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On Thursday I have to be in Oxford for 9AM

From Farnham I have two choices:

1. Farnham - Woking
Woking - Basingstoke
Basingstoke - Oxford

2. Farnham - Aldershot
Aldershot - Ash
Ash - Reading
Reading - Oxford

Apparently either way takes 2 hours - any suggestions which I should go for?
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Possibly the second one - relying on VXC services from Bournemouth (which is what the Basingstoke to Oxford would be) is always a bad plan if you need punctuality.
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Good point - South West Trains have got alot better lately - perhaps that might be the best bet! Punctuality takes priority here.
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allypally wrote:Possibly the second one - relying on VXC services from Bournemouth (which is what the Basingstoke to Oxford would be) is always a bad plan if you need punctuality.
North bound is usualy ok, south usualy has the delays on, but with the slack in the timetable, the time is usualy made up.
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djhedge wrote:1. Farnham - Woking
Woking - Basingstoke
Basingstoke - Oxford
Another option mixing the two.

Farnham - Woking
Woking - Guildford
Guildford - Reading (First Great Western Link)
Reading - Oxford
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ForburyLion wrote:
djhedge wrote:1. Farnham - Woking
Woking - Basingstoke
Basingstoke - Oxford
Another option mixing the two.

Farnham - Woking
Woking - Guildford
Guildford - Reading (First Great Western Link)
Reading - Oxford
When I got to Guildford I usually change at Aldershot, as the train leaves four minutes after the inbound from Farnham arrives.
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djhedge wrote:On Thursday I have to be in Oxford for 9AM

From Farnham I have two choices:

1. Farnham - Woking
Woking - Basingstoke
Basingstoke - Oxford

2. Farnham - Aldershot
Aldershot - Ash
Ash - Reading
Reading - Oxford

Apparently either way takes 2 hours - any suggestions which I should go for?
The other option (and the one I always use) is
Farnham-Ash Vale
Ash Vale - North Camp (10-15min walk)
North Camp - Reading
Reading - Oxford

Takes about 2 hours as well, but less actual changes.
I'm not sure the via Woking and Basingstoke route is valid, you may need to check.
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Well the trip looms tomorrow :D

I have decided to "play it by ear" and see which route I take on the morning.

Tomorrow Evening I will post the result :D! Cheers for all the suggestions!
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Well I cheated!

I got a lift to North Camp for the 0756, and changed at Reading for the 0815 arriving into oxford just before 9AM!

Nailing it in under an hour :D!
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