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1	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: 11 trains in a day - has anyone here done more?	on: April 15, 2024, 09:40:53
Back in the day..... Probably early eighties, the challenge was to ride on all the passenger lines in Cornwall on a day rover (£2.50 at the time). This was the four branches wholly within Cornwall and the main line Penzance to Saltash, the day rover didn't allow travel east of Saltash or travel before 9am. I can't remember in which order we did it but it did involve quite a bit of doubling back, up & down the mainline, so the number used must have been in double figures.

2	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Breaking the £1 per mile fare barrier	on: April 06, 2024, 10:02:58
Falmouth Town to Docks, Just under 1/2 a mile, £2.10

3	Journey by Journey / Plymouth and Cornwall / Lostwithiel footbridge	on: April 03, 2024, 09:07:28
Network Rail is set to install a temporary bridge in the summer https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/lostwithiel-link-to-be-restored-with-first-footbridge-in-50-years

4	Journey by Journey / Cross Country services / Re: CrossCountry upgrade will see 25% more rail seats	on: March 26, 2024, 12:25:07
Perhaps reinstating the third XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) through to/from Penzance that hasn't reappeared post Covid and also Summer Saturday services to Newquay!! won't be holding my breath..

5	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Swanage Railway goes cashless	on: March 10, 2024, 17:12:42
Quote from: Electric train on March 10, 2024, 10:09:01 I can understand why they would chose to go cashless. Cash costs money to process (eg taking it to the bank) There are expensive security measures needed Its open to fraud. However I suspect the main reason is the number of customers that have been pay cashless out way the number paying by cash Paying by card costs the business as well. I believe most card companies charge 2 or 3% on each transaction and a law was passed to make it illegal to pass this charge on to the customer.

6	All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / New Isles of Scilly ferry service	on: March 05, 2024, 20:43:47
...Scilly Ferries now booking... https://scillyferries.co.uk/ unfortunately doesn't appear to be any cheaper than the IOS Steamship company

7	Journey by Journey / Shorter journeys in Devon / Re: Devon delays 2024	on: February 22, 2024, 08:29:12
This will go on all day I fear, as it's absolutely torrential in West Cornwall presently and it's heading east...

8	Journey by Journey / Plymouth and Cornwall / Re: Mid Cornwall Metro - APPROVED	on: February 08, 2024, 10:21:53
Quote from: alexross42 on February 07, 2024, 11:42:59 From what I can tell, the Newquay branch (plat 3) connects to the up main (plat 2) and then there is a crossover to the down main correct, and at both ends as well.

9	Journey by Journey / Plymouth and Cornwall / Re: Lostwithiel footbridge hits a snag..... there's a design flaw...	on: February 06, 2024, 08:28:50
Todays Cornish Times... https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/lostwithiel-footbridge-plan-hits-the-buffers-664410

10	Journey by Journey / Plymouth and Cornwall / Re: Lostwithiel footbridge hits a snag..... there's a design flaw...	on: January 24, 2024, 12:23:11
Question raised at PMQs today by SE Cornwall MP^▸ (Member of Parliament) asking for the PMs help to push this through. Reply was along the lines of "Network Rail looking for a funding solution in the next financial year" zzzzzz

11	Journey by Journey / Plymouth and Cornwall / Lostwithiel footbridge hits a snag..... there's a design flaw...	on: January 05, 2024, 16:42:42
...and the report seems to have jumped the gun regarding the signal box... https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/new-railway-footbridge-lostwithiel-hold-9008019 Has anyone attempted to build a bridge over a railway before? Seems a tricky thing to do....

12	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Very lucky escape...	on: December 31, 2023, 17:00:17
It's alleged that a member of the public 'phoned Network rail about this fallen tree 10 minutes before the collision... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/31/train-scotland-storm-gerrit-driver-not-warned-hit-tree-line/ (might be behind a paywall) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/train-driver-who-cheated-death-in-storm-gerrit-was-not-warned-of-tree-on-line/ar-AA1mhhBo?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=f9dc373d90f34bc5ae129e302783b0c5&ei=12

13	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Very lucky escape...	on: December 27, 2023, 18:04:52
Dundee - Glasgow HST^▸ (High Speed Train) cab smashed by a fallen tree but no injuries https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/24014008.storm-gerrit-scotrail-train-glasgow-smashed-tree/

14	All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: Isles of Scilly Steamship company take over by Harland & Wolff rejected	on: December 22, 2023, 18:20:26
Quote from: bradshaw on December 22, 2023, 17:02:17 H & W proposing new ferry for next year. I wonder if the ISSC will regret their decision regarding takks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-67800783 Quote A new ferry is set to take passengers between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in faster journey times from next summer, its operator says. Shipbuilder Harland and Wolff (H&W) has chartered a ship it says will come into service from May, with 90-minute trips. Last month H&W made an approach to buy the existing operators, the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC), but was "unequivocally rejected". The ISSC ferry, the Scillonian III, is scheduled to sail from March. H&W is calling its new arm Scilly Ferries, and said the new vessel was a catamaran that would take up to 400 passengers between Penzance and St Mary's in about one hour and 30 minutes. game on

15	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / 4.9% increase from 3rd March but 8.7% in Scotland	on: December 22, 2023, 12:23:33
https://news.sky.com/story/rail-fares-to-go-up-by-nearly-5-next-year-department-for-transport-says-13036153

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