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Title: exeter central Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on January 10, 2009, 19:11:51 why are so many services being extented to central tonight from barny and paignton?
tbh looks like the services are running from barns to central and then running same units to paignton Title: Re: exeter central Post by: gaf71 on January 11, 2009, 09:24:14 Because the Exmouth branch is closed all weekend, So services are terminating/starting at Exeter Central(or St James' Park).
Title: Re: exeter central Post by: The SprinterMeister on January 11, 2009, 11:48:13 Because the Exmouth branch is closed all weekend, So services are terminating/starting at Exeter Central(or St James' Park). Some nice shiny new track being put in at Lympstone Village. Thankfully it is a complete re-lay rather than merely putting new rails on the existing sleepers and ballast. The 142's dont seem to cope with the latter method of track renewal that well........ :P http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ya1hG7F_EPg (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ya1hG7F_EPg) Title: Re: exeter central Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on January 11, 2009, 11:52:48 I'm really glad I just logged on and read this I was on my way to digby for a day out I would have had a long wait
Title: Re: exeter central Post by: devon_metro on January 11, 2009, 12:38:13 Because the Exmouth branch is closed all weekend, So services are terminating/starting at Exeter Central(or St James' Park). Some nice shiny new track being put in at Lympstone Village. Thankfully it is a complete re-lay rather than merely putting new rails on the existing sleepers and ballast. The 142's dont seem to cope with the latter method of track renewal that well........ :P http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ya1hG7F_EPg (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ya1hG7F_EPg) Christ, nearly as bad as some of the wheelflats on FGW mk3s :D Title: Re: exeter central Post by: The SprinterMeister on January 11, 2009, 12:43:58 I'm really glad I just logged on and read this I was on my way to digby for a day out I would have had a long wait The road replacement bus timetable for the Exmouth branch this weekend will be found here (http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Documents/Custom/FGW%201556%20Exmouth_New%20Info.qxd.pdf). Not all the works being done on the Exmouth branch at the moment are popular with the locals as this Express and Echo news item (http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/Bridge-safety-work-furious-residents-blasting-bureaucracy/article-601935-detail/article.html) reports....... 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 |