Oops, wrong train.

Steve Karlson of Cold Spring Shops recalls getting on the wrong train at Swindon and ending up in Kemble rather than Reading. Easily done, especially since HSTs look the same at both ends, so you can't tell which way a stationary one is supposed to be going.

I've ended up on the wrong train a couple of times. Ironically, one time was when I was going to Swindon, and boarded a late-running South Wales train instead of the Bristol-bound train I should have caught. I only realised this when the train didn't start slowing down on the approach to Swindon, and then sailed through the station without stopping.

I eventually had a 90 minute wait at Bristol Temple Meads waiting for a train back to Swindon. I suppose there are worse places to be than Temple Meads on a summer Saturday in 1974!