Digging up an old thread.
Volo in coach B today but not at all seats.

 

Line problem: between Par and Plymouth.
Owing to lightning having damaged equipment between
Par and Plymouth trains have to run at reduced speed on all lines.
Impact:
Train services running through these stations are returning to normal but some services may still be delayed at short notice. Normal services will be provided as soon as possible. Message Received :15/04/2012 00:01

Confusingly...

The TVM is available when the Station is closed http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/11/26/1112673_95bd6cf0.jpg

but

FGW^▸ (First Great Western) says it isn't

Ticket office opening
Monday-Saturday 07:10-15:55
Sunday Closed
Monday-Friday 07:10-15:55
Saturday 07:10-15:55
Self-service machines
Yes
Collect from counter
Yes
Collect from machine
Yes A ticket machine is available during the hours that the station is staffed and is located in the booking hall. The machine can sell tickets to all mainland destinations and will accept main credit/debit cards and cash.
Station entrance
Penalty fares
Penalty Fares apply to journeys from Exmouth station when travelling with:
First Great Western

I use Exmouth quite a lot and there are no staff there after the booking office closes.
The booking office closes in the same manner as St Erth and Dawlish - the whole building gets locked up and you have to walk around the building to get to the platform.

When the building is closed you have to walk through the adjacent bus station or the car park and enter the platform by a gate which is unlocked - they should have done what they did at Topsham - put the TVM^▸ (Ticket Vending Machine) in the passenger shelter.

First time I used the station I thought the trains had been cancelled as there appeared to be no way to get onto the platform.

Was held at Dawlish Warren today for a passing HST^▸ (High Speed Train) - as soon as it had passed Guard gave 6 and the Driver replied 6.

Rather than just drawing forward we carried on as the signal must have cleared. 

Did the combo not have a barrier vehicle ?

In the 60's I used to service Hammond organs and had a customer in St Austell who had built his house around a large pipe organ - had full timpani too.

 

 I see WG are out of Bretonside in Plymouth also.

I presume you've noticed that St Ives has had a Banksman for many years.

I know a WG driver very well and will ask him for his opinion when I see him.
 

If this is the case I wonder if the remaining services will start from near the old Police Station behind the Railway Station as they did when the Bus Station was closed.

And how many millions have recently been spent (over a looooong period) upgrading the place

Some Visitors might find it more convenient to start/end their adventures from Par station - I visit Heligan/Mevagissey/Charlestown/Fowey and quite often end up at Par to get fish 'n chips at Val's Plaice. 
   

In Cornwall the usual TM^‡(resolve) announcement is no mobile phones and mp3 players kept to a reasonable level.

Portable crush barrier type of thing.

Going to be interesting to see how the extended park & ride works out.
In winter the service is 1x153, March to high season is 1x150, high season is 2x150 .
In summer the 2x150 are PACKED and despite ticket facilities at the Saltings car park and two Conductors St Ives is also barriered to enable revenue collection.
The service is maxed out at 2tph and even with a rumoured extra 153 I wonder if all these potential extra visitors are going to actually get to St Ives.
Would be great if they did as access and parking in St Ives is woeful - the rail link puts you right at a beach and very close to the town centre.

Would also help while there is cash sloshing around - a disabled ramp from St Ives station to the path below the station leading to the town  - the Station has a disabled toilet which I've never seen used as it's sort of isolated by steps and steep hills.

Also a huge sign to the path - 'town & beaches this way'...so many people head out via the car park. 
 

I've got unlimited Internet on my phone using GiffGaff and WiFi at a station would only be of use if it were underground or they paid me to use it.
On a train might be useful if the signal was good.