail Partnership, using data supplied by First Great Western trains in October 2006.
Keith Walton
Chairman, Severnside Community Rail Partnership
November 2006
077 400 47812
Additional note – the number of trains is specified in the Franchise Agreement. Some weeks ago it was agreed between the Department for Transport and FGW that 2 additional trains (4 carriages) would be made available from December for service in the greater Bristol area. These trains are included in the capacity figures set out above, and no further trains are currently envisaged.
Severnside Community Rail Partnership
December 2006 changes to the local rail services in the Greater Bristol area.
Briefing note
The timetable and pattern of service for many local rail services will change from 10th December 2006. At the same time there will also be reductions in the number of carriages allocated to local trains. This note outlines the main changes, concentrating on the peak period services. The changes implement the new Greater Western Franchise Agreement as drawn up by the Department for Transport and signed by First Greater Western trains.
While the number of trains calling at most local stations will (with some exceptions) remain broadly as at present in the day-time, many of the local trains will in future have fewer carriages in the peak period, which could lead to overcrowding and passengers not being able to board their usual service. Some passengers may need to change their commuting times to fit the availability of seats being provided by First Great Western. The biggest reductions come in the evening peak when between 5pm and 6pm 8% fewer standard class seats will be available on trains leaving Bristol. The main reductions of seats are on the Cardiff - Bristol route, in both the morning and evening peak, and on the Weston-super-Mare line in the evening peak.
Taunton - Weston-super-Mare - Bristol
Revised pattern of train services (after morning peak) with an hourly all stations service Weston-s-M to Bristol and Abbey Wood, and an hourly semi-fast from Taunton calling at Bridgwater, Highbridge, Weston-s-M, Worle, Yatton, Nailsea and Bristol Temple Meads (with most trains going through to Abbey Wood, Parkway, Yate, and Gloucester), The departure times of the local trains from Bristol to Taunton will however no longer be clock-face, but will be more irregular than at present, leading to larger gaps than now in the service interval. One additional High Speed Train will operate in the peak periods, but this will not be able to call at Worle (because of the short platform) so there is likely to a lack of seats for Worle passengers.
Morning peak into Bristol
Pattern of train services will be broadly the same as now, but local trains will generally have only 2 coaches (instead of 3 or 4). One additional High Speed Train (with 350 standard class seats) starting at Highbridge at 7.40 will call at Weston-s-M, Weston Milton, Yatton, Nailsea, Bristol and main stations to Paddington, and will partly compensate for the reduction in local train carriages. Some semi fast trains from Taunton will also call additionally at Weston Milton. Parson St and Bedminster will see a reduced number of trains stopping in the morning peak
Evening peak from Bristol
Hourly Abbey Wood - Bristol - Weston local service and hourly semi-fast service to Taunton. In the peak, the Taunton trains will also call at Bedminster and Parson St (but not at Weston Milton, which will have only an hourly pm peak service – half-hourly at present). All local trains will be formed of 2 carriages (instead of 3 or 4). Two HSTs (providing 700 standard class seats in total) will leave Bristol at 16.47 and 17.46, calling at Nailsea, Yatton and Weston-super-Mare (the 17.46 also extended to Highbridge, Bridgwater and Taunton).
Main problem will be at the height of the peak when 2 trains currently departing at 17.15 and 17.25 (with a combined capacity of 359 seats) will be replaced by one 2-coach train with 138 seats.
Cardiff - Severn Tunnel Junction - Abbey Wood – Bristol
A half hourly service will continue (as now), but most First Great Western Trains will be formed of 2 carriages instead of 3 or 4 at present. (The 7.30 from Cardiff will continue to have 3 carriages.) This will result in a considerable reduction in seats. All trains will call at Newport and Abbey Wood (where the service will be improved as some trains do not call at present). High peak service between Bristol and Severn Tunnel Junction reduced from half-hourly to hourly. Similar peak service as now at Patchway (but 2 hour gap in mid-day service to Bristol, and late night trains axed).
Severn Beach - Avonmouth - Bristol
Slight change to the morning peak and evening peak timings, but number of trains, and overall seating capacity, remains as now.
Gloucester - Yate - Bristol
Regular hourly service throughout the day. All trains will in future call at Cam and Dursley. Early morning train from Gloucester (5.25) withdrawn. First local train into Gloucester does not arrive until 8.37 (8.02 at present). Late evening services withdrawn.
Morning peak into Bristol
Main commuter train, retimed to leave Gloucester 10 minutes earlier (at 7.16), and will have 4 coaches instead of 3.
Evening peak from Bristol
Service frequency hourly (as now), but trains will have only 2, instead of 3, coaches
Westbury - Trowbridge - Bradford-on Avon - Bath - Keynsham – Bristol
Service continues at 2 trains an hour (one Portsmouth - Cardiff, and one local stopping service). Most trains go through to Cardiff. Two hour gap in the local service (in both directions) at mid-day. Departure times of Portsmouth line trains largely as now, but call at Keynsham at 8.28 (towards Bath) is withdrawn. Stopping trains leave Temple Meads at xx.04 instead of xx.40. This will result in “bunching” of trains, with two trains together from Bristol at xx.04 to Westbury and xx.22 to Portsmouth, followed by a long gap. The 4 trains an hour from Bristol to Bath are also “bunched”, resulting in a half hour gap in the service. The number of carriages will generally be reduced on Cardiff – Portsmouth services from 3 to 2 (apart from the morning peak into Bristol and evening peak out of Bristol, when both the Portsmouth service and the local trains will generally be 3 or 4 coaches). One train less into Bristol in the morning peak, but the overall seating capacity into Bristol in the morning peak will be similar to the present. In the evening peak from Bristol there will be a slight increase in the number of seats, with the same number of trains as now (although the timings change). There could be particular problems in the morning peak at Keynsham, because trains are likely to be full when they reach Keynsham.
The information in this note was produced by the Severnside Community Rail Partnership, using data supplied by First Great Western trains in October 2006.
Keith Walton
Chairman, Severnside Community Rail Partnership
November 2006
077 400 47812
Additional note – the number of trains is specified in the Franchise Agreement. Some weeks ago it was agreed between the Department for Transport and FGW that 2 additional trains (4 carriages) would be made available from December for service in the greater Bristol area. These trains are included in the capacity figures set out above, and no further trains are currently envisaged.
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