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Title: Service growth - Trowbridge to Bristol Temple Meads Post by: grahame on May 24, 2023, 07:22:04 Trowbridge to Bristol in the morning ...
1967 services to Bristol at 04:01, 06:40, 07:40, 08:18, 08:50, 09:37 and 11:37 All trains run by British Railways 1987 services to Bristol at 03:29, 06:28, 07:49, 08:10, 09:11, and 11:11 All trains run by British Railways 2000 services to Bristol at 06:22, 07:01, 07:20, 07:34, 08:02, 08:26, 09:04, 09:49, 10:11, 10:16, 10:43, 11:11 and 11:42 All trains run by Wales and West 2007 services to Bristol at 06:04, 06:38, 07:03, 07S13, 07:23, 07:38, 07:58, 08:23, 09:04, 09:38, 10:18, 10:38, 11:18 and 11:44 Most trains run by FGW - "S" = South Western Trains 2019 services to Bristol at 06:04, 06:47, 07:02, 07S17, 07:23, 07:50, 08:06, 08:30, 08:57, 09:22, 09:44, 10:16, 10:44, 11:16, 11S27 and 11:48 Most trains run by GWR - "S" = South Western Railaway 2023 services to Bristol at 06:04, 06:46, 07:05, 07:24, 07:41, 08:06, 08:24, 08:47, 09:08, 09:20, 09:46, 10:09, 10:20, 10:46, 11:11, 11:18 and 11:50 All trains run by Great Western Railway 1967: (http://www.wellho.net/pix/tro_67_1.jpg) May 2023 (part): (http://www.wellho.net/pix/tro_23_1.jpg) Title: Re: Service growth - Trowbridge to Bristol Temple Meads Post by: Red Squirrel on May 24, 2023, 08:04:03 Interesting to see the very early trains in 1967 and 1987 - presumably they were carrying newspapers?
Title: Re: Service growth - Trowbridge to Bristol Temple Meads Post by: rogerw on May 24, 2023, 10:38:11 Mail trains from Eastleigh is my memory
Title: Re: Service growth - Trowbridge to Bristol Temple Meads Post by: Witham Bobby on May 24, 2023, 10:54:56 Lots of nighttime and early morning services were provided mainly for mail but accommodated passengers
0415 DMU loaded to the cantrails with mail sacks from Worcester to Evesham and Moreton in Marsh, anyone? You'd be sitting next to mail sacks, probably. Piled everywhere There was an overnight (0115??) Bristol to Bradford that was a couple of creaky, grubby MkI coaches added to about 12 mail and parcels vans. You just had to hope that the guy on the opposite side of the compartment hadn't brought a kebab with him, and didn't snore too much The most famous one I can think of was an overnight York to Aberystwyth service But, as the services were running, had motive power and crew, why not stick a couple of the abundant available coaches onto it and offer a service for the insomniac community? Title: Re: Service growth - Trowbridge to Bristol Temple Meads Post by: Bmblbzzz on May 24, 2023, 12:17:35 It's informative to look at old timetables and see just how sparse the service often was.
Title: Re: Service growth - Trowbridge to Bristol Temple Meads Post by: grahame on May 24, 2023, 17:01:43 The most famous one I can think of was an overnight York to Aberystwyth service Ah - I remember that. 18:58 from Aberysywyth, around 03:15 into York in time to connect to the Glasgow to Colchester service. Title: Re: Service growth - Trowbridge to Bristol Temple Meads Post by: bobm on May 24, 2023, 21:51:13 …and we talk about aspirations for a seven day railway today. Back then we had a 24 hour a day railway.
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