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الأنشطة الأخيرة الخاصة بـ Tobbes

  1. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة 21B' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Let’s work out the answer to the question. Then sort out what that means in terms of what the railway has to deliver, which will answer the question about what service it has to run. THEN, we can worry about how many carriages should be in each...

    ‏29 إبريل 2025 في 12:01 صباحاً

  2. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة DaveE' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I think Toby's response is the start of a very good arguement to the question you posed. There is another point to add to his response... The L&B is one of the few narrow gauge railways that wasn't an industrial/mineral run to begin with, it...

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 10:24 مساءاً

  3. المشاركة في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    My understanding of the economics, @ghost was that it would be preferable to run fewer, longer trains (see: WHR). All of this will come out in a proper business planning exercise, and I'd be very happy to be wrong.

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 10:23 مساءاً

  4. المشاركة في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    NB, that GVA figure is a real one from ONS. For those interested, the data is "Accommodation and food service activities" which is the best proxy for tourism, and the region is the South West as a whole. You'll find the data in row 1143 of...

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 10:21 مساءاً

  5. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة 21B' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I’m not at all sure there are that many options. It has all been made to look much more complicated than it is in reality. That is not to say that it is easy. It requires imagination and hard work. But, if we can answer the question I posed (and...

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 10:15 مساءاً

  6. المشاركة في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    On @21B 's challenge (and it's three sentences, sorry). The world (and North Devon in particular) needs a rebuilt L&B as an inclusive way of safely enjoying the countryside of Exmoor National Park and North Devon in an inobtrusive manner in all...

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 8:58 مساءاً

  7. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة 35B' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    All of which may be true, but the strategic vision comes first, and then the business plan - of which the fundraising strategy is an important part - sets out how that strategic vision can be made real. There may or may not be the right people...

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 6:43 مساءاً

  8. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة Meatman' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    As i see it at present, if this current planning actually does get rejected then Woody Bay will essentially end up as a 0.9 mile living history open air museum of the L&BR, it has enough rolling stock for its space, any more will end up in the...

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 10:31 صباحاً

  9. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة Pete Thornhill' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Exactly, there’s too much focus from some people of the what ifs, some of it laughable and other bits perhaps worthy of consideration further down the line but not until a meaningful length of the railway has been rebuilt. If some of the energy...

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 10:30 صباحاً

  10. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة 21B' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Perhaps before we build a longer railway we should decide what livery the interior of the toilet cubicles should be? If we want a longer line we have to focus on what matters in the right order and proportion.

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 10:30 صباحاً

  11. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة 21B' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    To be successful I think any scheme which will result in a significantly longer railway will need to: - be enthusiastically welcomed by local people - offer a range of interesting and exciting outcomes beyond just building the line in order to...

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 10:29 صباحاً

  12. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة Mark Thompson' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Absolutely! I'm sure that FR no.14 will be a significant example of how that plays out. It's unavoidable, and 'tis devoutly to be wished, at least for realists. (And I'm speaking as the hopeless romantic who would wait for the bladder- busting...

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 12:43 صباحاً

  13. المشاركة في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    And even if, given a billionaire's chequebook, a redux of Collection X or Statfold isn't what the L&B is about, anyway. What is a useful thing to think about is what role will "heritage" services - ie, the current coaches and the new MWs or 762...

    ‏28 إبريل 2025 في 12:17 صباحاً

  14. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة 35B' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    What it does have - a clear vision of what it’s for, a leadership focused on delivering that, and intelligent use of momentum as projects complete. I’m a trustee of a grant giving charity. We give small grants to projects supporting young...

    ‏27 إبريل 2025 في 10:52 مساءاً

  15. أعجب Tobbes بمشاركة 21B' في موضوع Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    If the cost is £200M then I think we can forget it right now.

    ‏27 إبريل 2025 في 10:51 مساءاً
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