lördag 8 december 2007

£60 to stand from London to Swansea


£60 to stand from London to Swansea, originally uploaded by seadipper.

This is First Great Western for you. The trains just need to have more carriages.

Unfortunately the platforms at Paddington (below) have been shortened to make a shopping mall where the carriages used to stand so the station would have to be changed back again to what it was before if they are going to run longer trains.

Paddington Station

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