Okehampton

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[stuving]

Typeface nerds will have spotted that while the new signage has GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) branding, it uses what appears to be Rail Alphabet font for the station name and other information. GWR have previously used the Glypha font on running-in boards, at Filton Abbey Wood for example.

I see this as an improvement!

Well, Grant Shapps did promise you that, didn't he?

[johnneyw]

Now that the trains are back and the cafe is due to reopen, does this also herald the return, I wonder, of Percy the station cat?


Edit to add that Percy left the station for new digs with the closure of the heritage operation some while back.

[bobm]

From August 2018

[JayMac]

Geoff 'All the Stations' Marshall's visit to Okehampton:



Great to see so many people waiting to board the 0926 to Exeter.

[plymothian]

And today sees the first service cancellations due to crew shortage.

Which by the way Okehampton has relocated somewhere in South America according to the live service map above.

[grahame]

And today sees the first service cancellations due to crew shortage.

Which by the way Okehampton has relocated somewhere in South America according to the live service map above.

The map update will have to wait to Sunday - I'm delayed away and without code / database update access. Same on adding the station stats to all the regular time sequences.

[bobm]

In the light of that, GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) have reinstated the cancelled services. 

[TonyK]

Now that the trains are back and the cafe is due to reopen, does this also herald the return, I wonder, of Percy the station cat?


Edit to add that Percy left the station for new digs with the closure of the heritage operation some while back.

Adopted cats haven't stayed put throughout lockdown and reopening. Mango from Tesco at Tiverton seems to have relocated before I was able to buy my own toilet paper again. I don't like to ask.

[bobm]

I seem to have gained a cat during lockdown.  A friendly, if rather long haired, specimen.

[IndustryInsider]

An interesting old video from the late 60s.  The first ten minutes are especially relevant showing the old Okehampton service before withdrawal as well as probing, for the time at least, interviews suggesting a hidden agenda of closures/awkward connections etc. perhaps pertinent to the Salisbury situation.

https://youtu.be/ALspaRQFXts

[grahame]

And today sees the first service cancellations due to crew shortage.

Which by the way Okehampton has relocated somewhere in South America according to the live service map above.

Rolling stock issues today and I have grabbed a copy of the data feed so I can sort out and test the issue

[johnneyw]

Its a rather good looking start for Okehampton according to latest figures with more than 10,000 passengers so far.

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dartmoor-line-tops-10000-passengers-6358240

[Mark A]

Working to accelerate the development of the through route to Plymouth:

https://join-up.uk/

Mark

[REVUpminster]

165136 worked Okehampton Saturday and 166203 today.

150s could be gone depending on cascade as 769s come on stream at Reading by end of year

[TonyK]

Adopted cats haven't stayed put throughout lockdown and reopening. Mango from Tesco at Tiverton seems to have relocated before I was able to buy my own toilet paper again. I don't like to ask.

Mango has withdrawn from public life, and is enjoying a happy retirement.