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« Reply #360 on: December 24, 2022, 15:45:47 »
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 #361 on: December 25, 2022, 07:53:21 »

https://www.flickr.com/photos/revupminster/51217492672/in/dateposted-public/
They couldn't have shown a worse picture on that Dartmoor Line website. The platform in June 2021 was in better condition than many in the South West.
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« Reply #362 on: December 25, 2022, 22:15:37 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on December 24, 2022, 15:45:47
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 #363 on: January 01, 2023, 13:00:00 »
An interesting video looking back on how the Dartmoor Line was achieved, courtesy of Modern Railways via Railfuture:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37IjQWTNGBE

Really 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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« Reply #364 on: January 13, 2023, 13:17:29 »
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??

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Achnashellach facilities
Ticket Gates   No
Ticket Office   No
Ticket Machine   No
Public Toilet   No
Staff Help   No
ATM▸ (Automated Teller Machine, or 'at the moment', depending on context)   No
Car Park   No
Accesible   No
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« Reply #365 on: January 13, 2023, 14:20:28 »
Quote from: grahame on January 13, 2023, 13:17:29
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??

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Achnashellach facilities
Ticket Gates   No
Ticket Office   No
Ticket Machine   No
Public Toilet   No
Staff Help   No
ATM▸ (Automated Teller Machine, or 'at the moment', depending on context)   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 #366 on: January 13, 2023, 14:37:45 »
Quote from: RichardB on January 13, 2023, 14:20:28
Quote from: grahame on January 13, 2023, 13:17:29
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??

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Achnashellach facilities
Ticket Gates   No
Ticket Office   No
Ticket Machine   No
Public Toilet   No
Staff Help   No
ATM▸ (Automated Teller Machine, or 'at the moment', depending on context)   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 #367 on: January 13, 2023, 16:10:03 »
All looks sensible now (here)
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« Reply #368 on: January 13, 2023, 16:37:12 »
Typo - it's  accessible.
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« Reply #369 on: January 13, 2023, 16:53:19 »
Quote from: ChrisB on January 13, 2023, 16:37:12
Typo - it's  accessible.

I've found the misssing s and corrected the original - if you click on the link it should be right now (and for all other stations too)
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« Reply #370 on: January 13, 2023, 18:37:53 »
Direct trains to Plymouth    Not yet.
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« Reply #371 on: January 18, 2023, 23:03:14 »
Announced today, the Levelling Up Fund bid for West Devon Transport Hub AKA▸ ('also known as') Okehampton Parkway has been successful.  £13,455,000.
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« Reply #372 on: January 19, 2023, 15:39:53 »
Thinking that an Okehampton Parkway station should be at Sourton, even if it added a '1' to left hand end of the costings. It'd be a bit mean to suggest meeting half the costs by repurposing the money allocated for the first ever RoRo ferry to, er, Fairisle.

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« Reply #373 on: January 19, 2023, 17:18:42 »
The parkway station is in among new industrial park and new housing nearby.
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« Reply #374 on: January 19, 2023, 23:29:10 »
Hopefully they'll build the platforms long enough for some nice 80x's that can run directly to London, or perhaps the good folks at GCHQ Bude might like to chip in a few quid to enable their staff to travel direct via CrossCountry to Cheltenham ;-) 
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