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« Reply #270 on: November 24, 2021, 17:27:34 »
Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 24, 2021, 17:16:18
Typeface nerds will have spotted that while the new signage has GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) branding, it uses what appears to be Rail Alphabet font for the station name and other information. GWR have previously used the Glypha font on running-in boards, at Filton Abbey Wood for example.

I see this as an improvement!

Well, Grant Shapps did promise you that, didn't he?
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« Reply #271 on: November 24, 2021, 20:21:07 »
Now that the trains are back and the cafe is due to reopen, does this also herald the return, I wonder, of Percy the station cat?


Edit to add that Percy left the station for new digs with the closure of the heritage operation some while back.
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« Reply #272 on: November 24, 2021, 21:45:51 »
From August 2018
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« Reply #273 on: November 25, 2021, 21:19:02 »
Geoff 'All the Stations' Marshall's visit to Okehampton:



Great to see so many people waiting to board the 0926 to Exeter.
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« Reply #274 on: November 26, 2021, 05:36:12 »
And today sees the first service cancellations due to crew shortage.

Which by the way Okehampton has relocated somewhere in South America according to the live service map above.
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« Reply #275 on: November 26, 2021, 05:50:48 »
Quote from: plymothian on November 26, 2021, 05:36:12
And today sees the first service cancellations due to crew shortage.

Which by the way Okehampton has relocated somewhere in South America according to the live service map above.

The map update will have to wait to Sunday - I'm delayed away and without code / database update access. Same on adding the station stats to all the regular time sequences.
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« Reply #276 on: November 26, 2021, 07:04:22 »
In the light of that, GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) have reinstated the cancelled services.  Grin
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« Reply #277 on: November 26, 2021, 15:58:12 »
Quote from: johnneyw on November 24, 2021, 20:21:07
Now that the trains are back and the cafe is due to reopen, does this also herald the return, I wonder, of Percy the station cat?


Edit to add that Percy left the station for new digs with the closure of the heritage operation some while back.

Adopted cats haven't stayed put throughout lockdown and reopening. Mango from Tesco at Tiverton seems to have relocated before I was able to buy my own toilet paper again. I don't like to ask.
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« Reply #278 on: November 26, 2021, 19:57:44 »
I seem to have gained a cat during lockdown.  A friendly, if rather long haired, specimen.
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« Reply #279 on: December 01, 2021, 00:50:17 »
An interesting old video from the late 60s.  The first ten minutes are especially relevant showing the old Okehampton service before withdrawal as well as probing, for the time at least, interviews suggesting a hidden agenda of closures/awkward connections etc. perhaps pertinent to the Salisbury situation.

https://youtu.be/ALspaRQFXts
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« Reply #280 on: December 01, 2021, 06:03:34 »
Quote from: plymothian on November 26, 2021, 05:36:12
And today sees the first service cancellations due to crew shortage.

Which by the way Okehampton has relocated somewhere in South America according to the live service map above.

Rolling stock issues today and I have grabbed a copy of the data feed so I can sort out and test the issue
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« Reply #281 on: December 22, 2021, 21:53:24 »
Its a rather good looking start for Okehampton according to latest figures with more than 10,000 passengers so far.

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dartmoor-line-tops-10000-passengers-6358240
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« Reply #282 on: January 03, 2022, 18:14:53 »
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« Reply #283 on: January 10, 2022, 19:28:47 »
165136 worked Okehampton Saturday and 166203 today.

150s could be gone depending on cascade as 769s come on stream at Reading by end of year
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« Reply #284 on: January 12, 2022, 20:31:44 »
Quote from: TonyK on November 26, 2021, 15:58:12
Adopted cats haven't stayed put throughout lockdown and reopening. Mango from Tesco at Tiverton seems to have relocated before I was able to buy my own toilet paper again. I don't like to ask.

Mango has withdrawn from public life, and is enjoying a happy retirement.
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