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« on: August 24, 2009, 17:46:07 »

"I picked up a torn piece of paper that contained these timings.  Can anyone tell me what journey they cover?"

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« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2009, 17:50:27 »

Salisbury - Melksham at a guess!?
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« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2009, 17:51:56 »

Salisbury - Melksham at a guess!?
I suspect you may be right.  I was thinking it must include timing for a sleeper journey because it spans two days. 
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« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2009, 20:41:45 »

Salisbury - Melksham at a guess!?
I suspect you may be right.  I was thinking it must include timing for a sleeper journey because it spans two days. 

Nope ... the journey is all within FGW (First Great Western) land, but this is very much "lighter side" ... no serious point about 'what a lousy service connection those places' because I would Imagine journeys from "A" to "B" (and there is no clue in those letters) are as rare as a six legged horse!

Salisbury -> Melksham ... 06:04 and 18:41 as I recall, arriving 07:17 and 19:47.   Return at 06:40 and 19:11, arriving at about 07:30 and 20:10. 
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« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2009, 22:56:52 »

Combe, Charlbury, Oxford, Reading, Liskeard, Coombe

Coombe, Liskeard, Reading, Charlbury, Hanborough, Combe
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« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2009, 23:26:52 »

Penzance to some where in the hereford/wos area?
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« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2009, 23:56:40 »

Penzance to some where in the hereford/wos area?

The duration is about right ... but I can't think of anywhere that the service would be THAT infrequent in the wos area.


Combe, Charlbury, Oxford, Reading, Liskeard, Coombe

Coombe, Liskeard, Reading, Charlbury, Hanborough, Combe

Spot on.  Cheesy

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« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2009, 16:10:44 »

Penzance to some where in the hereford/wos area?

The duration is about right ... but I can't think of anywhere that the service would be THAT infrequent in the wos area.




Nor could I - I was just thinking of some bizzare just missed last connection
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« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2009, 19:32:52 »

I was thinking it was some kind of ferry connection!
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« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2009, 21:17:57 »

i cant comment on other toc's publications however unless its been edited as a cheat or the colour has ran fgw does not use this colour scheme on its timetables....

it may be a crosscountry timetable i do have one in front of me, i cant really be bothered to read all 51 pages....wow xc does at seat food service, talk about dressing up
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« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2009, 22:10:55 »

The layout and colouring suggest to me that it is fairly old.  possibly BR (British Rail(ways)) vintage?
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« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2009, 22:45:47 »

Hmm ...  are you, by any chance, suggesting that grahame is 'fairly old ... possibly BR (British Rail(ways)) vintage?'   Shocked Roll Eyes Grin

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« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2009, 22:55:49 »

Hmm ...  are you, by any chance, suggesting that grahame is 'fairly old ... possibly BR (British Rail(ways)) vintage?'   Shocked Roll Eyes Grin



atleast he didnt say gas works railway  Grin ....... im running
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« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2009, 02:13:41 »

i cant comment on other toc's publications however unless its been edited as a cheat or the colour has ran fgw does not use this colour scheme on its timetables....

The layout and colouring suggest to me that it is fairly old.  possibly BR (British Rail(ways)) vintage?

It is from the South West Trains website's personal timetable service, emailed to me approx 5 minutes before I posted it.  It has been photoshopped only to remove the "Coombe to Combe" text, and shows a weekday dor the middle of next month.

I use the South West Trains personal timetable service because it provides a "whole day" option, giving a practical way of getting a timetable for journeys to and from stations / on lines where the population is too small for the local TOC (Train Operating Company) to provide a decent service, such as the Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury service, with no departures between 06:15 and 18:45.  On such lines, personal timetables that offer a 4 hour (or even half day) option as their widest range are near-useless as you have to know what sort of time the train actually runs in order to ask at what time the train actually runs  Huh
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« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2009, 07:35:28 »

The layout and colouring suggest to me that it is fairly old.  possibly BR (British Rail(ways)) vintage?

But also remarkabley well preserved  Wink
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