tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720533319314375578.post8798941154091961825..comments2023-09-22T09:04:08.445+01:00Comments on I Hate First Great Western: Branching outHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370668804468208750noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720533319314375578.post-65342340446045278752008-05-03T10:48:00.000+01:002008-05-03T10:48:00.000+01:00I go on the marlow branch line (maidenhead-Furzepl...I go on the marlow branch line (maidenhead-Furzeplatt-Cookham-Bourne End- Marlow) <BR/><BR/>I would hardly call it a great line as all we get is a 165 2 car dmu and a 29 minute jjourney to just go beepping 8 miles. <BR/><BR/>I get on at Furze platt which is a small platform with a small shelter and no one there at all. there is no sign to show a station is there and whenever i walk down the platform it smells like rotton eggs. <BR/><BR/>1 thing i do like about it is once in a while we get a carpetted air conditoned 166 for half the journey LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720533319314375578.post-90960972170317961722007-05-13T12:16:00.000+01:002007-05-13T12:16:00.000+01:00I think it might be a little unwise to move from P...I think it might be a little unwise to move from Pangbourne to Windsor if your primary reason for moving is the poor train service. FGW services from Windsor - Slough/Slough - Paddington are similarly diabolical. I speak from experience as one who commutes every day from Burnham or Slough into London and has done so for the past 5 years. <BR/><BR/>Depending on where in London you work, you might find it better to take the SWT train services to Waterloo despite the fact that they're slow. At least you would get a seat (and you could sit in first class without a first class ticket as the morning peak services are 'declassified').Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720533319314375578.post-66871023575516417612007-05-10T16:24:00.000+01:002007-05-10T16:24:00.000+01:00FGW/DafT think the Portsmouth - Cardiff route is a...FGW/DafT think the Portsmouth - Cardiff route is a branch line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com