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Author Topic: Okehampton-Tavistock. Discussion on reopening and potential use as a diversionary route  (Read 268772 times)
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« Reply #435 on: February 19, 2014, 21:59:15 »

^4 billion unallocated? I wonder what the unallocated railway budget for this year is?
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« Reply #436 on: February 25, 2014, 11:43:06 »

Saw this train running from Taunton to Okehampton this morning.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O77646/2014/02/25/advanced

Thought it might be the start of a new diverted service  Grin
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« Reply #437 on: February 25, 2014, 12:45:18 »

Saw this train running from Taunton to Okehampton this morning.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O77646/2014/02/25/advanced

Thought it might be the start of a new diverted service  Grin

A locomotive on its own ... but then a line can start with a single vehicle and grow!
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« Reply #438 on: February 25, 2014, 18:00:27 »

Saw this train running from Taunton to Okehampton this morning.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O77646/2014/02/25/advanced

Thought it might be the start of a new diverted service  Grin

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Returning to Derby Gas Sidings? They have a sidings for Bristol Rovers supporters?
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« Reply #439 on: February 25, 2014, 19:43:37 »

Gist of the Transport select committee meeting at Westminster today;

1.Repair of the Dawlish line progressing better than expected,could be open earlier than anticipated.

2.Network Rail head Mark Carne said that NR» (Network Rail - home page) were to "consider" alternatives to the Dawlish line to "complement" it,rather than replace it.

3.Report into alternatives to be completed by July to enable Mr McLoughlin to assess cost implications of any alternative route.

Should be interesting to see what the report says and if the government are really committed to ensuring that Plymouth and Cornwall are not left with such a profoundly unsatisfactory set of circumstances again.
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« Reply #440 on: February 26, 2014, 10:34:28 »

He'll pass the buck to the next Government....:-o
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« Reply #441 on: February 26, 2014, 20:26:15 »

He'll pass the buck to the next Government....:-o

Not so sure of that. There are votes to be won in decisive action, and to be lost by indecision. In terms of cost, any solution will be a minnow in comparison to HS2 (The next High Speed line(s)), Crossrail, even the renewal at Reading.

I am currently in North Devon. BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)'s Spotlight programme, available on i-player until 6pm on 27 February, has an inteeresting picce on what is happening, and what may happen, a little more in-depth than the national news item.
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« Reply #442 on: February 26, 2014, 20:30:09 »

What is happening? -Nowt.

What may happen? - Not a lot.

Cynique? Moi?
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« Reply #443 on: February 26, 2014, 21:13:39 »


Cynique? Moi?

Ne recommencez pas tout ^a encore!


What is happening? -Nowt.

Na' then, that's more like it, lad. Aye, champion!
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« Reply #444 on: March 04, 2014, 17:42:48 »

I am guess that a replacement Meldon Viaduct, would have to be built as the exiting Viaduct  was built by Engineer W R Galbraith for LSWR (London South Western Railway)'s Lydford-Okehampton line in 1874, the track sat 150 feet above the valley on a rising gradient of 1 in 77 towards the west, incorporating a 30 chain radius curve.

I guess it would be replaced with a concrete construction nearby

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« Reply #445 on: March 06, 2014, 15:50:19 »

West Devon BC obviously not too worried about the possible loss of their offices occupying the site of Tavistock North;

http://www.westdevon.gov.uk/article/1809/Latest-News
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« Reply #446 on: March 06, 2014, 17:35:56 »

One of the big arguments for this solution is that, although it'd be a diversionary route, it is not a duplicate route in the same way the DAL would be. It brings an economic benefit for a swathe of Devon  outside the large urban centres - and parts of Cornwall - and provides an additional commuter service into Exeter & Plymouth.

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« Reply #447 on: March 06, 2014, 18:05:28 »

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« Reply #448 on: March 06, 2014, 18:30:19 »

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Okehampton an Tavistock's potential rail commuters can be served equally well by branch line services.

Time for a signature change.
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« Reply #449 on: March 06, 2014, 19:21:48 »

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Okehampton an Tavistock's potential rail commuters can be served equally well by branch line services.

Time for a signature change.

Doesn't that depend on where they want to go? 'Equally well'? Them's powerful words.
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