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Title: Just a quickky... How can a single carriage service be a 'short train'? Post by: RailCornwall on January 02, 2010, 14:08:44 The Falmouth Line is showing short train services today on Current Running, how can this be? Has the NR/FGW system gone a bit mad?
Title: Re: Just a quickky... How can a single carriage service be a 'short train'? Post by: grahame on January 02, 2010, 14:33:26 The Falmouth Line is showing short train services today on Current Running, how can this be? Has the NR/FGW system gone a bit mad? Full reports say ... Quote 20100102 11:50 Falmouth Docks 12:18 Truro rolling stock issues, knock-on effect Full report: "This train will be formed of 1 coach instead of 2.This is due to an earlier train fault. Last Updated: 02/01/2010 09:25 " Title: Re: Just a quickky... How can a single carriage service be a 'short train'? Post by: RailCornwall on January 02, 2010, 14:47:59 So one or both of the alternate half-hour services on a Saturday must be two carriaged now then? Peculiar, wonder where the additional carriage has come from.
Title: Re: Just a quickky... How can a single carriage service be a 'short train'? Post by: marky7890 on January 02, 2010, 20:59:49 It's been quite busy in Truro the past week with all the sales, all the car parks full up. So maybe theres extra passengers using the branch. I went to Truro last monday and I wish I did take the train, I live 10 minutes drive from Penryn station, on the A394 between Helston and Penryn. I had to wait about 10 minutes to get a parking space.
Title: Re: Just a quickky... How can a single carriage service be a 'short train'? Post by: old original on January 03, 2010, 10:09:41 There has been a 150 on alternate services some days recently, mainly for late night shopping. I believe it's the one from the St Ives line
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