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All good news on the Falmouth branch apart from connections.
I know Perranwell is only a small place and it is to be made a request stop but the train times are not good for onward connections.
From May the first off peak train is not now until 0940 towards Truro whereas the previous 0914 was brilliant for Plymouth and Penzance.
0940 will not get into Penzance until 1127 [1hr 47m] and Plymouth 1137.
It is almost the wrong half hourly train that will stop at Perranwell for good connections.
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« Reply #166 on: April 09, 2009, 13:30:28 » |
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I forgot to add that I have no complaints about our service compared with Melksham. For a small place we do brilliantly.
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« Reply #167 on: April 09, 2009, 13:39:30 » |
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I really had hoped that the full timetables would be published on the FGW▸ site by now, preview editions have been made available a couple of months before the changes were due.
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« Reply #168 on: April 09, 2009, 13:47:07 » |
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I must admit all I did was dump the weekly timetable from National Rail Enquiries site for a week fro 18th May 2009.
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« Reply #169 on: April 09, 2009, 14:33:27 » |
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Apparently, Perranwell is also going to suffer from big cuts in bus services, with the 'rationalisation' of timetables following the acquisition of the Trunian by First.
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« Reply #170 on: April 09, 2009, 15:18:16 » |
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Two distinct platforms now exist with access at the points area to the track fenced off to the public, two new shelters are being constructed.
Do the services in each direction always stop at the same end of the platform? The signalling appears to allow two way running through both platforms. All good news on the Falmouth branch apart from connections.
I know Perranwell is only a small place and it is to be made a request stop but the train times are not good for onward connections.
From May the first off peak train is not now until 0940 towards Truro whereas the previous 0914 was brilliant for Plymouth and Penzance.
0940 will not get into Penzance until 1127 [1hr 47m] and Plymouth 1137.
It is almost the wrong half hourly train that will stop at Perranwell for good connections.
If Perranwell is to be made a request why can't the full service stop there by request? If there's no one to get on or off, the train need not stop. |
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« Reply #171 on: April 09, 2009, 16:29:28 » |
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Two distinct platforms now exist with access at the points area to the track fenced off to the public, two new shelters are being constructed.
Do the services in each direction always stop at the same end of the platform? The signalling appears to allow two way running through both platforms. The signage infers consistant use of the platform. Southerly 'Plat 1' end to Falmouth, Trains having used the loop to pass trains to Truro waiting at the northerly 'Plat 2' end. |
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« Reply #172 on: April 10, 2009, 19:01:47 » |
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local press coverage this week ...Rail passengers get in the loop for frequent Falmouth trainsDREAMS of doubling the number of trains between Truro and Falmouth will be realised next month when a long-awaited passing loop goes into operation on the Maritime Line. Contractors are still working at Penryn Station to ensure the ^10 million improvement scheme remains on target to be completed in time for it to go live on May 18. About 400 metres of additional track has been installed and the station platform extended to cope with the new loop system. more ...www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/westbriton
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« Reply #173 on: April 10, 2009, 19:20:33 » |
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« Reply #174 on: April 10, 2009, 19:41:50 » |
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It really does make the mind bogle, how on earth did that cost ^10 million There in lies the answer as to why getting lines reopened/re-doubled is such a struggle. It now costs an absolute fortune to undo the damage down by Beeching and BR▸ . |
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« Reply #175 on: April 10, 2009, 19:43:48 » |
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7 million mooted a few months ago...fat fees?
Really should be audited for future mini-improvements...there are many in the offing over the country.
Pleased it's happened, but I suspect the funding has been "pushed" as part of the serious expansion of the University (taking in Dartington)...which is really why a railway should rise to the occasion.
Hope the stock matches the expectations!
Last time I was on the 153 (Feb perhaps) the staff were excellent...one on doors and one on tickets...good stuff, and full of local info! marvellous.
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« Reply #176 on: April 10, 2009, 20:38:31 » |
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local press coverage this week ...Rail passengers get in the loop for frequent Falmouth trainsDREAMS of doubling the number of trains between Truro and Falmouth will be realised next month when a long-awaited passing loop goes into operation on the Maritime Line. Contractors are still working at Penryn Station to ensure the ^10 million improvement scheme remains on target to be completed in time for it to go live on May 18. About 400 metres of additional track has been installed and the station platform extended to cope with the new loop system. more ...www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/westbriton I got the reporter a bit confused on the phone. Just for the record, it is the train from Falmouth which will arrive at Penryn first on the half hourly pattern. I think the cost is still ^7.8m. As well as the new campus at Tremough, other developments planned in Penryn and Falmouth and the fact that there is nothing significant that can be done to improve the A39 are the main reasons the scheme has happened. Richard Burningham, Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership. |
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« Reply #177 on: April 10, 2009, 20:51:23 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #178 on: April 11, 2009, 12:59:44 » |
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It really does make the mind bogle, how on earth did that cost ^10 million There in lies the answer as to why getting lines reopened/re-doubled is such a struggle. It now costs an absolute fortune to undo the damage down by Beeching and BR▸ . 7 million mooted a few months ago...fat fees?
Really should be audited for future mini-improvements...there are many in the offing over the country.
Agree it would be a good scheme to audit fully to see where all the money actually went. In general it's Roger Ford's "Boiling Frogs" syndrome. Railtrack got rid of all the BR Civil/Signal Engineers who knew to a penny how much new track and signals in cost infavour of consultants and contractors. Networkrail are trying to get to grips with the problem by doing more work in house but until that lost knowledge is regained "Boiling Frogs" prevail. |
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« Reply #179 on: April 12, 2009, 19:57:02 » |
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I attach a picture today of Truro looking west. There is a new semaphore, T26, and TPWS▸ grids for presumably a west signalled route out of platform 3.
Unless I am wrong then this will mean all platforms now have a signalled route to the west. If a train from Penzance is going to Falmouth there should be no further need for everyone to gert off.
I assume this is so a Falmouth train can come in and leave from any platform.
Interesting to note the galvanised steel cage around it compared with all the other semaphores. No wonder it costs so much to do nothing.
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