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Go-OP new applications for services

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Jorge Da Silva

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Any thoughts on these:

https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pd...nomic-equilibrium-test-form-november-2019.pdf

From 16 May 2021 if approved:

Taunton – Castle Cary – Bruton* - Frome* - Westbury – Trowbridge – Melksham – Chippenham – Swindon
Two services each day may be extended beyond Taunton to Exeter with Exeter St David – Tiverton Parkway – Taunton; and two extended beyond Swindon with Swindon – Bristol Parkway.

No more than every two hours; southbound from Swindon at xx08, northbound from Westbury at xx15. First departure from Westbury after 0630, last arrival at Westbury before 2130. Stations marked * may be passed on some trips.

using Class 319’s

https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pd...economic-equilibrium-test-form-2019-11-15.pdf

1. Taunton – Bishops Lydeard – Williton - Watchet (national network to Norton Fitzwarren Junction, West Somerset Railway beyond). Once per day each way, this will be extended with Taunton - Castle Cary or Taunton – Castle Cary – Frome.
2. Castle Cary – Yeovil Pen Mill – Yeovil Junction. Once per day each way, this may be extended with Frome – Castle Cary. Twice per day each way, this may be extended with Yeovil Junction – Sherborne – Templecombe – Gillingham; twice per day each way it may instead operate Castle Cary – Yeovil Pen Mill – Thornford – Yetminster – Maiden Newton – Dorchester West. These extensions may be needed to make efficient use of capacity, or to add regularity to services from market towns.

No more than every two hours; timings will be subject to discussion with GWR with the aim of approaching an hourly clockface service for Yeovil Pen Mill. First departure from either Frome or Castle Cary between 0500 and 0630, last arrival at Frome or Castle Cary between 2100 and 2230. This service is dependent on GO-OP securing rights for mainline Taunton – Swindon services which are the subject of a separate application.

using Class 230 emu’s
 
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I expect the relative posting silence is because nobody seriously expects Go-Op to ever run a train anywhere...
 

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Wouldn't they end up spending more time reversing direction than actually moving?

Taunton-Swindon. Why would anyone want to go to Bristol Parkway the long way round?

Why Watchet? Do they not like Minehead?

All those random extensions, has someone just thrown darts at a map?
 

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They've got to stick the Marston Vale or Ormskirk-Preston or Kirkby-Wigan in at some point, surely?

I'm not sure anything relating to them shouldn't be in Speculative Ideas :D
There is a long running GO-OP thread elsewhere in the forum, since 2011!, which I guess would be considered speculation if started again. These latest requests for a economic equilibrium test are really a continuation of those made earlier this year, that seem to cover equally random origins and destinations, and are probably equally unlikely...
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/go-op-developments.60853/
 
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