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Bo'ness - Line now in use to Manuel for passengers

Discussie in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' gestart door bicycle, 26 mrt 2010.

  1. bicycle

    bicycle New Member

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    No station yet
    http://heritage.scotsman.com/scotland/It39s-1956-all-over-again.6182759.jp
     
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  2. TonyMay

    TonyMay Member

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    ¿ que ?
     
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  3. TonyMay

    TonyMay Member

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    But on a serious note, could you get Andrew Sachs to officially open it?
     
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  4. Jark91

    Jark91 Member

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    I've been reading about this in the Heritage Railway feature with some interest and it's good to see things finally going ahead (before Morayshire's ticket runs out in three years). I hadn't seen anything about plans for a new station though before reading the Scotsman article.
     
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  5. dalrypaul

    dalrypaul Guest

    A pic from todays first day of services to Manuel. Morayshire crossing the Avon with the 1530 Bo'ness - Manuel.

    Bekijk bijlage 1098

    (My first attempt at uploading a pic with the new system, so apologies if it doesn't work)
     
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  6. simon

    simon Resident of Nat Pres

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    Nice pic.
     
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  7. Jark91

    Jark91 Member

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    Yep, really good photo there, well done. Did you travel? Were the trains full? I don't know how much press the extension has had locally or anything like that.
     
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  8. daveannjon

    daveannjon Well-Known Member

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    Good news - have the fares gone up much?

    Dave
     
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  9. ilvaporista

    ilvaporista Part of the furniture

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    A good North of the border question..!
     
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  10. dalrypaul

    dalrypaul Guest

    The trains seemed to be well loaded. The official opening isn't for a week or so, which is possibly why there hasn't been extensive media coverage. When I asked earlier in the year, the volunteers weren't 100% sure if it'd be open for the start of the season; perhaps another reason for not advertising it? Standard fares are £6 to Birkhill and £8 to Manuel and I'm pretty sure these are valid for all day travel on normal service days.
     
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  11. Kinghambranch

    Kinghambranch Well-Known Member

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    I suppose just before passengers disembark the announcement is made "Doors to Manuel."

    Sorry, too tempting and trivial not to post it!

    Well done on the extension by the way, heritage railways are the new, well, big thing!
     
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