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« Reply #15 on: March 27, 2018, 10:26:18 » |
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At a guess, I would have thought the longest line without a station where there are regular GWR▸ routes would be Bristol Parkway to Swindon.
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« Reply #16 on: March 27, 2018, 19:35:20 » |
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At a guess, I would have thought the longest line without a station where there are regular GWR▸ routes would be Bristol Parkway to Swindon.
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« Reply #17 on: March 27, 2018, 19:47:07 » |
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Bristol Parkway - Swindon 34m 30ch
Swindon - Didcot Parkway 24m 13ch
Neither though is the longest run between two GWR▸ served stations (with no intermediate station) on the same line...
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« Reply #18 on: March 27, 2018, 19:50:43 » |
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Castle Cary to Taunton at 27 mi 39 ch comes in second with Totnes to Plymouth coming in fourth at 23 mi 9 ch
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« Reply #19 on: March 27, 2018, 19:52:41 » |
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Castle Cary to Taunton at 27 mi 39 ch comes in second with Totnes to Plymouth coming in fourth at 23 mi 9 ch
Totnes to Plymouth does have an intermediate station though. |
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« Reply #20 on: March 27, 2018, 22:05:44 » |
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Curses. Forgot about Ivybridge  |
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« Reply #21 on: March 27, 2018, 22:36:09 » |
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I do sympathise ... it's so easy to forget about Ivybridge.  But, to be fair, Ivybridge (as it is now) is very much a compromise solution to the closure of the much more useful station at the original site: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivybridge_railway_station  |
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« Reply #22 on: March 28, 2018, 11:31:28 » |
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Bristol Parkway - Swindon 34m 30ch
Swindon - Didcot Parkway 24m 13ch
Neither though is the longest run between two GWR▸ served stations (with no intermediate station) on the same line...
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« Reply #23 on: March 28, 2018, 11:34:23 » |
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The way you worded your statement, this probably involves the Westbury avoiding line....
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« Reply #24 on: March 28, 2018, 11:59:42 » |
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Bristol Parkway - Swindon 34m 30ch
Swindon - Didcot Parkway 24m 13ch
Neither though is the longest run between two GWR▸ served stations (with no intermediate station) on the same line...
Anyone? The way you worded your statement, this probably involves the Westbury avoiding line....
I wonder what the distance is from Pewsey to Bruton is. |
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« Reply #25 on: March 28, 2018, 12:04:10 » |
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Bristol Parkway - Swindon 34m 30ch
Swindon - Didcot Parkway 24m 13ch
Neither though is the longest run between two GWR▸ served stations (with no intermediate station) on the same line...
Anyone? The way you worded your statement, this probably involves the Westbury avoiding line....
I wonder what the distance is from Pewsey to Bruton is. 36m 32ch apparently. |
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« Reply #26 on: March 28, 2018, 16:09:02 » |
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That is the one! Now, all that's needed is a direct service between the two to tap the latent market for travel between Bruton and Pewsey. |
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« Reply #27 on: March 28, 2018, 16:46:08 » |
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That is the one! Now, all that's needed is a direct service between the two to tap the latent market for travel between Bruton and Pewsey. Slightly artificial since the Westbury avoiding line is really only a glorified through line that happens to by-pass the station. |
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« Reply #28 on: March 28, 2018, 17:12:31 » |
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That is the one! Now, all that's needed is a direct service between the two to tap the latent market for travel between Bruton and Pewsey. The flows not catered for from Pewsey are for Trowbridge, Bath and Bristol ... but we'll see what the 6th April meeting raises. There are, of course, direct services from Bristol and Trowbridge to Pewsey already, but their use isn't particularly great. |
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