Axminster Loop - new timetable from Dec 2009

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[John22]

Does anyone know what the new timetable from Waterloo to Exeter is likely to look like.

I am particularly interested in the time of the first train from Yeovil to Exeter.

[Lee]

Welcome and enjoy the forum, John22

[cereal_basher]

Not sure on timings but is should be a clockface hourly Exeter-London service.

[The Grecian]

I don't know the actual times, but this page shows the planned timings:

http://www.railfuture-sw.co.uk/2tphExeterSalisbury.htm

Seems the plan is to cross trains at Axminster, Yeovil-Templecombe and Tisbury, but with the down trains now waiting at Tisbury instead. Every station gets an hourly service bar Feniton, Whimple and Pinhoe which get 2 hourly services - still their best ever service mind.

Trains to take 3h19m for the 'express' services and 3h26m for other up trains, 3h30m for down services.

[RichardB]

Looking at my Summer 1962 Southern Region timetable, I see the Saturday ACE 1015 ex Waterloo took 3 hr 23 to Exeter Central with one stop (Salisbury).  Mind you, it ran as three separate trains in peak Summer.

An hourly service doing the journey in the same sort of time with twelve or stops would have seemed like science fiction back then......

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

god what speed was that going

[Lee]

Looking at my Summer 1962 Southern Region timetable, I see the Saturday ACE 1015 ex Waterloo took 3 hr 23 to Exeter Central with one stop (Salisbury).  Mind you, it ran as three separate trains in peak Summer.

An hourly service doing the journey in the same sort of time with twelve or stops would have seemed like science fiction back then......

I envy you Richard. I'm currently on the hunt for a replacement 1963 SR^‡(resolve) timetable 

[RichardB]

How about this one, Lee?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRITISH-RAILWAYS-SOUTHERN-REGION-TIMETABLE-SUMMER-1963_W0QQitemZ190312811386QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Collectables_Railwayana_RL?hash=item2c4f870b7a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A3%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A4%7C294%3A50

[Lee]

Cheers Richard 

[devon_metro]

It does seem bizarre that such places as Honiton will soon be getting more frequent services to London than Taunton!

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

It does seem bizarre that such places as Honiton will soon be getting more frequent services to London than Taunton!

apart from the fact that getting to honiton without a car or train is really no fun ,it is the closest station for most of east devon but it hardly has any parking ''connecting busses'' do not conect very well and are expensive and as it stops at 12 stations on the way isnt the ideal route to london unfortunatly

[The Grecian]

It does seem bizarre that such places as Honiton will soon be getting more frequent services to London than Taunton!

apart from the fact that getting to honiton without a car or train is really no fun ,it is the closest station for most of east devon but it hardly has any parking ''connecting busses'' do not conect very well and are expensive and as it stops at 12 stations on the way isnt the ideal route to london unfortunatly

Most of the stations between Exeter and Salisbury are already much better used than you might think as they're railheads for the surrounding area. Gillingham, a town of around 9,000 people was used last year by 395,000 people - over 1000 a day. Honiton sees a fairly impressive 284,000. I think Taunton has pretty much an hourly London service at worst anyway, and normally better in the peak - there's plenty of up trains in the morning anyway.