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« on: December 29, 2011, 22:20:03 »
Reports that well over 100,000 journeys have been made so far in 2011, well up on 90000 last year despite a month worth of stats still to add and a 4-day closure in October.

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/story-14267495-detail/story.html

Looking good for another bumper year of Cornish branch lines growth when the official stats are released next February.
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 23:15:53 »
I was two of those!
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2011, 11:47:52 »
I was three of them considering I'd never been on it before!!
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