Bus/train from Bristol Airport to Swindon

ColdAsIce · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:09

Anyone know how I can check if there is a bus/train that leaves from Bristol Airport and the times etc.

Saturday 29th of March and going bk to the airport from Swindon on the 31st.

Thanks for any info guys/gals

Steve

Jingo... · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:18

Train and bus timetables on the internet.

clv101 · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:19

You'd need to get the airport coach from the airport to Temple Meads stations then a train on the Swindon.

ColdAsIce · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:24

sorry does anyone have a link to the timetable?

Zefan · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:26

I suck.

clv101 · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:29

efanZ said:
You can get from parkway station (2.5 miles by road from the airport) direct to Swindon in 26 minutes.

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

Don't go via Temple Meads, it's at least double the distance away from the airport and the train will take more nearly twice the time to get to Swindon. Take a look on google maps to see what I mean!

lol This isn't right. Not even slightly!

Suggest you get on Google Maps and find Bristol Airport?

Zefan · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:31

Quite right, i thought the airport was in a completely different place

Go via Temple Meads

Cr0fty · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:32

I suggest you just don't come to Swindon.

Not worth the expense...

Sankari · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:33

Out of the frying pan...

Zefan · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:34

Why does Swindon have this awful reputation!?

I lived there for years and I can't say it's much worse than anywhere else I've lived

clv101 · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:40

efanZ said:
Why does Swindon have this awful reputation!?

It's awful!! For the last four months I've had the misfortune of going to Swindon a few times a month. The architecture, the roads, the town centre, the locals etc etc. Compare Swindon to Bath and you'll get the idea.

allllec · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:54

http://www.transportdirect.info

should be all you need.

Coach 331 to Temple Meads then Train to swindow.

Now that wasn't too hard.

Has all the timetables etc nice 'n easy.

manoz · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:54

clv101 said:
It's awful!! For the last four months I've had the misfortune of going to Swindon a few times a month. The architecture, the roads, the town centre, the locals etc etc. Compare Swindon to Bath and you'll get the idea.

Exactly, I've had the misfortune to work there some odd days doing promotional stuff and it's a horrible place, city centre is awful, locals not so nice lookin. I've worked in Bath aswell, beautiful city, can't say much for the locals cos it's mostly tourists over the weekends

GarethDW · 9 Mar 2008 at 16:26

The only thing you can say about Swindon is that it's convenient for some things... e.g. good transport links to nicer places

Also, my employer is based here and they pay me a nice amount of money every month for turning up to work

Jingo... · 9 Mar 2008 at 16:56

Swindon does indeed seem to be an enourmous place of work- I know many many people who commute there from Bristol/Somerset/Wiltshire towns etc.

ste_bla · 9 Mar 2008 at 16:58

http://www.traveline.org.uk/index.htm

Mr.Orb · 9 Mar 2008 at 17:02

manoz said:
locals not so nice lookin.

Oh thanks! (At least i can say i wasn't born here

).

Interestingly I was wondering about transport to bristol airport to fly up to Edinburgh (think my mum is getting fed up driving me to the airport).