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« on: March 02, 2019, 14:13:36 »
I left Finn in the car whilst I did some spotting and photting.
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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2019, 16:08:26 »
Axe level crossing between Axminster and Chard Junction
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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2019, 16:37:17 »
Quote from: bradshaw on March 02, 2019, 16:08:26
Axe level crossing between Axminster and Chard Junction

Spot on.

Out spotting GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) diverts today. Two here and two later at Chard Junction. I'll post the vids later.
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« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2019, 17:01:14 »
I set out to photograph an IET▸ (Intercity Express Train) at Crewkerne on Thursday. Just before setting out I looked at RTT» (Real Time Trains - website) and saw it was running very early but that it had to wait at Honiton.
Was just arriving at my chosen location when it sprinted past, still early. Will have to try again next week!
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« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2019, 20:14:13 »
Quote from: bignosemac on March 02, 2019, 16:37:17
Quote from: bradshaw on March 02, 2019, 16:08:26
Axe level crossing between Axminster and Chard Junction

Spot on.

Out spotting GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) diverts today. Two here and two later at Chard Junction. I'll post the vids later.

But that wasn’t the only crossing you saw today....
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« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2019, 20:57:57 »
Quote from: bobm on March 02, 2019, 20:14:13
But that wasn’t the only crossing you saw today....

Indeed it wasn't. After an early morning drive to Bigbury-on-Sea and Burgh Island I returned via Dartmouth and Kingswear. A wetter sort of crossing.

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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2019, 21:22:32 »
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) diverts at Axe Crossing and Chard Junction on the West of England mainline, Saturday 2nd March 2019.

1. 1C76 0903 London Paddington - Plymouth


2. 1A81 0916 Plymouth - London Paddington


3. 1C79 1103 London Paddington - Plymouth


4. 1A83 1118 Plymouth - London Paddington
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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2019, 22:28:10 »
Quote from: bignosemac on March 02, 2019, 20:57:57
Quote from: bobm on March 02, 2019, 20:14:13
But that wasn’t the only crossing you saw today....
Indeed it wasn't. After an early morning drive to Bigbury-on-Sea and Burgh Island I returned via Dartmouth and Kingswear. A wetter sort of crossing.

But also a level crossing, by the look of it.
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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2019, 13:26:33 »
Out again this morning to bag a couple more diverted GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) services. I chose Crewkerne station this time as it afforded some shelter from the more seasonal weather.
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« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2019, 20:06:53 »
Managed to film the IET▸ (Intercity Express Train) at Crewkerne today; 1122 Plymouth Paddington
Link on iCloud.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0PEHduCY9HJvcY0jH7oOGdl1Q#Misterton,_England
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« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2019, 22:34:50 »
Don't remember a spanish solution platform at Crewkerne, the platform must have moved since the last time I caught a train from there. Then again the last train I got on there was pulled by a 50!
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« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2019, 23:01:47 »
Two seperate platforms. One disused and inaccessible to the public, and the line lifted. The existing platform face may have been extended outward at some point but this isn't a Spanish solution. There's no seperate entry and exiting of trains.

I think the only routine use of the Spanish solution on the UK▸ (United Kingdom) heavy rail network is at Ascot during race meetings.
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« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2019, 23:31:04 »
Quote from: bignosemac on March 04, 2019, 23:01:47
I think the only routine use of the Spanish solution on the UK▸ (United Kingdom) heavy rail network is at Ascot during race meetings.

The higher-numbered platform 1 at Ascot has now been fenced off - so unless that fencing can safely be temporarily removed, using P1+ is no longer an option. Oddly, Guildford platform 7 is still unfenced, though never used.
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« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2019, 08:46:43 »
What is the Spanish solution (and what does it solve)?
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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2019, 09:38:31 »
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What is the Spanish solution (and what does it solve)?
One track, platforms both sides, one for people getting on and one for people getting off.  Tower Gateway is a current example?

I think the term refers primarily to the fact that passenger flows are also fully segregated within the station, so a simple case of doors opening both sides for interchange wouldn’t count.

AIUI▸ (as I understand it) most modern units will not allow the doors to be released both sides at once by design, so that’s basically why places such as Guildford and Ascot fell out of normal use.

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