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Title: Heritage railway bus replacement Post by: bradshaw on April 09, 2019, 13:45:34 The Swanage Railway are running a rail replacement bus service from Wareham to Norden for their diesel gala!
Title: Re: Heritage railway bus replacement Post by: JayMac on April 09, 2019, 16:17:25 Almost worth going just for the ride on the Lodekka.
Childhood memories of those buses on town services in Taunton. ;D Title: Re: Heritage railway bus replacement Post by: Timmer on April 10, 2019, 20:06:42 Whilst very commendable to run this rail replacement service during the diesel gala, it does however continue to point to issues still not being resolved to run an actual regular service between Wareham and Norden.
Don’t get me wrong, what’s been achieved is great but still waiting to see a firm regular service operate every year with little news of exactly when or if it will ever start. I think I read somewhere, possibly on this forum, that SWR plan to run their Weymouth to Corfu Castle service again this Summer. Anyone able to confirm? Title: Re: Heritage railway bus replacement Post by: PhilWakely on April 10, 2019, 20:52:06 The Swanage Railway are running a rail replacement bus service from Wareham to Norden for their diesel gala! When I first read this, I read it as though the Swanage Railway were running a "Rail Replacement Bus Gala" (i.we. a celebration of the Rail Replacement Bus ;D Title: Re: Heritage railway bus replacement Post by: jamestheredengine on April 10, 2019, 21:00:09 I think I read somewhere, possibly on this forum, that SWR plan to run their Weymouth to Corfu Castle service again this Summer. Will that run via Simplon or via Arlberg? Title: Re: Heritage railway bus replacement Post by: Surrey 455 on April 10, 2019, 21:10:23 I think I read somewhere, possibly on this forum, that SWR plan to run their Weymouth to Corfu Castle service again this Summer. Will that run via Simplon or via Arlberg? I hope Crossrail don't get the contract to build the tunnel under the Ionian Sea. ;) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |