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Petition Update
URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT: A One Time Opportunity To Save the Tramway Sorry about not posting much, the truth is nothing much has really happened. It has now been 3 years since I started this campaign, and lately, for about a year and a half, there has not been an opportunity to move things forward... until now. I have been working with Weyforward and others for the past month to create a planning proposal to go head to head with the councils plan to redevelop the...
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Petition Update
URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT: A One Time Opportunity To Save the Tramway Sorry about not posting much, the truth is nothing much has really happened. It has now been 3 years since I started this campaign, and lately, for about a year and a half, there has not been an opportunity to move things forward... until now. I have been working with Weyforward and others for the past month to create a planning proposal to go head to head with the councils plan to redevelop the...
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Major Timetable Changes
Derek Buttivant
Derek Buttivant
Newbury electrification works - timetable changes in July and August
The work to electrify the GWR route between Reading and Newbury requires closure of the Berks & Hants line for extended periods this summer. Consequent diversions and timetable changes will have a wide-reaching impact on train services.
The work work starts on Monday 9 July and runs until Thursday 12 July. The line will be open on Friday 13 July and for the weekend of 14 and 15 July.
It then closes on Monday 16 July and will not re-open until Sunday 5 August. This line closure includes weekends and weekdays.
More details including diversionary routes, bus times and alternative car park arrangements are on the GWR dedicated Newbury upgrade web page:
The work to electrify the GWR route between Reading and Newbury requires closure of the Berks & Hants line for extended periods this summer. Consequent diversions and timetable changes will have a wide-reaching impact on train services.
The work work starts on Monday 9 July and runs until Thursday 12 July. The line will be open on Friday 13 July and for the weekend of 14 and 15 July.
It then closes on Monday 16 July and will not re-open until Sunday 5 August. This line closure includes weekends and weekdays.
More details including diversionary routes, bus times and alternative car park arrangements are on the GWR dedicated Newbury upgrade web page:
- Please use this link
- Many thanks for the advice Derek
Bristol TM at night
Clive Smith
Clive Smith
Good Morning Keith
Following on from the recent focus on the Bristol Temple Meads area by Guy Vincent and Craig, here are some night exposures I took in 1983. Always trial and error with film and the various nearby light sources or lack of them. Not to mention minor annoyances like moving people ! Rain and wet surroundings usually made for dismal day photos but following a good downpour and accumulation of puddles on the platform, some superb night exposures could be obtained.
The small hours of summer Saturdays would see a procession of overnight trains from the north and the midlands to Newquay, Penzance and Paignton. On one night in August 1984 I noted eight inter-regionals heading west and two from London to Penzance. Temple Meads buffet was open all night to supply coffee to keep the sleep deprived enthusiasts awake and the station was a hive of activity with Royal Mail staff servicing the postal and parcel trains. The Royal Mail sorting office mentioned by Guy can be seen illuminated in two of the photos.
Regards, Clive Smith. Many Thanks indeed Clive
Following on from the recent focus on the Bristol Temple Meads area by Guy Vincent and Craig, here are some night exposures I took in 1983. Always trial and error with film and the various nearby light sources or lack of them. Not to mention minor annoyances like moving people ! Rain and wet surroundings usually made for dismal day photos but following a good downpour and accumulation of puddles on the platform, some superb night exposures could be obtained.
The small hours of summer Saturdays would see a procession of overnight trains from the north and the midlands to Newquay, Penzance and Paignton. On one night in August 1984 I noted eight inter-regionals heading west and two from London to Penzance. Temple Meads buffet was open all night to supply coffee to keep the sleep deprived enthusiasts awake and the station was a hive of activity with Royal Mail staff servicing the postal and parcel trains. The Royal Mail sorting office mentioned by Guy can be seen illuminated in two of the photos.
Regards, Clive Smith. Many Thanks indeed Clive
50031 Hood heads the 22.25 Paddington - Penzance TPO postal on 9th July 1983 . A trolley laden with mail bags can be seen by the front carriage. The up and down postals would be platformed in Temple Meads at the same time allowing the on-board post office staff to transfer trains and return to Penzance or London. Note the loaded BRUTE, the lights of the currently being demolished Post Office Depot and also the light of the signalbox controlling access to Bath Road Depot. Copyright Clive Smith
45077 waits to leave a wet Temple Meads with the 21.34 Nottingham - Newquay on 3rd September 1983. Copyright Clive Smith
37036 arrives with the 22.25 Newcastle - Paignton on 17th September 1983. This was replaced by a 47. Copyright Clive Smith
45042 takes over the Sunday 15.52 Exeter St Davids - York relief train on 30th October 1983. Brutes can be seen on the opposite platform along with a trolley full of mail bags. Copyright Clive Smith.
Bampton
Colin Burges
Colin Burges
On a recent ride to join the Devon & Somerset at Morebath Junction, I took the secluded lane following the River Lowman from Uplowman to Huntsham and then skirted Bampton Down to reach the old stopping place on the Exe Valley line.
A bus shelter stands on the station bridge, now filled in, as is the cutting beyond. Behind me is Station Road (originally Western Way) and off camera at left is the car park on the station site. "Station Cottage" at right was the Station Master's house. New Road, now South Molton Road, originally joined Luke Street on the other side of the bridge, but now sweeps in from the left across infilled railway land. The model was one of 21 dotted about the area as part of Tiverton Museum's "All Aboard! family sculpture trail" in 2016. Copyright Colin Burges (Can you spot Colin's bike?)
Detail on the plaque. Colin Burges
Bishops Lydeard
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
A really charming scene caught by John Cornelius Copyright