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« Reply #270 on: February 09, 2026, 08:28:36 »
A further week of disruption announced this morning.
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Due to flooding between Liskeard and Looe the line is closed.

Train services running to and from these stations have been suspended. Disruption is expected until the end of the day on 16/02/26.
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« Reply #271 on: February 10, 2026, 20:49:12 »
Planning to remove the failed 175s tomorrow night.

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:53806/2026-02-11/detailed
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« Reply #272 on: February 11, 2026, 17:01:01 »
Quote from: brooklea on February 09, 2026, 08:28:36
A further week of disruption announced this morning.
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Due to flooding between Liskeard and Looe the line is closed.

Train services running to and from these stations have been suspended. Disruption is expected until the end of the day on 16/02/26.

Alterations to services between Liskeard and Looe
Due to flooding between Liskeard and Looe the line is closed.
Train services running to and from these stations have been suspended. Disruption is expected until the end of the day on 06/03/26.
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« Reply #273 on: March 06, 2026, 14:59:14 »
Route proving train for the Looe branch planned for this afternoon (06/03/26)
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« Reply #274 on: March 06, 2026, 20:11:57 »
Quote from: a-driver on March 06, 2026, 14:59:14
Route proving train for the Looe branch planned for this afternoon (06/03/26)

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it's as dry as a Ginsters pasty..
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« Reply #275 on: March 07, 2026, 07:19:25 »
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it's as dry as a Ginsters pasty..


I like that! 

Service has resumed this morning.
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« Reply #276 on: March 07, 2026, 09:10:25 »
Quote from: a-driver on March 07, 2026, 07:19:25
Quote from: grahame on March 06, 2026, 20:11:57
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it's as dry as a Ginsters pasty
I like that!

As I remember being lectured by a Cornish member of the Coffee Shop forum, long ago in the past (although I can't find it, to quote it here), "Ginsters is not a proper pasty: wrong pastry, wrong filling".  Grin
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« Reply #277 on: April 18, 2026, 07:32:29 »
Sunny Spring weekend so of course......


Cancellations to services between Liskeard and Looe

Due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time between Liskeard and Looe the line is closed.

Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

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« Reply #278 on: April 18, 2026, 08:01:43 »
Railway communications slide towards being a complete word salad, don't they. The usual number of trains needed for the Looe branch is precisely one. In that context 'More than the usual number of trains needing repair' sounds particularly barking, but it's a phrase that needs to be dropped completely as it projects incompetence.

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« Reply #279 on: April 18, 2026, 19:05:22 »
Presumably it translates to the allocated train has broken.
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« Reply #280 on: April 18, 2026, 19:12:07 »
... and there is no spare unit sitting on the shelf.  Roll Eyes
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #281 on: April 19, 2026, 00:19:31 »
Quote from: LiskeardRich on April 18, 2026, 19:05:22
Presumably it translates to the allocated train has broken.

Or it could mean that the Looe train has been borrowed to operate another service with better financial return.

Perfectly logical from the point-of-view of the railway, but it dooms some lines to having a permanently crap reliability, deterring passengers...  and hence poor financial return...
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