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Then, in the 1980s, there were the ‘Network Days’ and the Persil voucher scheme, exchanging them for rail tickets,
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« Reply #17 on: October 01, 2018, 06:27:24 » |
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Then, in the 1980s, there were the ‘Network Days’ and the Persil voucher scheme, exchanging them for rail tickets,
Didn't Kellogg's get in on the act too. They did indeed and Boots. In the early days of privatisation a number of newspapers did some great rail travel offers. Not needed so much now with trains running at almost capacity or beyond more often than not. |
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« Reply #18 on: October 01, 2018, 07:28:20 » |
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Looking at the collection of railcards, I did think when I renewed this year that the person on the cover looked remarkably well preserved. I obviously wouldn't tick the boxes as a male equivalent (the wrinkles, let alone the fungus)
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« Reply #19 on: October 01, 2018, 15:51:28 » |
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I've just been on 2 of the Modern Equivalents of the Merrymakers from Slough to Fishguard and Telford both from Slough by UK▸ Railtours. Fare and dining probably more expensive than the Merry Makers. Also note in ticket display is a Mystery Tour. Went on one once from Slough to Coventry in a 9 car 117 went out via Worcester and up Lickey Incline. Also another one, not sure if was a Mystery Tour or an Excursion to York from Slough which went via Bordsley to Derby and then up the Midland Mainline from Sheffield via Normanton and Castleford to York. Now severed as through route. Can't remember stock. Then, in the 1980s, there were the ‘Network Days’ and the Persil voucher scheme, exchanging them for rail tickets,
Network Days were great. Chasing the remaining loco hauled starting off with the Cross Country from ? via Slough to Dover getting off at Bromley South. Then Liverpool Street Cambridge/ Colchester, Lewes to Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes back to Euston, Cross country via Reading. On the final one chasing 50's on the Exeter's. The latter trains were packed and the drivers entered into the spirit of the thing by thrashing them. |
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« Reply #20 on: October 01, 2018, 16:56:18 » |
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Went on many a Mystery Tour from Bristol which were ushered by a lovely person, a Cyril Saunders, and very popular they were and August Bank Holiday trips had a duplicate running, on one occasion the destination was Eastbourne and there were 4 trains run from Bristol that day.
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« Reply #21 on: July 03, 2024, 07:21:47 » |
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I suspect the problem is more that the Minehead is too far south to count, especially if Labour get in - wealthy and pampered enough already aren't we?
I thought that Butlins was a favoured holiday destination for the less well off.
As a resident of Minehead, I would not consider the area to be pampered or well off.
Average living standards could be improved by a decent all year round train service as this would facilitate employment without driving.
An opportunity for a VERY silly idea ... using open access rules, a service from Nuneaton (or Tamworth, Lichfield or Leicester) via Coventry, Leamington Spa, Oxford, Swindon, Westbury and Taunton to Minehead, perhaps with package holidays being offered to include travel, accommodation and entertainment from East and West Midlands cities, the North West, North East and Scottish Lowlands. |
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« Reply #22 on: July 03, 2024, 09:16:29 » |
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Not silly at all. IMHO▸ a package holiday at Butlins, including rail travel from a selection of major UK▸ cities could be popular. And much greener than driving or flying.
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #23 on: July 03, 2024, 12:18:12 » |
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Not silly at all. IMHO▸ a package holiday at Butlins, including rail travel from a selection of major UK▸ cities could be popular. And much greener than driving or flying.
Ah yes. Golden Rail holidays https://trainstobeyond.com/2017/08/02/1974-uk-golden-rail/ |
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« Reply #25 on: July 03, 2024, 15:39:21 » |
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Whilst I would hesitate to say there is no market for such a thing, it would need to have very active support from both Butlins and the operator(s) of the Minehead line, and quite possibly a financial contribution from the former.
Is that level of support likely?
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« Reply #26 on: July 03, 2024, 16:32:15 » |
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Whilst I would hesitate to say there is no market for such a thing, it would need to have very active support from both Butlins and the operator(s) of the Minehead line, and quite possibly a financial contribution from the former.
Is that level of support likely?
Ah - and that leads me to wonder how busy Butlins is / what sort of availability they would have for - say - 300 to 400 more guests turning up on a train, twice a week, week in week out. If that's say 2x100 rooms at £500 per room, income £100,000 for a week. Food - say £20 per person per day - another £50,000 income per week. The $64,000 question - would those rooms be available? No need for the train (in fact it would be silly to market it) if there were no availability. Edit to add - stated capacity of Butlins (Minehead) is 7,500 |
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« Reply #27 on: July 03, 2024, 17:24:59 » |
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I can't believe that this forum is the first to come up with this idea....??
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« Reply #28 on: July 03, 2024, 17:39:44 » |
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I can't believe that this forum is the first to come up with this idea....??
Neither can I, Chris ... but it just twigged when someone mentioned "Golden Rail" and various pieces fitted together. which does NOT mean that the whole picture would. Of course, not first - similar was done 55 years ago / note the Golden Rail brochure with Butlins on the cover. And I can recall catching a train with my parents Paddington to Minehead, hauled by a Hymek, all the way to Minehead, but we stayed in a B&B. |
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« Reply #29 on: July 03, 2024, 21:57:46 » |
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That brought back memories of a Golden Rail family holiday to Newquay in Cornwall around about 1970/1. I recall that the railway journey from Bristol curiously o nly took us as far as St Austell from where a taxi took us to our hotel in Newquay and vice versa for the journey home. Mods, perhaps you might wish to move this post to the Golden Rail thread that Grahame started yesterday. |
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