St Erth to St Ives line - ongoing discussion, including a book about the line (merged posts)

[whole diary]

[grahame]

New book from the same author - Richard Long -

A new book that looks into the upgrading of Island Line including the significant infrastructure works, the withdrawal of old rolling stock and the introduction of their replacements, has been released.

Richard Long’s ‘Upgrading The Isle of Wight’s Railway: All Change at Ryde’ examines what went wrong, what went right and how the global pandemic impacted the scheme. Richard has draw upon unique insights provided by some of the key figures involved in the Island Line upgrade, as well as by the current owners of many of the withdrawn 1938 Stock units.

The foreword is provided by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Chair of Network Rail.

The 232-page hardback is priced at £25 and is available through Pen & Sword Books (ISBN 9781399045179).

[GBM]

Not noted this before.
08:38 St Erth to St Ives due 08:49
Facilities on the 08:38 St Erth to St Ives due 08:49.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 4.
Additional Information
Reservations will not be displayed on this service, and you should use any available seat according to the class of travel indicated on your ticket. If no seats are available, we would be grateful if you could make sure that those who need them most are able to use them.
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Alternatively, you can travel on either of the two GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) services that are immediately before or after this one. Your ticket will be valid for travel on these GWR services at no additional cost. You can see how many coaches our services have with the 'Live Times' feature on the GWR app, or speak to staff for further information.

(Continues throughout the day).

[Ralph Ayres]

I'm surprised (but pleased) to discover that the St Ives branch warrants a 4-car train at this time of year. I'd not have expected a 2-car to get so overcrowded that anyone would prefer to catch the train before or after (which will surely be the same 2-car unit anyway, won't it?). I assume the additional information section is sloppy cut-and-paste, with its references to reservations and classes of travel.

[LiskeardRich]

I'm surprised (but pleased) to discover that the St Ives branch warrants a 4-car train at this time of year. I'd not have expected a 2-car to get so overcrowded that anyone would prefer to catch the train before or after (which will surely be the same 2-car unit anyway, won't it?). I assume the additional information section is sloppy cut-and-paste, with its references to reservations and classes of travel.

September and October is very popular with the older generation coming on breaks to Cornwall.
There is normally around 10 days quiet end of August between the bank holidays and the pensioners arriving

[Chris from Nailsea]

... and the pensioners arriving

I'll be there as soon as I can! 

[Chris from Nailsea]

There were just so many separate topics here, all relating to this particular branch line, that I have now taken the opportunity to merge them into this one specific topic.

The original headings in each post have been retained, as far as possible.

I hope this will help all of our members and readers, in terms of clarity and continuity, for future reference.

CfN.