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1  Journey by Journey / Heart of Wessex / Re: North Dorset's three small stations on: January 21, 2023, 12:48:50

2. More historically, how did these stations survive when most other similar village stations have vanished? I realise that this line only has slower stopping services, so there wasn't the same impetus to remove smaller stations to provide a faster service as has happened elsewhere, but many other local stations along the line have gone. So how did these survive? The area is still sparsely settled, so the total population ever likely to have wanted to use the stations will always have been small.

While Yetminster station is in the heart of the village, which itself is the largest of these villages (along with its neighbour Ryme Intrinseca), both Thornford and Chetnole are some distance from their small villages and from any local population. So while I'm not surprised that Yetminster has survived (though many similar haven't), I am astounded that the other two did. Obviously I am pleased that they all still do, and wished there were others, but it would be interesting to know a bit about the history behind this.

The practicalities of providing a replacement bus service if the train service ceased is the reason many of the smaller stations survived but larger centres of population lost their stations. This is why Sparkford and Limpley Stoke lost their stations as being situated on main roads meant that a bus service could easily be substituted. The Dorset halts as well as Avoncliff and Freshford survived because of limited road access.
2  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Out and about - first week in March, 2022 on: March 08, 2022, 15:55:12
15 Bath Spa platform 1 where the signal box used to be located complete with a Bath pigeon!

I wondered what that architectural feature was ... thanks for the extra data.  Bath Spa is an interesting station and would probably be worth a "historic tour" at some point - probably a lot of trouble to organise, unless anyone reading this might know better  Grin ...

There is a video available to view on the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) website or iPlayer called 'Men of Steam'. It was filmed in 1962 and approximately halfway through follows the Station Master at Bath Spa going about his duties. You get to see the spiral steps up to the signal box as well as a look inside. After the section on Bath Spa the video takes a look at Freshford, complete with sheep running amok!

As I am here, picture 5 is Trowbridge.
3  Journey by Journey / Plymouth and Cornwall / Infrastructure issues in Cornwall - 2022 onwards on: February 14, 2022, 18:12:42
Delays to services between Truro and Par
Due to a fault with the signalling system between Truro and Par trains have to run at reduced speed on all lines.
Train services running through these stations may be delayed. Disruption is expected until the end of the day

On investigating the fault, Network Rail have discovered that approximately 100 metres of signalling cable has been stolen.  Angry
4  Journey by Journey / TransWilts line / Re: Train service REDUCTION between Christmas and New Year 2021/2 on: December 29, 2021, 13:32:42
It appears that the Westbury to Weymouth route is subject to similar treatment.  Embarrassed

Edit. Just saw the reference to this in the other thread.
5  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December on: December 24, 2021, 11:32:01
16. Patney and Chirton. *If* the Devizes Parkway station gets the go-ahead it will be just a mile down the line from here.
6  Journey by Journey / TransWilts line / Re: 2021 - TransWilts cancellation and amendment log on: December 23, 2021, 13:33:09
07:37 Westbury to Swindon due 08:19
07:37 Westbury to Swindon due 08:19 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
And predictably, the train’s return trip at 08:45 from Swindon to Westbury also cancelled.
This is filling me with confidence, as I'm meant to be getting that train tomorrow. Here's to ending up in Bath...

The unit for that train is formed from the 06:40 Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury service. Since the timetable change it is also the driver from that train as well. If the 06:40 from Bristol is disrupted it doesn't bode well for the 07:37 from Westbury as both another driver and another unit have to be found.  Embarrassed

Having checked, the 06:40 from Bristol appears not to have run today.
7  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 23 - Mixed bag 2 on: December 23, 2021, 13:21:01
Based on the West Midlands Trains/West Midlands Railway class 196 'Civity' unit and the large gap between the running lines, I am going to take a punt on image 8 being taken from the canal towpath on Edstone aqueduct.
8  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 21 - Can you identify the geography? on: December 22, 2021, 16:35:22
To complete the set, F is Feniton.
9  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 21 - Can you identify the geography? on: December 21, 2021, 11:26:27
H. Hayle.
10  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 20 - Railway Bridges Quiz no2 on: December 20, 2021, 15:55:00
9. Evesham. The River Avon bridge to the east of the station.
11  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 15 - something a bit different on: December 16, 2021, 14:28:59
1K71 is the weekdays 05:10 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington service. It is now the only direct train between Bradford on Avon/Trowbridge and London. It is also unusual in another way as the train is not scheduled to stop at Bath Spa.

I should have added that Cross Country run a service on a Saturday that runs through Bath but doesn't call there. 1C11 (the 06:07 Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth service) is routed via Bath and Westbury for route knowledge retention purposes. An empty coaching stock working runs the other way on a Saturday evening for the same reason running as 5C59 (the 19:18 Paignton to Bristol Barton Hill depot working).
12  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent Quiz- day 16 - "Where is this" on: December 16, 2021, 10:58:00
6. Havant.
13  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 15 - something a bit different on: December 15, 2021, 13:22:07
1K71 is the weekdays 05:10 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington service. It is now the only direct train between Bradford on Avon/Trowbridge and London. It is also unusual in another way as the train is not scheduled to stop at Bath Spa.
14  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 13 - Mixed Bag on: December 13, 2021, 22:39:59
I haven't been there for a while but picture 6  appears to me to have been taken inside The Draughtsman Alehouse at Doncaster.
15  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 9 - topical pairs on: December 09, 2021, 19:31:45
5. From the timetable change, these are the weekday departure times from Dilton Marsh for the few remaining southbound trains that go beyond Warminster. 06:57 to Southampton Central, 13:34 to Brighton and 22:07 to Portsmouth Harbour.
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