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Swanage Railway General Discussion

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by Rumpole, Oct 10, 2012.

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  1. Christopher125

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    I see, with thanks to the WNXX forum, that South West Trains have applied for various extra services including "...one Saturday service in each direction between London Waterloo and Wareham, and one service in each direction between Bournemouth and Wareham, for the purpose of serving the Swanage Railway" using a class 159.

    The full application is available here
     
    Christopher125, Feb 25, 2015
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  2. Steve1015

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    "HY08 new services; ........and new SO services from Waterloo to Wareham and Wareham to
    Bournemouth in each direction."

    "The addition of one Saturday service in each direction between London
    Waterloo and Wareham, and one service in each direction between Bournemouth and
    Wareham, for the purpose of serving the Swanage Railway."
     
    Steve1015, Feb 25, 2015
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    To quote a Swanage resident in 1978. "Swanage Railway? Just a pipe dream, it will never happen, just like the Channel Tunnel"
     
    Daddsie71b, Feb 25, 2015
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  4. Steve1015

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    Updated news from Swanage with regards to running through to Wareham

    "Initially, the service will start with a two-year trial. The current plan
    is to introduce the first year’s trial service in the spring of 2016 and

    exact dates are yet to be determined. The start date is dependent
    on completing infrastructure work, train refurbishment and staff
    training which are underway.

    In the first year of the two-year trial, we will run the service

    for 50 days on a set pattern over the spring and summer period."
     
    Steve1015, Mar 5, 2015
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  5. chaulender

    chaulender New Member

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    Re the new services applied for by SWT (posts 481/2), which are Saturdays only from Dec 15, is it intended for these services to go beyond Wareham onto the Swanage Railway? The application states the services are "to serve the Swanage Railway" and are Class 159 diesels, not the usual electrics. Using 'normal' timings, it seems these trains would have a dwell-time at Wareham of about an hour (both between arrival from Waterloo and the service to Bournemouth, and between arrival from Bournemouth and the return to Waterloo), which doesn't seem long enough to include a trip to Swanage; but if it isn't intended to go onto the SR, why specifically say "to serve the SR"?
     
    chaulender, Mar 13, 2015
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  6. stephenvane

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    I agree. There are plenty of Waterloo and Bournemouth to Wareham services already, using electric trains. So introducing these new services, specifically using diesel trains, does make you wonder.
     
    stephenvane, Mar 15, 2015
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  7. SR.Keoghoe

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    Seeing the update on the railways facebook page hot me asking, is the Fuzebrook oil terminal land now owned by the railway? And if so what are the plans for it.
     
    SR.Keoghoe, Mar 18, 2015
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    * got
     
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  9. Steve1015

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    The oil terminal is under the stewardship of Perenco and the railway has no access to it.
    It is hoped one day that access will be allowed...
     
    Steve1015, Mar 18, 2015
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    Footbridge, Mar 19, 2015
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  11. nick813

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    Hello,loco and low loader gone by 8 o/c this morning

    Nick
     
    nick813, Mar 19, 2015
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    Question for Rumpole... Do you now the state that 6695 is now in, after the 'lorry' incident? The only news we have at amount is she won't be working at the WSR now (obvs) and possibly not at Swanage's own Gala as well. What did the lorry do to it? Springs? Axleboxes? Frames?
     
    ady, Mar 25, 2015
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  13. Rumpole

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    There's not really a lot that can be said at the moment; it is being inspected, and following these inspections a decision on any work will be made in due course. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, but its inappropriate to say too much at this stage.
     
    Rumpole, Mar 26, 2015
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    And the more SWT trains there are that run to Wareham, the less there are in the way of paths for steam charters either to Swanage, or more to the point, to Weymouth. So it's potentially a bitter sweet piece of news.
     
    Big Al, Mar 28, 2015
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    There is plenty of "room" for charters, LE movements etc. Where it is a bit on the tight side is between Southampton - Brock and Bournemouth due to the intensity of the current services (thats not to say that there isnt any room just not so much to choose from).
     
    Steve1015, Mar 28, 2015
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    Hi,

    Does anyone know which locos are in service on Monday. Is it likely to be 80104 and 30053 as today?

    Thanks,

    Dave
     
    dingding, Apr 3, 2015
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  17. Rumpole

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    All things being equal Dave, yes it should be.
     
    Rumpole, Apr 3, 2015
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  18. Reading General

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    I rememebr at the time seeing aphoto of volunteers digging out the turntable pit and not a rail in sight...no chance I thought (Life Member now)
     
    Reading General, Apr 3, 2015
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  19. Steve1015

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    Amongst all the doom and gloom here is some good news for a change...
     

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    looks like a lot of PW work has been undertaken at Furzebrook.....
     
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