Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 12:55 28 Apr 2024
- Jet with 500 toy giraffe passengers takes flight
- The cargo ship that became an iconic music venue
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 22/05/24 - WWRUG / TransWilts update
02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
28th Apr (1996)
GNER franchise (Sea Containers) starts on ECML (*)
Train RunningCancelled
09:44 London Paddington to Hereford
10:58 Great Malvern to London Paddington
14:28 Hereford to London Paddington
28/04/24 14:53 London Paddington to Plymouth
28/04/24 17:16 Bristol Temple Meads to Severn Beach
28/04/24 18:01 Severn Beach to Bristol Temple Meads
22:10 Taunton to Bristol Temple Meads
Short Run
09:18 Penzance to London Paddington
11:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington
28/04/24 21:30 Swindon to Cheltenham Spa
•
PollsThere are no open or recent polls
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
April 28, 2024, 12:59:28 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[129] Clan Line - by Clan Line !
[47] access for all at Devon stations report
[46] Who we are - the people behind firstgreatwestern.info
[20] Labour to nationalise railways within five years of coming to ...
[18] Cornish delays
[2] Bonaparte's at Bristol Temple Meads
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > Sideshoots - associated subjects > Heritage railway lines, Railtours, other rail based attractions > Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction  (Read 7957 times)
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40842



View Profile WWW Email
« on: November 03, 2016, 21:33:01 »
From BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) Devon

Quote
A former holiday park which features eight chalets in converted rail carriages has sold at auction for £261,000.
The Brunel Camping Carriages site in Dawlish Warren, Devon, exceeded the guide price of £125,000 - £175,000.
The auction was held in St Mellion, Cornwall. The site closed at the end of last summer after 50 years.
Each eight-person chalet carriage includes a kitchen, living area, bedroom and bathroom.
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
Kernow Otter
Transport Scholar
Sr. Member
******
Posts: 260



View Profile
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2016, 22:03:29 »
Or £ 32625 per carriage......
Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18924



View Profile
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2016, 22:48:34 »
No mention of the buyer?
Logged
"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
TaplowGreen
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 7800



View Profile
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2016, 07:55:00 »
Quote from: bignosemac on November 03, 2016, 22:48:34
No mention of the buyer?

GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) sourcing some extra capacity at last?
Logged
CyclingSid
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 1940


Hockley viaduct


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2016, 17:37:43 »
Eight-person chalet carriage includes a kitchen, living area, bedroom and bathroom, for 32k!
Some parts of the coast you couldn't get a beach hut for that money.
Logged
stuving
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 7172


View Profile
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2016, 18:55:32 »
Quote from: CyclingSid on November 04, 2016, 17:37:43
Eight-person chalet carriage includes a kitchen, living area, bedroom and bathroom, for 32k!
Some parts of the coast you couldn't get a beach hut for that money.

No, they were a lot cheaper than that. The price included the site, so the carriages were probably more or less free. Which may be fair, if their value somewhere isn't a lot more than the cost of taking them there.

And a beach hut is also a lot cheaper than that, wherever you are - just as long as you don't want the right to keep it on a site at a popular location as well.
Logged
CyclingSid
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 1940


Hockley viaduct


View Profile
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2016, 21:10:18 »

http://www.beach-huts.com/beach-huts-for-sale-location-mudeford-spit-hengistbury-head.php

although I am never sure whether they are taking the mick
Logged
TaplowGreen
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 7800



View Profile
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2016, 09:18:22 »
Quote from: CyclingSid on November 04, 2016, 21:10:18

http://www.beach-huts.com/beach-huts-for-sale-location-mudeford-spit-hengistbury-head.php

although I am never sure whether they are taking the mick

Beach huts at Mudeford are amongst the most expensive in the country, in one of the most exclusive holiday regions/enclaves so I wouldn't take them as being particularly representative!
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40842



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2017, 11:09:27 »
Planning application in for year round use:

http://www.devonlive.com/news/property/iconic-dawlish-warren-railway-carriages-669415

From a business viewpoint, extended season would make huge sense if people will come and use them in winter too.
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link to report). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page