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« Reply #135 on: September 16, 2015, 23:16:16 » |
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Phil, I saw an Exeter express and Echo article a few weeks back giving an opening date of October. Can't remember any more than that.
Every service between Friday night and Sunday night is calling according to real time trains, and then nothing for the rest of the month.
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« Reply #136 on: September 17, 2015, 00:07:50 » |
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Think you will need to step off smartly as the train passes through at 85mph! I have seen mentions before of Cranbrook on Journey Check so I conclude that the programmed times for Cranbrook are normally hidden from public view for the time being.
There are engineering works in connection with Cranbrook on Sunday 4 October. Perhaps these are to deal with the signalling issue (the station falls between a strike point for lowering the barriers and the level crossing - possibly a new switch at Basingstoke is required to differentiate between through and stopping trains as already exists at Crewkerne to enable the barriers to operate at the correct time?).
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« Reply #137 on: September 17, 2015, 17:49:23 » |
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Think you will need to step off smartly as the train passes through at 85mph! I have seen mentions before of Cranbrook on Journey Check so I conclude that the programmed times for Cranbrook are normally hidden from public view for the time being.
I did hear that as well, that the Cranbrook calls were timed and inserted in the WTT▸ a few timetable periods ago, but are suppressed for public display on screens and things, I think it all coincided with some rationalisation of the normal calling patterns at Whimple and Feniton, whenever that was... The Cranbrook timings are listed in the current pdf version, shown in green. The note at the end appears somewhat optimistic: http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/uploads/ptt20may2015.pdfPaul |
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« Reply #138 on: September 17, 2015, 21:04:21 » |
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Phil, I saw an Exeter express and Echo article a few weeks back giving an opening date of October. Can't remember any more than that.
Every service between Friday night and Sunday night is calling according to real time trains, and then nothing for the rest of the month.
Checking RTT» again omits Cranbrook until Monday, 12th October when it appears once again as a stop for every service - so, I guess that opening day is currently planned for Monday, 12th October. |
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« Reply #139 on: November 01, 2015, 13:53:48 » |
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I've just been speaking to a friend who has recently moved to Cranbrook and, apparently, the latest anecdotal evidence regarding the opening of Cranbrook station is that "it has been delayed because somebody forgot to install a telephone line for the TVM▸ "  The latest guesstimate is 14th December. |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #140 on: November 01, 2015, 17:13:57 » |
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Is that possibly the same chump who apparently forgot to install a telephone line at Melksham for their new ticket vending machine ... ?    |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #141 on: November 01, 2015, 17:27:45 » |
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Is that possibly the same chump who apparently forgot to install a telephone line at Melksham for their new ticket vending machine ... ? Fortunately didn't stop Melksham being used though. Is there any reason why passengers couldn't buy on board in the interim? |
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« Reply #142 on: November 01, 2015, 18:30:38 » |
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Is that possibly the same chump who apparently forgot to install a telephone line at Melksham for their new ticket vending machine ... ? You mean that bloke Openreach? |
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PhilWakely
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« Reply #143 on: November 01, 2015, 19:15:42 » |
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Is that possibly the same chump who apparently forgot to install a telephone line at Melksham for their new ticket vending machine ... ? Fortunately didn't stop Melksham being used though. Is there any reason why passengers couldn't buy on board in the interim? Whilst I am sure that would be possible, I think it would be more of a PR▸ disaster if the station were allowed to open with no ticketing facilities. The bulk of travellers from Cranbrook would probably be heading west to Exeter and if you believe local publicity hype, then this will number in the hundreds and the TM‡ would probably claim not to have time to do any ticketing checks- leaving queues at the EXC barriers. |
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« Reply #144 on: November 01, 2015, 20:10:09 » |
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I've just been speaking to a friend who has recently moved to Cranbrook and, apparently, the latest anecdotal evidence regarding the opening of Cranbrook station is that "it has been delayed because somebody forgot to install a telephone line for the TVM▸ " The latest guesstimate is 14th December. Just also heard that Cranbrook is exclusively fibre optic telephone cabling, but the TVM (and local Post Office for that matter) apparently requires copper wire. So they now have to dig a trench and lay a copper cable that will be at least one mile in length. Oops |
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« Reply #145 on: November 01, 2015, 20:16:54 » |
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... a copper cable that will be at least one mile in length.
Well worth nicking, then. Sorry: did I say that out loud??  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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« Reply #146 on: November 02, 2015, 20:47:00 » |
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... a copper cable that will be at least one mile in length.
Well worth nicking, then. Sorry: did I say that out loud?? I have pliers, but don't worry |
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« Reply #148 on: January 10, 2016, 22:02:37 » |
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Cranbrook station open some two years behind schedule, now the new station at Marsh Barton, Exeter could still be some way off...... From the Exeter Express and EchoWork stalled on ^7m new Exeter railway station at Marsh Barton  An artists' impression of the proposed new railway station at Marsh Barton Bricks and tracks are yet to be laid at Marsh Barton ^7.4m train station ^ despite the scheme being approved last July. Following recent site clearance works, Devon County Council is said to still be working on the detailed designs for the two-platform station. A spokesman for Devon County Council has said they are working ^closely^ with Network Rail to pin down a timetable for the construction of the new city rail link. A meeting is set to be held between the two parties in the coming weeks, and further updates on the scheme^s process are expected in due course. The new railway halt will eventually serve thousands of staff who work at the city^s largest employment site. It is hoped it will help to ease congestion in the area. |
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« Reply #149 on: January 10, 2016, 22:27:13 » |
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One fears that the delays on the Filton Bank 4 tracking, in part at least caused by lack of mapping and recording of underground utilities (now having to be found and uncovered by spadework) will blight this new station too. Old works done "on the cheap" all those years back are having their payback time.
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