No, but you ain't far out

Yes - number 6 is indeed New Zealand - and my thanks to [name] for permission to use the picture in the quiz.  I saw it and couldn't resist trying to include it.    Very VERY embarrassing - I'm looking back through my feed and failing to find that name and permission ... will take a further look overnight or others (such as the person) welcome to remind me ((turning into forgetful old man!))

47476NightMail - welcome to the forum, and your first post.  Do you have a Kiwi (or Sims) connection?

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Other guesses - sorry, 6 is NOT Neath, and 7 is NOT a Bristol exhibition

From the Mail online

Tony, THANK YOU, look forward to seeing you next week

Last scheduled through train, Bristol Temple Meads to London (Waterloo)
1O60 - 15:50 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury (arr 17:06) attach to
1L60 - 17:20 Salisbury to London (Waterloo), arriving 18:49

Last scheduled through train, London (Waterloo) to Bristol Temple Meads
which is also the last SWR^» (South Western Railway - about) arrival into Bristol Temple Meads
1L61 - 19:20 London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids detaching at Salisbury
1V81 - 20:57 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads, arriving 22:06

Last SWR departure from Bristol Temple Meads
1O86 - 22:25 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury (where it arrives 23:38)

I have thought long and hard whether to travel on any of these trains - and I think "for the record" I will do so - I will post my itinerary is the member's area

I do recall travelling on the 17:50 from Chippenham to(wards) Westbury on 8th December 2006 and finding it to be an utterly depressing experience having to tell people who hadn't already learned that it was withdrawn from the following Monday. I fear the same thing on Friday - and from a report this morning from one of our team: "Warminster woman's just joined it, she had a conversation with train manager - checking whether the 16:20 and 19:20 through trains count as peak. Had no idea they won't be running next week - and the last train with a half decent connection to Warminster is the 17:50 which *is* in the peak."

Another report in my email this morning of someone advised to route via Southampton at a higher fare - "nothing direct to London from Salisbury" - no doubt caused by the connections at Salisbury being so cr*p that the fastest routing is via Southampton!

It isn't ... though it is a good example of trains and buses coming together at the same place.

It IS indeed the Newquay branch - and there must have been multiple platforms at Newquay and sidings in use there at the time too.  The days of overnight trains on a Friday night from the likes of Bradford and Wolverhampton, arriving with holiday makers from the Midlands and North and taking last week's holiday makers back home later in the day.   I really wonder how Robert and Dorothy would have entertained Joseph and Mildred from 06:00 until being allowed into their B&B mid afternoon ...

Full report at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/mirror/DoT_Serpell001.pdf - looking at the "reference case" network, some lines such as Torrington / Meeth, and to Claydon, to Looe, in Ayrshire, the Waterside line were shown - indicting that it was considering the full network at the point.    Some such as option C2 clearly include freight only lines - Looe and Claydon again (and some wonders like Aylesbury served via Princes Risborough but not via Amersham ... and I have to wonder if that was freight only)

I'm aware of Fishguard (took a look on our National Rail timetable mirror at http://www.passenger.chat/nrt/ ) - but my post was examples and to make it a good soundbite, I chose just three places rather than a long list, and all starting with "B" to help it roll off the tongue.  If I could find three "Bs" there are lots more elsewhere in the alphabet.  You have Fs ... and there are more than just the BFs^▸ (Brake First (carriage)) around, even if there are (in my view) some BFs making decisions to cut morning services but leave afternoon ones ... similar pattern seen elsewhere are not just in West Wales.   It seems odd to remove all practical get-to-work trains from people but leave the get-them-home services at the end of the day.

The government purpose (as conveyed by by SWR^» (South Western Railway - about) last week, confirmed by FOI^▸ (Freedom of Information)) seems to be to look at the bottom line of cost and not at the balance sheet. The talk is all of the cost of running the service with no allowance made for the fare box income generated by the extra journeys it generates.  It counts track access charges against the service, where in reality the track maintenance has to continue and Network Rail will need almost all of that money from another source. 

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From myLondon

Ah ... I think I would have to on balance to give it to paul7575 - on the grounds that I looked at stuving's post and understood it to be challenging my answer rather than answering the next picture, and Paul probably did the same.    It's "only" lighter side, so awards / honourable mention to both gentlemen, me thinks!

Remind me why the excellent crews who relaid to Okehampton haven't been carrying on their good work to Meldon and beyond, and started from the other end at Bere Alston too ... been talked about long enough!