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« Reply #316 on: September 26, 2022, 14:14:05 » |
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PS - I got the Period 6 (mid Aug - mid Sept) journey figures on Friday - 23,516 journeys made on the Dartmoor Line in those four weeks. This follows three periods of 18,000+ since the hourly service was introduced in May. All more than double the pre-opening projections.
As you can imagine, much delight at these figures.
Congratulations - and all the more remarkable if that's 20th August (a strike day) to 16th September, so taking in the strike that was planned but cancelled on 15th, and the changes people made to their plans on the passing of The Queen. Do you know how many trains were timetabled, and how many cancelled, during that period? Thanks Graham. The period started on Sunday 21 August and ran through to Saturday 17 September inclusive. Part of the reason for the increase are students travelling to Exeter College. I don't know the number of trains I'm afraid but of course nothing ran on strike days. Would also be interesting to know the numbers using the associated shuttle bus.
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« Reply #318 on: December 08, 2022, 14:45:58 » |
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« Reply #319 on: December 21, 2022, 08:04:23 » |
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News of the completion of the station buildings renovation, featuring RichardB of this parish! Okehampton train station 1950s renovation project complete https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-64038088Looks very impressive. Well done all concerned.
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« Reply #320 on: December 21, 2022, 10:16:59 » |
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The heritage group kept that station and platforms in very good condition beforehand.
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« Reply #322 on: December 24, 2022, 15:45:47 » |
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Will there ever be a chance that the heritage line to Meldon Viaduct, not that long out of use, could now be reopened as a shuttle from Okehampton?
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« Reply #324 on: December 25, 2022, 22:15:37 » |
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Will there ever be a chance that the heritage line to Meldon Viaduct, not that long out of use, could now be reopened as a shuttle from Okehampton?
It's going to depend on whether freight returns to that section of line. There is a plan (which would need funding) to do that section of line up for freight if there is a demand which could be, say, stone coming up from another quarry and being loaded at Meldon or, of course, Meldon itself reopening. Network Rail certainly haven't ruled out the shuttle coming back at that time. I'm afraid I can't see it happening if there is no freight demand though.
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« Reply #325 on: January 01, 2023, 13:00:00 » |
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An interesting video looking back on how the Dartmoor Line was achieved, courtesy of Modern Railways via Railfuture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37IjQWTNGBEReally impressive, but in some ways it just heightens one's frustration with the speed at which Portishead is crawling along. As an example, the Dartmoor Line went straight to Full Business Case (avoiding the Preliminary and Outline Business Case steps). Preparation of the Full Business Case for Portishead, however, will start this month and will be complete in March 2024...
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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« Reply #326 on: January 13, 2023, 13:17:29 » |
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Updating our facilities maps / lists for OKEHAMPTON Here is a data sample ... can someone in the know please fill me in for Okehampton - are these any of these facilities?? Achnashellach facilities Ticket Gates No Ticket Office No Ticket Machine No Public Toilet No Staff Help No ATM‡ No Car Park No Accesible No
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« Reply #327 on: January 13, 2023, 14:20:28 » |
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Updating our facilities maps / lists for OKEHAMPTON Here is a data sample ... can someone in the know please fill me in for Okehampton - are these any of these facilities?? Achnashellach facilities Ticket Gates No Ticket Office No Ticket Machine No Public Toilet No Staff Help No ATM‡ No Car Park No Accesible No
Yes to ticket machine, public toilet (when station buffet is open), car park and yes, it is accessible.
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« Reply #328 on: January 13, 2023, 14:37:45 » |
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Updating our facilities maps / lists for OKEHAMPTON Here is a data sample ... can someone in the know please fill me in for Okehampton - are these any of these facilities?? Achnashellach facilities Ticket Gates No Ticket Office No Ticket Machine No Public Toilet No Staff Help No ATM‡ No Car Park No Accesible No
Yes to ticket machine, public toilet (when station buffet is open), car park and yes, it is accessible. Thank you, Richard.
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« Reply #329 on: January 13, 2023, 16:10:03 » |
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All looks sensible now (here)
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