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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2019, 14:12:16 » |
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I hope there is an earlier train from Paignton on Sundays so you can get the first London train. I also hope with a half hour Mon-Sat service they can speed up the train times between Newton Abbott and Exeter by abolishing the express train passing at Dawlish Warren.
I know it will stop the signalman playing when the express is running late and he can uses tricks (skill) like using the bi-directional signalling at Dawlish to allow an express to pass.
The trains also need speeding up between Paignton and Newton Abbot but I think there are track problems.
Have they made passive provision for new stations at Edginswell (planning permission runs out this November) and Marsh Barton as we live in hope.
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2019, 18:00:20 » |
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There was some question about the Barnstaple services terminating at Exeter St Davids rather than Exeter Central when the timetable is recast.
I wonder if that can now be clarified as it would certainly be a backwards step (and a change of trains or a walk up a steep hill) for those wishing to visit Exeter City centre and would take the gloss off the timetable improvements.
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2019, 18:09:30 » |
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St. James as far as I know.
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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2019, 21:06:40 » |
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Surely the trains will be reversing at Exmouth Junction siding (Morrisons) running empty from Exeter Central although I see in the summer timetable the Okehampton trains stop at St James before detraining and reversing.
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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2019, 22:02:48 » |
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Surely the trains will be reversing at Exmouth Junction siding (Morrisons) running empty from Exeter Central although I see in the summer timetable the Okehampton trains stop at St James before detraining and reversing.
Of course. Run in service to St James Park and then go and sit/cross over in the siding by Morrisons at Exmouth Jcn until it is time to come back |
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2019, 20:31:10 » |
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The Devon Metro timetable will be half hourly Exmouth - Paignton, alternating between fast (Exmouth - Lympstone - Topsham - Newcourt - Digby - Exeter Central - St David's - Dawlish - Teignmouth - Newton - Torre - Torquay - Paignton) and all stopper using 4 car 150s.
Barnstaple - St James Park hourly using 158s/16x.
Still in the potential offing Okehampton - Exeter 3 morning, 3 evening services using 143s.
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2019, 22:08:06 » |
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Still in the potential offing Okehampton - Exeter 3 morning, 3 evening services using 143s. Good move but I guess may not happen in the December 2019 changes unless GWR▸ have come up with something. Could be spaced 30 minutes apart from the Barnstaple trains perhaps. Dave |
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2019, 08:27:16 » |
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Still in the potential offing Okehampton - Exeter 3 morning, 3 evening services using 143s. Good move but I guess may not happen in the December 2019 changes unless GWR▸ have come up with something. Could be spaced 30 minutes apart from the Barnstaple trains perhaps. Dave I was under the impression that the 143s were off-lease in December |
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2019, 09:22:36 » |
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Still in the potential offing Okehampton - Exeter 3 morning, 3 evening services using 143s. Good move but I guess may not happen in the December 2019 changes unless GWR▸ have come up with something. Could be spaced 30 minutes apart from the Barnstaple trains perhaps. Dave I was under the impression that the 143s were off-lease in December GWR own 2 outright. |
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2019, 14:15:59 » |
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Class 143s can't be used after 31 December, unless fitted with all the disability mod-comms (which none are receiving).
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« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2019, 00:14:36 » |
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They could be used if the Secretary of State for Transport grants derogations.
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« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2019, 09:34:50 » |
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They could be used if the Secretary of State for Transport grants derogations.
Whoever that might be by the end of the week... |
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DaveHarries
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« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2019, 21:49:04 » |
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The Devon Metro timetable will be half hourly Exmouth - Paignton, alternating between fast (Exmouth - Lympstone - Topsham - Newcourt - Digby - Exeter Central - St David's - Dawlish - Teignmouth - Newton - Torre - Torquay - Paignton) and all stopper using 4 car 150s.
Barnstaple - St James Park hourly using 158s/16x.
Still in the potential offing Okehampton - Exeter 3 morning, 3 evening services using 143s. Indeed so. Someone on a railway discussion site made the latest info, described as a "Confirmed plan based on timetable offer" and dated July 2019, available as a download. Having read the file end-to-end there are some really good improvements coming up for December. In respect of the Barnstaple line the document - which is an official GWR▸ one - says that, in addition to Mondays to Saturdays, the Barnstaple line will also be hourly on Sundays with trains terminating at St. James Park. Certainly still not a final version but I like what I read. Dave |
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« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2019, 22:45:13 » |
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They could be used if the Secretary of State for Transport grants derogations.
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