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« Reply #135 on: April 27, 2021, 18:05:15 » |
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Come, come ... it needs to be attractive. I put "scenes of Dartmoor" into Google and came up with some stunning pictures though the absence of graphic artist or local knowledge in me suggests I let others take it further ... |
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« Reply #136 on: April 27, 2021, 23:44:02 » |
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The magnificent Haytor might be a great symbol with it's double peaks, visible from miles around.... I've seen it from many parts of Torbay. Okay, it's a few miles from Okehampton but a suitable Dartmoor icon surely?
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« Reply #137 on: April 28, 2021, 07:15:34 » |
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The new D1 and D2 timetables are advertising already the Dartmoor Line reopening before the end of the year.
Maybe before the December timetable as they are in the May timetable passively provisioned.
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« Reply #138 on: April 28, 2021, 09:19:54 » |
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Three themes emerge from the other logos.
The Tamar Valley line has a railway structure: Calstock viaduct. Meldon viaduct would seem the obvious equivalent.... but the line doesn't cross it (yet) and there would be no explicit connection between the name and the logo in the case of meldon whereas Calstock viaduct does actually span the Tamar Valley.
The Riviera line has a palm tree. A symbolic tor or two, as johnneyw suggests, would work well, I think.
The Avocet▸ and Tarka▸ lines have animals and a Dartmoor pony would be the obvious choice if an animal were chosen.
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« Reply #139 on: April 28, 2021, 10:47:08 » |
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As it is in reality the Okehampton branch, the best icon would be Okehampton Castle. You dont get to see much of Dartmoor from the train!
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« Reply #140 on: April 28, 2021, 10:51:32 » |
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The ruins of Okehampton Castle look like they could form the basis of a strong image.
Whoops - Jamsdad just beat me to it!
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« Reply #141 on: April 28, 2021, 13:29:31 » |
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The Avocet▸ and Tarka▸ lines have animals and a Dartmoor pony would be the obvious choice if an animal were chosen.
Or the Hound of the Baskerville's? |
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« Reply #142 on: May 02, 2021, 11:58:31 » |
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There's an article in the "Home" section of today's Sunday Times about the line's re-opening "making this corner of the southwest of England a more practical proposition for buyers hunting for a dreamy combination of spectacular scenery and accessibility".
It includes details of properties for sale costing between £700k and £2.95m.
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« Reply #143 on: May 03, 2021, 09:55:14 » |
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Not sure where the staff for the trains will live. All to familiar problem in the South and South West where people to provide local services, of any kind, are priced out of the market.
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« Reply #144 on: May 03, 2021, 10:33:24 » |
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Not sure where the staff for the trains will live. All to familiar problem in the South and South West where people to provide local services, of any kind, are priced out of the market.
Indeed - I am fortunate where I am in Brittany that I live in a nice house, in the centre of a nice rural town, that is in the middle of some wonderful countryside, and not a million miles away from some world-beating coast, with public transport connections available to get me most places where I need to go relatively straightforwardly. I suspect that I would be unable to afford to buy what I have here if I tried to purchase in an equivalent area of the UK▸ . |
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« Reply #146 on: May 12, 2021, 17:24:15 » |
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Another update from Network Rail Western via Twitter We are really pleased to announce that Wales and Western have set a new record for our region and installed around 11 miles of new track in just under 4 weeks on the Dartmoor Line as part of the Governments restoring your Railway initiative
https://twitter.com/networkrailwest/status/1392501759403253761?s=21 |
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« Reply #147 on: May 12, 2021, 19:48:13 » |
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And how long has it taken to even think about relaying 3.5 miles of track on the Portishead line ?
At least 1040 weeks by my reckoning !
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« Reply #148 on: May 12, 2021, 20:02:09 » |
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And how long has it taken to even think about relaying 3.5 miles of track on the Portishead line ?
At least 1040 weeks by my reckoning !
In fairness, Okehampton was a long time in the planning. Once Portishead gets the nod, it won't take long. It does not have the advantage Okehampton had in being able to deliver rail and sleepers by rail, though. I don't think the existing track would be risked. |
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« Reply #149 on: May 13, 2021, 07:35:04 » |
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There was a few second on Spotlight yesterday to say the track relaying had been completed.
This line must open before December. After all passenger trains, if not for covid, would have run last summer on Sundays even if at a lower speed.
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