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« Reply #30 on: August 06, 2024, 20:10:47 »

BTW ('by the way') if 'terminate' is to be relocated to an appropriate redundant material receptacle does the term 'terminus' also suffer the same fate? And, if so, with what would it be replaced?

There should be no such thing as a terminus station - for example Severn Beach should be extended to Pilning , Scarborough should extend to Whitby, Henley on Thames should be extended to join up at Marlow, and Windsor Central should join to Windsor Riverside. In extremis, all stations at line ends should be loops like Dungeness on the RH&D.

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« Reply #31 on: August 06, 2024, 20:35:29 »

I am beyond moved by knowing that test coach 'Mentor', in another era, saw routine service on the... Somerset and Dorset Railway.

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« Reply #32 on: August 07, 2024, 12:22:40 »

Can we please bin “arriving into” please, and go back to arriving at?

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« Reply #33 on: August 07, 2024, 12:30:04 »

BTW ('by the way') if 'terminate' is to be relocated to an appropriate redundant material receptacle does the term 'terminus' also suffer the same fate? And, if so, with what would it be replaced?

There should be no such thing as a terminus station - for example Severn Beach should be extended to Pilning , Scarborough should extend to Whitby, Henley on Thames should be extended to join up at Marlow, and Windsor Central should join to Windsor Riverside. In extremis, all stations at line ends should be loops like Dungeness on the RH&D.

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Extending beyond Minehead would be an interesting challenge.  I suspect a bridge to Aberthaw might be the easiest way of doing it
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« Reply #34 on: August 07, 2024, 13:26:01 »


There should be no such thing as a terminus station - for example Severn Beach should be extended to Pilning , Scarborough should extend to Whitby, Henley on Thames should be extended to join up at Marlow, and Windsor Central should join to Windsor Riverside. In extremis, all stations at line ends should be loops like Dungeness on the RH&D.
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« Reply #35 on: August 07, 2024, 13:33:52 »


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There should be no such thing as a terminus station - for example Severn Beach should be extended to Pilning , Scarborough should extend to Whitby, Henley on Thames should be extended to join up at Marlow, and Windsor Central should join to Windsor Riverside. In extremis, all stations at line ends should be loops like Dungeness on the RH&D.

Why?

My original.   I fear my sense of humour was too dry - I was joking. though there are some termini that could naturally be joined onwards.  Skipton to Colne, Tweedbank to Carlisle, Uckfield to Lewes
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