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Title: 10th November 2023 - Poppies to Paddington Post by: grahame on November 03, 2023, 17:31:46 GWR Press Release (https://news.gwr.com/news/royal-navy-helicopter-swoops-in-as-great-western-railway-and-the-veterans-charity-join-forces-for-latest-poppies-to-paddington-operation):
Quote Royal Navy helicopter swoops in as Great Western Railway and The Veterans Charity join forces for latest Poppies to Paddington operation GWR Remembrance service will mark 70 years since the end of the Korean War Great Western Railway will take its support for integrated travel to new heights in its latest Poppies to Paddington operation – thanks to support from a Royal Navy helicopter. Partnering with The Veterans Charity, the Royal Navy Air Station Culdrose will deploy a Merlin helicopter to carry poppy wreaths from their base to Plymouth on Monday ahead of the GWR Remembrance service on Friday 10 November. With planned engineering work preventing trains from running between Penzance and Plymouth, it means the fourth Poppies to Paddington operation will still serve Cornwall. Further strengthening this year’s integrated travel approach, Go South West has also kindly provided a bus to collect wreaths from stations through the region and carry them to Plymouth. This year GWR is remembering 70 years since the end of the Korean War as it once again carries swathes of poppy wreaths from across the network to London Paddington for the special Remembrance service. Six ‘Poppy’ trains are expected to collect more than 200 wreaths from GWR stations ahead of the service at Paddington’s iconic war memorial on Platform 1. GWR will especially remember the 81,000-Armed Forces personnel who took part in the Korean conflict, particularly those of the Gloucester Regiment and the Royal Fusiliers, who were involved in some of the heaviest fighting. Title: Re: 10th November 2023 - Poppies to Paddington Post by: Mark A on November 04, 2023, 08:48:53 Useful exercise for GWR as it will put the company in mind of the good practice of also maintaining, year round, a reliable service for the travelling public at the extremities of their routes.
Poor old Hereford doesn't get a poppy train or even a connecting bus, mind. Also, given Dartmouth's naval history, the Carmarthen train should set out from Pembroke and the Paignton service should really be waved off from Kingswear... Mark Title: Re: 10th November 2023 - Poppies to Paddington Post by: Phantom on November 06, 2023, 15:23:45 Any indication when and where these services will be stopping ?
Title: Re: 10th November 2023 - Poppies to Paddington Post by: grahame on November 06, 2023, 15:31:42 Any indication when and where these services will be stopping ? I snipped the original press release - if you follow the link at the top of this thread, you'll be able scroll down to a full list. 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 |