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ghost vond Michael B's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
For this project to have a chance of progressing, whether Blackmoor to the reservoir or Killington Lane to Blackmoor, or elsewhere, but maybe some way of extending the railway, we need a change at the top, in my view, before this thing...
29 apr 2025 om 06:36 -
ghost vond Meatman's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Tobbes, Apart from stepping back and taking a serious breather this should have been the next step from when the S73 was pulled and not to run headlong in to going to CFL just because someone had done a lot of the documentation for the S73 which...
29 apr 2025 om 06:36 -
ghost reageerde op het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Please explain your reasoning for this statement. Many 5-10 mile railways successfully operate with 4-5 coach trains. It would be foolish to destroy the charm of the L&B by having long modern trains pulled by locos with no relevance. Keep it...
28 apr 2025 om 22:20 -
ghost vond DaveE's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The problem is as I've said before, there are so many options, so many bits now acquired, there are also so many opinions and wants....and then we have so many challenges and difficulties right along the line from Barnstaple to Lynton. For what...
28 apr 2025 om 22:15 -
ghost vond flying scotsman123's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I was sort of wondering similar, not "Why do we need another" but more, "Is it actually possible?" Just because we really want something to be so, doesn't mean it is. There's been lots of on the face of it sage posts saying a business plan is...
28 apr 2025 om 22:13 -
ghost vond 21B's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think that no discussion is fruitful or likely to be until the questions I posed earlier are answered. Which I can condense to one question: Why do we need to build another heritage railway? It isn’t enough (by a long way) for the answer to...
28 apr 2025 om 22:12 -
ghost vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Also - how does this model fit with Gift Aid? Wasn’t GA supposed to be the financial saviour? I can’t see how you can essentially outsource tickets to a third party but also reclaim GA on a discounted fare? Tom
28 apr 2025 om 16:38 -
ghost vond Andy Williams's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The problem with offering regular discounts such as this, is that potential passengers will expect them to be offered every time they purchase a ticket, and may cause them to defer purchasing at the full price in the expectation of another...
28 apr 2025 om 16:38 -
ghost vond 5944's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
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28 apr 2025 om 16:38
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ghost vond 35B's post leuk in het topic 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 apr 2025 om 16:18 -
ghost reageerde op het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Absolutely. It also might be worth considering "do we need, or is it realistic to reinstate the whole line?" (I know this will be heresy to some people). Would a reasonable run of X miles be sufficient, bearing in mind volunteer numbers, finance...
28 apr 2025 om 12:13 -
ghost vond Pete Thornhill's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I agree Colin but hope you are taking some of your on advice onboard, no offence intended, but you are one of the worst offenders in thinking way ahead of what is needed now. I’m not saying they shouldn’t be considered at all but it’s about...
28 apr 2025 om 12:06 -
ghost vond 35B's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Which is true - and why it's necessary to decide what the project is trying to do before trying to say how it will be done.
28 apr 2025 om 12:06 -
ghost vond 21B's post leuk in het topic 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 apr 2025 om 11:31 -
ghost vond DaveE's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Just a note on toilets onboard trains. Ffestiniog do have toilets on certain trains with service cars, notably The Woodland Wanderer does not, and they advise that toilets are available at the layover at Tan-y-Bwlch. Other services where...
28 apr 2025 om 11:31
