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« Reply #15 on: July 16, 2020, 21:42:53 »
Quote from: lympstone_commuter on July 16, 2020, 21:26:41
The second of my 'hunches' has not been mentioned yet. It is

- in our area
- standard gauge
- carried passengers
- has an unusual characteristic
- closed remarkably early


Hallatrow to Camerton ... 1882 - 1925 is, I suspect, the one you may have in mind.
Wantage Road to Wantage ... 1875 - 1925/1945
Ludgershall to Tidworth ... 1905 - 1955
Hurstbourne to Longparish ... 1885 - 1934
Newquay Harbour ... 1846 - 1925
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« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2020, 21:44:38 »
Quote from: grahame on July 16, 2020, 21:42:53
Quote from: lympstone_commuter on July 16, 2020, 21:26:41
The second of my 'hunches' has not been mentioned yet. It is

- in our area
- standard gauge
- carried passengers
- has an unusual characteristic
- closed remarkably early


Hallatrow to Camerton ... 1882 - 1925 is, I suspect, the one you may have in mind....

I'm afraid it isn't....
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« Reply #17 on: July 16, 2020, 21:50:45 »
Quote from: lympstone_commuter on July 16, 2020, 21:44:38
Quote from: grahame on July 16, 2020, 21:42:53
Quote from: lympstone_commuter on July 16, 2020, 21:26:41
The second of my 'hunches' has not been mentioned yet. It is

- in our area
- standard gauge
- carried passengers
- has an unusual characteristic
- closed remarkably early


Hallatrow to Camerton ... 1882 - 1925 is, I suspect, the one you may have in mind....

I'm afraid it isn't....

Do diversions count? St Germans to Defiance re-routed 1908.
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« Reply #18 on: July 16, 2020, 22:08:35 »
The original Hayle railway, via the Angarrick incline to the first station in Hayle, under the present viaduct.

Opened to freight in 1837 & passengers in 1843. Closed 1852 when the West Cornwall Railway opened the current mainline.
Open 15 years
Closed 168 years.  Could be the record holder?
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« Reply #19 on: July 16, 2020, 22:13:45 »
I could act the Clever Dick and suggest contractors railways like the one built for Camerton Branch construction which existed briefly up to the opening of the line but nobody likes a smart a**e!
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« Reply #20 on: July 16, 2020, 22:17:45 »
Quote from: johnneyw on July 16, 2020, 22:13:45
I could act the Clever Dick and suggest contractors railways like the one built for Camerton Branch construction which existed briefly up to the opening of the line but nobody likes a smart a**e!

I'm having trouble not over-answering on this topic too ...
West Bay to Bridport
Moorswater to Cheesewring (yes, it did carry excursion passengers)
Merstone to Ventnor West
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« Reply #21 on: July 16, 2020, 22:21:52 »
A "not quite" - in two years' time the Lambourn branch beyond Welford will qualify (1898-1960)
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« Reply #22 on: July 16, 2020, 22:28:07 »
Quote from: lympstone_commuter on July 16, 2020, 21:26:41

The second of my 'hunches' has not been mentioned yet. It is

- in our area
- standard gauge
- carried passengers
- has an unusual characteristic
- closed remarkably early

Any guesses?

No one has got this one yet....
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« Reply #23 on: July 16, 2020, 22:29:31 »
Clifton Rocks Railway by any chance ?...
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« Reply #24 on: July 16, 2020, 22:32:28 »
Abbotsbury Branch opened 1885 closed 1952, open for 65 years. Now closed for 68 years.

West Bay branch opened 1884 final closure 1962 for goods. Open 78 years, closed for 58 years. I remember walking this section around 1960 thinking it was closed and meeting a goods train on the line!
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« Reply #25 on: July 16, 2020, 22:33:06 »
Thornbury, for passengers: Open 72 years, 1872-1944, closed 76 years and counting.
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« Reply #26 on: July 16, 2020, 22:39:41 »
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Clifton Rocks Railway by any chance ?...

Great suggestion - but not the one I had in mind...
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« Reply #27 on: July 16, 2020, 22:42:06 »
If it's regarded as being in our area - The Brill Tramway - 1871-1935?
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« Reply #28 on: July 16, 2020, 22:47:11 »
Quote from: eightonedee on July 16, 2020, 22:42:06
If it's regarded as being in our area - The Brill Tramway - 1871-1935?

Another great suggestion, but not the one I'm thinking of (which was open for a remarkably short amount of time).
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« Reply #29 on: July 16, 2020, 23:02:12 »
This thread is addictive ... the West Somerset Mineral Railway ... open from Watchet from 1861 (1865 for passengers) to 1898 ... seems to fit the in area, standard gauge, closed very early, some unusual features like an incline on their main line.
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