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RTC Portsmouth Flyer - 13/06/26

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by Big Al, Jun 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM.

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  1. NathanP

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    I usually go up the Spinnaker Tower when I'm in Portsmouth, and watch the comings and goings in the harbour, see what navy ships are in etc. You can get good photos from up there.
     
    NathanP, Jun 11, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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    Bikermike, Jun 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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    Yes I can understand that being the case in some circumstances, but this weekend sees a major timetable recast owing to engineering, with many trains from London diverted over the Chertsey route. As that includes the steam special, I would have thought that it would have to be integral to the overall service timing changes, and therefore not done as an afterthought.
     
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    The timetable looks odd (don't ever recall Portsmouth to Woking trains, and in a given hour there are points where you get two down trains between up trains. There also don't appear to be any fast trains passing through). I wonder if there are issues somewhere.
     
    Bikermike, Jun 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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    As I mentioned on the RTC thread the confirmed timings are on the RTC website they just have not been loaded onto the system yet it appears. Those travelling have their joining and arrival times, so I guess job done!
     
    Gladiator 5076, Jun 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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    If you look at RTT for today looks like everything stops at Haselmere where the water stop is.
    MTDR I guess.:)
     
    Gladiator 5076, Jun 11, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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    NR saying no trains between Surbiton and New Malden. Everything seems to be going via Feltham. Fitting a special in will be a challenge.
     
    Bikermike, Jun 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    Self-evidently not a challenge as passengers have the key timings. I know it can be tiresome if people not travelling have no information but, tbh, so what? They are not entitled to know anything so it doesn't matter.
     
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    Yes, passengers have the timings they need, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been a challenge to fit the special in, given the abnormal service situation. In fact, given that the timings are significantly different from the provisional ones, it may be that it has been tricky. It wasn't/isn't a problem at all (not even "tiresome") to await RTT details, and I only asked out of curiosity (as I said in my first post) about the very variable lead time the process produces, and certainly not from any sense of entitlement to be given line-siding timings.
     
    Deepgreen, Jun 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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    From my experience most timings (these days even the regulars like a CME sometimes ) are different to the provisional ones.
    Cambridge Dictionary defines provisional as:
    "for the present time but likely to change:"

    I stewarded a Central Wales where the prov time was 07:15 from Slough and the actual around 05:20 from memory.
     
    Gladiator 5076, Jun 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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    Ouch!
     
    Deepgreen, Jun 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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