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| oxford to bristol 15/11/2012 at 20:21 #37530 | |
rodney30
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is there or was there a timetable for these services that ran from oxford to bristol temple meads. think it was in the summer of 2008 but could be wrong.
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| oxford to bristol 15/11/2012 at 20:30 #37531 | |
Peter Bennet
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I think you are correct, is it not one of those user downloadable ones? Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Last edited: 15/11/2012 at 20:30 by Peter Bennet Log in to reply |
| oxford to bristol 15/11/2012 at 21:04 #37533 | |
postal
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According to an article in the Oxford Mail the direct services ran for about 5 years up to 2003 and there is now a call to reinstate them. If I remember correctly they went into Didcot and reversed rather than using the chord.
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| oxford to bristol 15/11/2012 at 21:22 #37534 | |
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JamesN
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1 per day each way was direct, to maintain driver route knowledge over the chord. Might be a decent use for the 180s, given their ability to keep up with HSTs...
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| oxford to bristol 15/11/2012 at 21:27 #37535 | |
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rodney30
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no i cannot find it in downloads. but sounds like a good idea to link this service to the east-west line being rebuilt to milton keynes.
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| oxford to bristol 15/11/2012 at 21:33 #37537 | |
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Peter Bennet
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" said:no i cannot find it in downloads. but sounds like a good idea to link this service to the east-west line being rebuilt to milton keynes.If it did exist then maybe someone has a copy. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| oxford to bristol 15/11/2012 at 21:55 #37538 | |
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JamesN
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Wasn't it in the inculded Timetable? ~EDIT sorry I'm thinking of Old Didcot SimSig, my bad... Last edited: 15/11/2012 at 21:56 by JamesN Log in to reply |
| oxford to bristol 15/11/2012 at 22:12 #37539 | |
GeoffM
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" said:According to an article in the Oxford Mail the direct services ran for about 5 years up to 2003 and there is now a call to reinstate them. If I remember correctly they went into Didcot and reversed rather than using the chord.And in doing so, exposed a bug in the ARS data that had been in Swindon B IECC for years. Nothing major, just a routing issue that required signaller intervention to avoid an inconvenience. The knock-on effect of cancelling that service was that Corsham station reopening suddenly looked somewhat less likely. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |