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« on: August 14, 2023, 09:51:28 »
From a wayside station somewhere deep in the middle of a forest.  I walk up to the station looking to travel on a train ...









Perhaps we should learn from Wales (Birchgrove) ...



... adapting that in the forest to add rail tickets to the board
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« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2023, 10:11:00 »
Might be worth popping down the road as the one at Savernake GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) staion is usually ok.

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« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2023, 10:24:00 »
Quote from: Mark A on August 14, 2023, 10:11:00
Might be worth popping down the road as the one at Savernake GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) staion is usually ok.

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But Savernake Station Closed in 1966 Shocked
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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2023, 06:55:19 »
The original post appears to refer to a ticket machine at Sway in the New Forest. Pop down to Savernake? That would be a serious hike (or bike).
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« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2023, 10:58:10 »
Quote from: ellendune on August 14, 2023, 10:24:00
But Savernake Station Closed in 1966 Shocked

That was Savernake Low Level. High Level closed in 1958. (Which rather surprised me, that it was that late.)
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« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2023, 12:03:14 »
Cue the word of mouth tale from John Cox, boatbuilder, on national service, and tasked with taking a platoon of soldiers from possibly Devizes to Cheltenham. Not for him the obvious route with a change at Bristol. Having checked the timetables, he boarded the platoon on to an up train at Devizes, off the train at Savernake. I can't recall if there was then a break allowed at the Savernake Forest Hotel, but what certainly followed was that a mystified platoon, possibly refreshed, received the order to proceed along the rural lane up the hill there, the mystery being resolved when the M&SWR» (South Western Railway - about) station revealed itself - and in due course a train through to their destination.

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« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2023, 23:33:46 »
Quote from: Mark A on August 15, 2023, 12:03:14
... Not for him the obvious route with a change at Bristol.  ...

Got me thinking ... Midland, South West Junction, Sprat and Winkle!

There were some very interesting lines to the South Coast

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didcot,_Newbury_and_Southampton_Railway

Midland and South West Junction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_and_South_Western_Junction_Railway

Wessex Main Line
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex_Main_Line

Wilts Somerset and Weymouth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway

Somerset and Dorset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway

Bristol and Exeter Railway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_and_Exeter_Railway
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