Reading to Bournemouth | FULL JOURNEY | Cross Country 220 Voyager (via Southampton)

Full journey from Reading to Bournemouth on board a 4 carriage Cross Country class 220 Voyager train along part of the South Western Main Line. This journey was filmed on Friday 4th August 2023 on the 0726 Didcot Parkway to Bournemouth service which called at Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton Airport Parkway and Southampton Central between Reading and Bournemouth. Skip to: Reading (RDG) (depart) 0:00:24 Reading West (RDW) 0:01:59 Reading Green Park (RGP) 0:04:24 Mortimer (MOR) 0:07:53 Bramley (BMY) 0:10:43 Basingstoke (BSK) 0:15:55 Micheldever (MIC) 0:24:24 Winchester (WIN) 0:30:14 Shawford (SHW) 0:34:52 Eastleigh (ESL) 0:37:15 Southampton Airport Parkway (SOA) 0:38:36 Swaythling (SWG) 0:41:13 St Denys (SDN) 0:42:26 Southampton Central (SOU) 0:45:46 Millbrook (MBK) 0:49:02 Redbridge (RDB) 0:51:13 Totton (TTN) 0:52:00 Ashurst New Forest (ANF) 0:54:21 Beaulieu Road (BEU) 0:56:19 Brockenhurst (BCU) 0:59:55 Sway (SWY) 1:01:58 New Milton (NWM) 1:04:04 Hinton Admiral (HNA) 1:05:46 Christchurch (CHR) 1:08:19 Pokesdown (POK) 1:10:05 Bournemouth (BMH) 1:13:04 This service would usually be the 0603 Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth service, on the date of filming a planned closure at Oxford meant this service started at Didcot Parkway. Services on this route usually operate hourly as part of the Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth route with limited extensions from Nottingham, via Birmingham New Street. Reading to Newcastle services no longer extend to Southampton. Reading to Basingstoke has additional GWR stopping services half hourly. Basingstoke/Winchester to Bournemouth have additional hourly fast and semi fast services operated by SWR from London Waterloo to Weymouth. Additional stopping South Western services operate along parts of this route, including London to Portsmouth Harbour via Eastleigh and Romsey loop services. At Reading there is interchange with Great Western Railway, South Western Railway and TFL Elizabeth Line services including services to London Paddington, Bristol and Cardiff. At Basingstoke there is interchange with South Western and Great Western services including services to London Waterloo, Salisbury and Exeter. At Southampton Central there is interchange with Southern, Great Western and South Western services including Coastway Brighton, Bristol and Portsmouth. Bournemouth has interchange with SWR services onwards to Poole and Weymouth. The rolling stock on this route is 4 and 5 carriage class 220 Voyager and class 221 Super Voyager trains. These units operate in multiple on some services forming 8 and 9 carriage trains. This route is unelectrified between Reading West and Basingstoke. Overhead electrification is present between Reading and Reading West. Third Rail electrification is present between Basingstoke and Bournemouth. This route is mainly double track throughout with short 4 track sections around the Basingstoke and Southampton areas and through Eastleigh and Brockenhurst stations. Journey sections: Reading to Basingstoke 0:00:00 Basingstoke to Winchester 0:16:58 Winchester to Eastleigh 0:32:04 Eastleigh to Southampton Central 0:37:18 Southampton Central to Brockenhurst 0:47:23 Brockenhurst to Bournemouth 0:59:59 #CrossCountry #Class220 #Voyager