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  1. John Luxton

    LMS-owned canals

    And don't forget the Liskeard and Looe, much of teh route being converted into the Liskeard and Looe Railway - sections of the the canal can still be observed from the train where it deviated from the railway track includinga couple of locks.
  2. John Luxton

    (TRIVIA) Busy stations which hardly anybody walks to

    St Erth since the St Ives Park and Ride moved from Lelant Saltings add the drivers to those changing and it is quite a busy station.
  3. John Luxton

    The last push-pull / auto train in Britain?

    Depends how you might define a push pull train! Are they still not running with TfW and Chiltern?
  4. John Luxton

    Named Trains in the UK

    I must admit I wasn't in favour of the FWHR train namings and saw it as a legacy of Covid when they came about as a means of managing things. But as time has gone on I think my views have mellowed a bit and now the big railway seems to be going down the named train route perhaps FWHR were just...
  5. John Luxton

    Saddest Sights on the Railways (Trivia)

    Strange I find GWR one of the best Liveries - I really like dark green as for the GBR Livery its awful! But I guess it is all down to personal preference.
  6. John Luxton

    Saddest Sights on the Railways (Trivia)

    There is but I I think that is the dock end don't think that extends from Green Lane back towards Rock Ferry.
  7. John Luxton

    Saddest Sights on the Railways (Trivia)

    NR have been doing some serious tidying up of the trackside between Wellington Road and Penny Lane in Liverpool - so much so that some local residents have complained that the trees which have grown up on the railway embankment have been felled in recent months. These trees and bushes certainly...
  8. John Luxton

    Saddest Sights on the Railways (Trivia)

    The forest of well establihed silver birch trees growing out of the tracks on the former GWR LMS Joint line north of Rock Ferry which once ran to Woodside Station and which continued to be used to access Birkenhead Docks until the 1990s. Why not cut the trees down, remove the track and do a...
  9. John Luxton

    TFW Explore Wales Pass

    Yes that is a weird one that it doesn't go to Pont Penarlag but now goes as far as Cheltenham. I am sure when I last had one in spring 2024 it only went as far as Gloucester as I recall alighting there to change directions even though the TFW train was going to Cheltenham and I boarded the...
  10. John Luxton

    TFW Explore Wales Pass

    I have had one of the four in eight day passes in 2022, 2023 and 2024 - I had to miss last year. I notice that since I bought one in spring 2024 the price has increased somewhat but there is now increased bus availability including almost all the Traws Cymru services, Previously just Cardiff...
  11. John Luxton

    Old All Line Rovers

    I had an All Lines in summers of 1978 and 1979 Portsmouth to Ryde passenger ferry was was definitely included as I went on it! I think also Windermere Steamers were included as well.
  12. John Luxton

    Deliberately Misleading Car Park Signs designed to catch you out?

    I had a used the harbour car park earlier in the day to attend the vintage bus rally. I wish I had stayed there! The harbour car park is run by the council which also used to run the St Anthony Car Park or did when I last used it pre COVID but it seems to have changed ownership and is now part...
  13. John Luxton

    Deliberately Misleading Car Park Signs designed to catch you out?

    Someone has suggested when replying which I have not done yet by stating that they as the land owner are "joint and severally liable".
  14. John Luxton

    Deliberately Misleading Car Park Signs designed to catch you out?

    I chased this matter up with the Jubilee Pool and received the following from the chief operating officer. In my book it indicate they are using what could be termed a kludge to operate a pay on exit system in other words a pay and display machine! Thank you for your email. As you note...
  15. John Luxton

    Deliberately Misleading Car Park Signs designed to catch you out?

    Yes but the confusing thing is the machine was behaving as if it were a pay and display machine. When I put my registration in at 15:53 the time I was leaving the car park the machine showed a DEPARTURE time of 16:53 if I had added the extra hour the departure time would then have been 17:53...
  16. John Luxton

    Deliberately Misleading Car Park Signs designed to catch you out?

    There are no dark corners in this car park and only one ticket machine it's a small car park.
  17. John Luxton

    Deliberately Misleading Car Park Signs designed to catch you out?

    It didn't give a reason just a photo of my car going in and leaving both time stamped and stating Time in Car Park 1 hour 26 minutes. I have ascertained after making enquiries on a local Facebook Page that the car park is owned by the swimming pool across the road. They will be receiving my...
  18. John Luxton

    Deliberately Misleading Car Park Signs designed to catch you out?

    On Sunday April 19th I parked at the St Anthony Gardens Car Park on Penzance Promenade opposite the swimming pool. It is operated by Parking Eye. I have used this car park years ago and it was a pay and display but not used it in the past 8 to 10 years. I went over to the ticket machine...
  19. John Luxton

    Disused Stations and Railways - Visited / Walked

    We have threads on Preserved Lines still to be visited and ones which we have visited - perhaps the next logical one is for disused railways and station sites visted or routes walked either in their derelict state or as converted to public foot / cycle paths. Presume it would be okay to put it...
  20. John Luxton

    What is one heritage railway or railway attraction you want to visit and have not yet?

    Could it have something to do with the shortness of the line puts you off? I tend to prefer longer lines as it means a full day out. Though I stay regulary in the south west still not got round to visiting Plym Valley nor Helston which are both cloe to where I stay - Plym Valley in...

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