Glorious NSE Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Dragging this topic up from the dead...Well Newcourt on the Exmouth branch is now open, and i'm told already proving popular (I haven't managed to get there yet unfortunately!)Cranbrook station appears to have had serious issues, it's now due to open in October, more than a year late! In terms of train service - in a future timetable change both Exmouths in an hour will go to Paignton, the Barnstaple service will in future run to Central. That gives a second Paignton train every hour to support the upcoming Marsh Barton station.On my walk to work I noticed that preliminary works are now underway for Marsh Barton though, as mentioned in some of the planning docs - initially closing the footpath crossing just to the South of the station site, my presumption is that once there is a station there it will block the view of Southbound trains and so make the crossing unsafe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted August 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2015 Martyn, any idea on when those timetable changes might happen? I read somewhere that Barnstaple services might get extended to Axminster but that might require more infrastructure work to accommodate. If they turn round at Central, presumably they could use the bidirectional line to run in & back out without changing tracks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 I'm sure I read that was from the Nov change? An Axminster service from memory needs a loop adding. My guess is they will use the Exmouth Jcn turnback Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted August 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 30, 2015 Will be interesting to see how things pan out from November then.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 31, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2015 An Axminster service from memory needs a loop adding. Workshop this week (no benches or hand tools, though). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 Then it all went quiet again....But a digger and lots of guys in Orange seem to have arrived on the Marsh Barton site this morning. Progress? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Digger has been involved making a big hole around a gas main just outside the railway fence - could be nothing to do with the station, or it could be prep work. No way of telling.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 Jury is still out.Gas people seemingly reinforced the pipe and put up shiny new *DONT BREAK THIS PIPE* orange posts then left.Yesterday another crew arrived, delivered an amenities block onto the down side approach, and they are clearing and laying in fibre optic cable along the up side approach... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted May 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2017 I'm sure I read that was from the Nov change? An Axminster service from memory needs a loop adding. My guess is they will use the Exmouth Jcn turnback Axminster is theoretically just possible without another loop (at/near Whimple) but there'd be zero resilience so it's not on. Another option, possibly easier, would be to extend Honiton loop down to Feniton. That would also sort out the clearing point issue on the down at Honiton which makes GW diversions difficult. The ideal would be both, which would have enough "give" to prevent delays on either service unduly impacting on the other. It will be interesting to see how (First) LSWR want to approach things, and even more interesting if Stagecoach were to get GW when it comes up again......... The siding at EXJ will be very useful in the meantime (years rather than months though, I'm guessing). John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2017 Digger has been involved making a big hole around a gas main just outside the railway fence - could be nothing to do with the station, or it could be prep work. No way of telling.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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