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Loco Hauled Trains to Weymouth this Summer? - 2248/5201 Written by Gwr2006 on Saturday, 12th May 2007 It is reported in the rail industry and on another message board that First Great Western will charter loco-hauled stock from Riviera Trains with 'top/and tail' EWS locos, possibly Class 37/4s or Riviera Class 47s to operate on peak days this Summer. They will work one service between Bristol and Weymouth, and then operate as a relief to the 17.21 Weymouth-Bristol which is lexpected to be full and standing even as a five car formation. Two 'top and tail' formations are also to be used for the Glastonbury Festival, these are likely to be operated by EWS Class 67s, and run to and from Swindon. Re: Loco Hauled Trains to Weymouth this Summer? - 2248/5240 Written by Lee on Monday, 14th May 2007 [quote author=Gwr2006 link=topic=2248.msg5201#msg5201 date=1179002223]It is reported in the rail industry and on another message board that First Great Western will charter loco-hauled stock from Riviera Trains with 'top/and tail' EWS locos, possibly Class 37/4s or Riviera Class 47s to operate on peak days this Summer. [/quote] Guess which message board :) http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=218.msg505#msg505 Re: Loco Hauled Trains to Weymouth this Summer? - 2248/5243 Written by Gwr2006 on Monday, 14th May 2007 Actually it was The RailwayCentre.com that carried the information! Re: Loco Hauled Trains to Weymouth this Summer? - 2248/5250 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 15th May 2007 Fair enough , we'll call it a draw ;D link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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