Well, any optimism about arriving at Bristol in a sensible time was short lived once again. Here's how the journey went:
7:46 - Depart Chippenham
7:55 - Stop at Bathampton Junction
8:00 - Depart Bathampton Junction
8:07 - Arrive Bath Spa
8:10 - Depart Bath Spa
8:23 - Arrive Bristol Temple Meads
So another 37 minute journey to Bristol which should, as we all know by now, take about 25 minutes. I suppose at least we didn't make additional stops at Oldfield Park and Keynsham today which would have added at least another 10 minutes to the journey.
One slight variation on the normal routine, though: today the "train manager" (or "guard") announced as we arrived at Bathampton Junction that we were making a "scheduled stop". This differs from the usual announcement in that most of the "train managers" report that they have no idea why we're stopping. So come on Third Rate Western, is this a scheduled stop or not?
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"37 minute journey"
Considering previous journeys with delays you've had, 37 minutes doesn't seem too bad actually!
"So come on Third Rate Western, is this a scheduled stop or not?"
It's called a timetable....
See;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/timetable
and/or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport_timetable
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