Birthday trip, Melksham to Penzance

grahame

Administrator
Hero Member

Posts: 43059

Birthday trip, Melksham to Penzance - 28th January 2025

« on: January 03, 2025, 07:12:00 »

It's the 18th Birthday of the Coffee Shop on 28th January 2025, and what a long way we have come forward in that time, and yet how many of the very same objectives, goals and issues remain.

I have just bought myself in the January Sale tickets from Melksham to Penzance and back on the actual Birthday. Very much a personal trip, and there will be much of a feeling of achievement in there within the services use. If you happen to be on the train, or indeed wish to join me partially or even whole, you will be very welcome. There were 6 tickets left in the sale after I purchased mine.

06:32 Melksham to Trowbridge
06:46 Trowbridge to Bath Spa
07:24 Bath Spa to Penzance, arrive 11:40 (train 1C55)

17:50 Penzance to Chippenham
22:46 Chippenham to Melksham, arrive 22:55 (train 1A39)

(18 years of data remains in our archive as a resource - right down the the trademark spelling errors. Look and feel now designed to take us forward in the next decade)


« Last Edit: January 03, 2025, 07:23:13 by grahame »	Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member

grahame

Administrator
Hero Member

Posts: 43059

Re: Birthday trip, Melksham to Penzance - 28th January 2025

« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2025, 12:03:35 »

For "Old Times Sake" I notice from http://www.railtourinfo.co.uk/locohauled15.html

Quote

GWR^▸ Castle Class HST^▸ Power Car + 4 Mk3s + GWR Castle Class HST Power Car
(43004, 43042, 43093, 43097, 43098, 43156, 43186, 43187, 43188, 43198)

Monday - Friday

Diagram 1

2C02 06:38 Plymouth - Penzance (a.08:35)
2P08 08:50 Penzance - Plymouth (a.10:47)
2C68 11:42 Plymouth - Penzance (a.13:40)
2P17 13:50 Penzance - Plymouth (a.15:45)
2C31 15:55 Plymouth - Penzance (a.18:10)
2P27 18:50 Penzance - Plymouth (a.20:51)

Diagram 2

2C11 10:15 Plymouth - Penzance (a.12:12)
2P15 12:50 Penzance - Plymouth (a.14:44)

Diagram 3

2C65 10:42 Plymouth - Penzance (a.12:40)
2P16 13:15 Penzance - Plymouth (a.15:09)
2C29 15:47 Plymouth - Penzance (a.17:40)
2E26 18:15 Penzance - Exeter St.David's (a.15:45)

and wonder about a side trip back up to Camborne (should be OK - not Wednesday) or St Ives as well as time spent in Penzance.


	Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member

LiskeardRich

Transport Scholar
Hero Member

Posts: 3488

Re: Birthday trip, Melksham to Penzance - 28th January 2025

« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2025, 21:28:39 »

Quote from: grahame on January 05, 2025, 12:03:35

For "Old Times Sake" I notice from http://www.railtourinfo.co.uk/locohauled15.html

Quote

and wonder about a side trip back up to Camborne (should be OK - not Wednesday) or St Ives as well as time spent in Penzance.

Recently one of the diagrams has been subbed for a 5 car iet, a 158, and on one particular day I travelled 2 x 150 making a 4 car 150. 2/3 are pretty safe to be a 2+4.

From rail staff locally they’re hoping to be phased out in the May timetable change


	Logged

All posts are my own personal believes, opinions and understandings!

Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

Pages: [1]

« previous next »