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Title: Through services from Okehampton to Paignton Post by: PhilWakely on October 08, 2023, 21:18:00 With the line from Exeter St Davids to Exmouth closed for major engineering works on Sunday, 8th October 2023, opportunity was taken to run Okehampton to Exeter St Davids services through to Paignton.
Title: Re: Through services from Okehampton to Paignton Post by: AMLAG on October 08, 2023, 21:38:56 The Okehampton line service being revised on Suns 8 and 15 Oct and incorporating some of the Exeter St D to Paignton services, has been done without any thought of the suitability to passengers with connections at Okehampton stn into and out of Rail Link bus services 118 Tavistock and 6 Bude. Title: Re: Through services from Okehampton to Paignton Post by: GBM on October 09, 2023, 08:58:52 Going back into the mists of time, First Kernow was asked to time Redruth station arrivals with certain train arrivals, or to delay departure if possible.
Drivers were never told this on their duty boards, so there were no connections made. Coming forward there were muttings from the Council for connecting bus services to wait for each other, but they rarely did (traffic delays, driver shortage, vehicle breakdowns). An admirable aspiration, but where running in Cornish summer traffic on rural roads is involved, the timings all go to pot. Title: Re: Through services from Okehampton to Paignton Post by: grahame on October 09, 2023, 09:06:19 Going back into the mists of time, First Kernow was asked to time Redruth station arrivals with certain train arrivals, or to delay departure if possible. Drivers were never told this on their duty boards, so there were no connections made. Coming forward there were muttings from the Council for connecting bus services to wait for each other, but they rarely did (traffic delays, driver shortage, vehicle breakdowns). An admirable aspiration, but where running in Cornish summer traffic on rural roads is involved, the timings all go to pot. Rail / Bus connections are one of the more difficult parts of transport planning. I feel a thesis-length post coming on ... Title: Re: Through services from Okehampton to Paignton Post by: LiskeardRich on October 09, 2023, 21:06:57 Going back into the mists of time, First Kernow was asked to time Redruth station arrivals with certain train arrivals, or to delay departure if possible. Drivers were never told this on their duty boards, so there were no connections made. Coming forward there were muttings from the Council for connecting bus services to wait for each other, but they rarely did (traffic delays, driver shortage, vehicle breakdowns). An admirable aspiration, but where running in Cornish summer traffic on rural roads is involved, the timings all go to pot. The Redruth example was the “Helston branch line” connection. The railway was selling through tickets so the railway was contractually required to ensure the service was available to those passengers. Similar tickets were available via st Austell for mevagissey and Bodmin for padstow This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |