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« Reply #60 on: October 26, 2020, 09:53:20 » |
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 St James Park station with train 143 x 2 by Robert, on Flickr Informed that work on cutting back the embankment started last week at Exeter St James Park to lengthen the platform this week when the line is closed to renew Exmouth Junction trackwork to raise the line speed. I hope to find a picture of the work during the week. |
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« Reply #62 on: October 30, 2020, 07:03:36 » |
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Work also going on this half term to extend platform at Lympstone Commando.
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« Reply #63 on: October 30, 2020, 09:43:40 » |
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Work also going on this half term to extend platform at Lympstone Commando.
That sounds ominous! |
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« Reply #64 on: November 25, 2020, 21:55:33 » |
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« Reply #65 on: November 26, 2020, 13:25:22 » |
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Page 41: The government will also deliver on its manifesto commitment to spend ?500 million to restore transport services previously lost in the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, including reopening the Ashington-Blyth line in Northumberland to passenger services, and restoring rail links to Okehampton in Devon. The government has also launched a New Ideas Fund to pay for feasibility work on proposals for new lines and stations. I have heard whispers in other places of work being carried out with a view to a service from May 2021. |
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« Reply #66 on: November 26, 2020, 14:05:18 » |
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Page 16 December Modern Railways moots the idea of summer 2021. On a rumour front platform 2 at Exeter St Davids could be used to reverse such a service.
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« Reply #67 on: November 26, 2020, 17:35:43 » |
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Platform 2 was the home of the Okehampton train in the olden days. That was also the platform for the erstwhile Paddington-Exeter sleeper coach. Oh dear I am showing my age!
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« Reply #68 on: March 09, 2021, 09:57:25 » |
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Just as well the Paignton service has resumed every half hour as I drove past Torre station about 820am and there was a line of schoolchildren about 400 yards long two abreast along the narrow Newton Road pavement. There must have been about 200 of them, no masks, no social distancing.
The two grammar schools have a very wide catchment area.
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« Reply #69 on: March 10, 2021, 09:35:59 » |
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Just as well the Paignton service has resumed every half hour as I drove past Torre station about 820am and there was a line of schoolchildren about 400 yards long two abreast along the narrow Newton Road pavement. There must have been about 200 of them, no masks, no social distancing.
The two grammar schools have a very wide catchment area.
Two units 165134/132 were working this service today. Here at Paignton 0830. Same problem as 143's as the guard cannot pass through the units; although I think the guard would need a hazmat suit today. This is probably a short term solution to the school run.  165134 and 132 at Paignton 08.30 10 march 2021 by Robert, on Flickr |
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« Reply #70 on: March 11, 2021, 06:55:41 » |
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^This school run train on it's return had to be split at St David's as 2x 165/166s cannot operate on the Exmouth branch. Read it on another site. 12m longer than 2x150s
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« Reply #72 on: September 09, 2023, 10:50:01 » |
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Saturday, busiest day of the week and every train bar one, on the Barnstaple run, is two car.
I wonder if the trains are carrying bottled water. They did last summer.
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« Reply #73 on: September 09, 2023, 11:18:29 » |
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Currently today the three North Devon line Diagrams are:-
A three car 158,
a 2 car 158 + 2 car 150
and a 2 car 165.
Both Oketon Diagrams are a 150 set as bkd.
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« Reply #74 on: September 09, 2023, 13:33:17 » |
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Currently today the three North Devon line Diagrams are:-
A three car 158,
a 2 car 158 + 2 car 150
and a 2 car 165.
Both Oketon Diagrams are a 150 set as bkd.
158 +150 was added at St David's 10.40 on it's way to Exeter Central as 2R83 so had two trips from Barnstaple as a two car. Have they found extra for Paignton Exmouth which started out as all 2 cars? |
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