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« on: July 15, 2013, 20:37:10 » |
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Hello everyone, I'm new here, although I have been reading this forum for some time this is my first actual post. Hopefully the first of many  I have a question that I have not been able to find an answer to: Does anyone know if Avoncliff is still a request stop? All references to it ever having been a request stop seem to have vanished, but I'm unable to find any information that definitely confirms such a change. I sometimes travel there from Pewsey for an evening out, and upon return will catch a train that gets me back to Westbury in time for the last connecting train back. When I last used the service I played safe and requested the train to stop anyway. When on board I asked the train manager about this and she said that this particular service used to be a request stop and now isn't. But she did not know if this applied to other services. I hope this doesn't seem like a trivial question. On the one hand I don't want to distract the driver needlessly by requesting, if they're going to stop anyway. On the other hand, if I didn't signal to the driver and the train went through I'd be stranded! Many thanks |
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JayMac
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« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2013, 22:36:32 » |
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By no means a trivial question. I wasn't sure and I've been here a fair old while. So I checked. Avoncliff is no longer a request stop. It has a roughly hourly service Mon-Sat in each direction made up of services to and from Weymouth and/or Westbury, with the odd additional service to/from points beyond Westbury. On Sundays, the service is less frequent but all services timetabled to call at Avoncliff will stop. There are no longer any request stop services. Here's a link to the current timetable: http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/Timetables/May%202013%20timetable/GW13M_TT25_WEB.ashxHope that's of help to you. And on behalf of the Coffee Shop team may I extend a warm welcome to the forum Godfrey Tables. Lurkers who take the plunge are more than welcome. |
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Godfrey Tables
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2013, 10:02:04 » |
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Thank-you bignosemac for looking into this, and your warm welcome. And apologies for not posting into the correct part of the forum, as I've just realised that seeing as the majority of services are to Weymouth and not Portsmouth I wrote this in the wrong place. Woops!  |
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2013, 23:13:32 » |
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Confirmed from personal experience on a trip to the Cross Guns a couple of weeks back.
Although it's not a request stop, the platform is so short that the conductor will only open a single, "local" door at the front of the train. That obviously doesn't make a lot of difference to you if you're joining the train, but if you're alighting then you need to be at the very front door.
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JayMac
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2013, 23:15:20 » |
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And apologies for not posting into the correct part of the forum, as I've just realised that seeing as the majority of services are to Weymouth and not Portsmouth
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« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2013, 21:01:37 » |
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In case anyone looks at this after 8 September 2013, the current timetable can be found here. Avoncliff remains a scheduled stop. Only Dilton Marsh needs Jenny Agguter's underwear on this route. |
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Alan Pettitt
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2013, 06:03:26 » |
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I think suitable under garments are still required at Yetminster, Chetnole and Thornford :-)
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2013, 17:45:08 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2013, 18:51:11 » |
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Are you gonna model them at the next Forum meet up then,Chris ??
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« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2013, 19:31:30 » |
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Could I leave a deposit on them? |
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Godfrey Tables
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« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2013, 12:02:04 » |
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Many thanks for the update, Four Track, Now, and thanks for the additional information inspector_blakey.
Sorry I didn't reply sooner, not sure what happened to the last couple of months...
Does anyone know where I can find references to historical timetables? The reason I ask is that I was just consulting Wikipedia to look at passenger usage for AVF over the years (wondering if the increase was partially or wholly responsible for the change?) and I noticed that the article is now slightly out of date, as it still refers to AVF as a request stop. I've searched google for old FGW▸ timetables to try and pinpoint when the change occurred for the purposes of updating the article, but all references seem to have been removed or refer to current timetables. I'm probably missing something obvious...
Thanks again for any help.
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« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2013, 15:00:25 » |
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Does anyone know where I can find references to historical timetables? The reason I ask is that I was just consulting Wikipedia to look at passenger usage for AVF over the years (wondering if the increase was partially or wholly responsible for the change?) and I noticed that the article is now slightly out of date, as it still refers to AVF as a request stop.
Not any more. |
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Alan Pettitt
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« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2013, 16:24:13 » |
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23rd May 2011 comes to mind, although I'm not sure why because I thought timetables changed on sundays and that day wasn't!
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2013, 20:52:26 » |
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While I am obviously reluctant to acknowledge the existence of any railway-related forum other than the Coffee Shop (  ), I can offer the following suggestion that it was indeed with effect from May 2011 - see RailUKforums. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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Godfrey Tables
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« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2013, 10:58:10 » |
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Not any more. Thanks FTN I can offer the following suggestion that it was indeed with effect from May 2011 Goodness! I didn't realise it changed as long ago as that |
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