The Swansea-Charlbury express
Charlbury residents with a sudden yen to visit South Wales will be delighted to know that, between Christmas and New Year, direct trains will operate between Charlbury and Swansea for the first time ever... well, probably.
Due to engineering works in the Severn Tunnel, a small number of trains to South Wales will be running via the Cotswold Line, including stops at Charlbury.
On Sunday 27th December, for example, there is a 16.11 train from Charlbury to Swansea, and a 16.08 the other way, taking approximately 4hr30 each time. The morning HSTs (07.25 and 08.34 from Charlbury to London) will also be starting at Swansea, at 03.31 and 03.58 respectively.
Exotic though South Wales may be, these short-lived trains are unlikely to challenge the tortuological repute of the legendary London-Charlbury-Birmingham-London Saturday circulars, or the Sunday Poole-Charlbury-Manchester trains.
Richard Fairhurst · Fri 4 Dec 2009, 23:39 · Link