Recent content by TerminalJunkie

Crediton and Umberleigh are the busiest, followed by Eggesford, then Yeoford, then Copplestone (which has only recently overtaken Morchard Road).

Slapton. Although most of it is in the sea, now.

Yes - Piers Morgan in 2004. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/mar/17/mediamonkey.pressandpublishing

You recall incorrectly :P Wessex had a (largely) clockface timetable in place starting May 2004. They did it by cutting nearly all the request stops; I have a note from a meeting in September 2003 that says the key to the new timetable was getting from Topsham to Eggesford in 45 minutes. This...

*snort* The bus services are nice, but weren't the catalyst for the increasing footfall - that's down to the clockface hourly service put in place by Wessex Trains, and was boosted when FGW cut the fares in 2006.

Do the 'Rules of the Plan' still require a 35-minute allowance at Barnstaple to turn around trains that started 'beyond Exeter'? That would muck up the hourly service a bit!

This behaviour goes back way further than this, though - in the early 1980s I was working for Red Bus in Barnstaple, and long routes were being split then; the old X77 from Ilfracombe to Exeter had a timing point at Nymet Bridge, which used to annoy an old boy in Copplestone because we wouldn't...

What about Portsmouth Arms?

Erm, all trains call at Morchard Road, and have done for at least two years. Did you mean Portsmouth Arms?

Yes, but it was sloooowww: it took 1:45, and - with a decent connection - you can go Barnstaple-Exeter-Taunton quicker than that. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Most daytime journeys are 65 minutes Barnstaple to Exeter (with four minutes at Crediton waiting for the single line...

It's not 'The' North Devon Public Transport Users Group - just 'A' North Devon Public Transport Users group. It has no online presence, and I wouldn't be surprised if it consists solely of John Gulliver, Patrick Adams, and a few members of their immediate family.