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1  Journey by Journey / TransWilts line / Re: Go-Op Cooperative - proposals for additional rail services on: May 29, 2025, 21:22:17

Personally and I’m not alone, I can’t see why Go-Op or indeed any Train Operator should have
to be saddled with the cost of upgrading these footpath level crossings.
The route from Thingley Jn to Bradford Jn is routinely used intensively for planned and emergency diversion of a wide variety of trains and identified safety concerns requiring upgrades and  installation of Red/Green lights to inform users should be installed at the Infrastructure owner’s (currently Network Rail) expense with possible financial assistance from
outside bodies such as County Councils.

2  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: April across the South West - May bank holiday quiz on: May 05, 2025, 09:20:36

20 = Totnes Up platform
3  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Station car parks full. on: April 30, 2025, 17:47:34

Okehampton stn car park (about 70 spaces) is regularly full, with people parking nearby and for free.
But this is good and is what was hoped for and gives further justification for the new Okehampton Parkway, sorry Interchange, station.
4  Journey by Journey / Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall / Re: Gunnislake branch shut 15/04/2025 on: April 15, 2025, 16:14:13

This latest points/signals failures/problems in the South West causing cancellation to services and resultant disruption to people’s planned rail journeys today in the Plymouth area and also now at Bridgwater, follows an increasing trend in last few months of such causes of disruption, which all leads to a reduction in reliability confidence by passengers.

Other recent points and signal incidents that come to mind include Exeter St D, N.Abbot, Barnstaple, Bristol Parkway and again Crediton (although RTT» (Real Time Trains - website) coded this OC = Signaller Error)
Is there a fundamental cause eg shortage of skilled staff /reorganisation/reviews of testing and mtce. procedures, delays in getting spares etc.

5  Journey by Journey / Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall / Re: Looe Branch Line - timetables, cancellations, engineering work, closures and incidents on: February 24, 2025, 20:40:55

What a pity it’s taken these D&CRP (Community Rail Partnership) inspired TT improvements (and resultant train operating cost reductions) so long to be implemented; it should have happened several years ago.
6  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions / Re: Heritage rail locations across the area on: February 22, 2025, 17:23:55

Add Torrington (Tarka (Branch line from Barnstaple to Exeter) Valley Rly - Heritage)
Add Bideford (Rly Heritage Centre)
Add Christow (Rly Centre of Excellence)

7  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Out and about in the South West - regional and local trains on: February 09, 2025, 21:54:45

17 Morchard Road
      Those concrete sleepers are about 70 yrs old !
8  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The West - but NOT trains in the West / Re: Vibrant or dangerous? Colourful roundabout redesign divides village in Berkshire on: February 02, 2025, 22:09:44

What please is the relevance of this subject with regards to Rail / GWR (Great Western Railway) services/ this rail passengers discussion and rail information site ?
9  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: AQ22 - Research needed? on: December 22, 2024, 11:39:30

3. Okehampton’s only connected and operational platform is No.3, the former Up main platform.
The tracks of the former and still signed plats 1 and 2, looked after by the small band of station friends, stretch west into the overgrowing wilderness of hope and despair.

10  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion on: December 15, 2024, 19:28:46

In the next few weeks many Rail Freight Staff will be paid to stay at home, through lack of work/trains to run.
The Construction and many other businesses  shutdown for two weeks or so over Christmas/New Year.

Under BR (British Rail(ways))/ a joined up railway these staff would have had great flexibility and been used to fill uncovered turns resulting in far fewer cancelled passenger trains.
11  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Storm Darragh to batter UK amid weather warnings for rain and 80mph winds on: December 08, 2024, 21:05:01

On the face of it, it’s rather surprising that an emergency hourly TT for the many hundreds of commuters etc to Bath and Bristol has not been planned to run between Trowbridge and Bristol TM (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context) and VV serving all stations, with trains running empty between Trowbridge and Westbury North to cross over.
12  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common on: December 03, 2024, 21:21:51

8. All had GWR (Great Western Railway) Hotels.
13  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? on: December 02, 2024, 14:08:52

3C = Tom Hanks
14  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? on: December 02, 2024, 11:53:52

3B = Colonel Holman Stephens
15  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Rain event 24/11/24 (Storm Bert) on: November 28, 2024, 21:48:43

According to Real Time Trains the 1725 Oke left on time, struggled and arrd Crediton 66 late and St D 69 late.

The  2115 St D actually ran and left on time and is currently braving the 13 mile ‘high Risk Tree Tunnel’ from Coleford to Okehampton, the highest rly stn in Southern England at about 720 feet above sea level.
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