Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
No recent travel & transport from BBC stories as at 12:55 26 Apr 2024
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]
 02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
26th Apr (2016)
DOO strikes start on Southern (link)

Train RunningCancelled
16:00 Oxford to London Paddington
22:03 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
Delayed
08:15 Penzance to London Paddington
PollsThere are no open or recent polls
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
April 26, 2024, 13:12:07 *
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
[191] Labour to nationalise railways within five years of coming to ...
[114] access for all at Devon stations report
[75] Bonaparte's at Bristol Temple Meads
[46] Who we are - the people behind firstgreatwestern.info
[13] Lack of rolling stock due to attacks on shipping in the Red Se...
[9] Cornish delays
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: [1]
  Print  
Author Topic: Okehampton and Barnstaple services, bustituted 19 to 27 Feb 2022 beyond Crediton  (Read 1730 times)
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40832



View Profile WWW Email
« on: February 04, 2022, 07:30:50 »

From Devon Live

Quote
Buses are to replace Dartmoor trains later this month as Network Rail completes important repairs to Yeoford bridge in Penstone.

Train services between Crediton and Okehampton, and Crediton and Barnstaple, will be replaced by buses from February 19 to 27 whilst critical repairs take place in order to help maintain and improve the reliability of the bridge and stretch of railway.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
REVUpminster
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 536



View Profile Email
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2022, 09:04:48 »

They are also using the time to increase line speed between Crediton and Coleford Junction.

Track has also been upgraded between Paignton and Torquay in the January and February weekend closures.
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40832



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2022, 19:55:07 »

From GWR (Great Western Railway)

Quote
Monday 24 April to Monday 9 May

Track renewals and structures work will be taking place along the Dartmoor Line to Okehampton to support the start of hourly services in the summer

Buses will replace trains between Crediton and Okehampton
Trains will continue to run between Exeter and Crediton
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
infoman
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1305


View Profile
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2022, 07:36:53 »

Could an express/s bus services be provided from Tiverton to Barnstaple?

as I presume thats where most passengers are heading for if arriving from a Northerly direction.
Logged
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  
 
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 pageJump to Forum Home Page