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Crispy1978 set me thinking with his subscript about stations passed through without stopping. Over decades of travelling on service trains & railtours I've worked out that I have travelled non-stop through every station at some point between Penzance & Wick, except Carlisle. Has anyone out there...

Does anyone know if there has been any analysis of passengers arriving in Newquay using the summer Saturday service from Dundee to determine where they started from? Apart from a few enthusiasts, I can’t imagine that many travel all the way from Dundee.

Thanks for the info 30907.

Does anyone know when the last through train from Barnstaple to London ran? I have a 1982 timetable that shows a summer Saturday 08.25 ex-Barnstaple to Waterloo, arr 13.09 (there was no equivalent down service). After 1964 and the rundown of the old SR system west of Exeter, I believe it ran to...

The Butlins comment is very true. The company made sure their camps were near a station so their campers could get there by public transport, ie. Skegness, Filey, Ayr, Pwllheli & Bognor (Minehead came later). Some of the summer Saturday trains were dedicated for Butlins visitors.

Looking at the 1960 summer timetable, it showed only 2 Saturday return holiday services to Clacton that originated from the Midlands - one from Birmingham (via the long closed Rugby - Peterboro' line) and the other from Leicester (via reversal at Mkt Harboro' - again part of another route that...

Yes, that's the one. Would DRS drivers have signed for the unadvertised bit through Avonmouth and Clifton Down as well?

Thanks again chaps. I was on the Devon Explorer railtour last month to Okehampton which returned via Yeovil. Presumably a pilot would have been required between Bristol Parkway & back - who would have provided the pilot? - FGW or one of the freight companies?

Thanks 455driver. Does that mean the Plymouth drivers regularly go to New St or just occasionally? Presumably Birmingham XC drivers get down to Plymouth as well.

How far north of Plymouth do XC drivers work (north of Bristol)?

Thanks SWT_Passenger for cross refs to previous threads. One factor against Laira is the isolation caused when the Dawlish sea wall is breached as happened last year or when there are floods at Exeter or Somerset.

I listened to part of the Jeremy Vine Radio 2 programme yesterday (4/5/15) on phasing out of the HSTs. Although there was no mention that some will be going to Scotland, someone contacted the programme to say that a number will be retained for services to the West Country. Can anyone advise if...

Does anyone know when GW electrification work will affect Temple Meads - I can't find anything on the Network Rail website?

The stewards on the Devon Explorer last Saturday said that the tour didn't cover this line cos of the FGW Depot Manager. However they added that access to Temple Meads from the south will be blocked sometime in the months ahead and Cross Country trains will be routed along the Marsh line. Does...