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Midland Red

676 of 1121  Tue 13th Jun 2017 8:29pm  

Sadly, I was unable to make it out to see the loco today Sad so the best I can offer are these photos taken at Leamington Spa, courtesy of my good friend Mr Clive Hanley Thumbs up
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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677 of 1121  Mon 3rd Jul 2017 12:59pm  

Hi all Wave Viva train news.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
678 of 1121  Sat 15th Jul 2017 7:15am  

I spent a very delightful hour watching Great British Railway Journeys last night on the TV with Mr. Portillo, I have no doubt the series may be dated to you members but after watching him walking round Coventry I became quite melancholy. Even showed some live footage of the blitz. A great programme. I shall be there with my nibbles watching and enjoying the trip next week too. Wave
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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679 of 1121  Thu 10th Aug 2017 1:57pm  

Hi all Wave Rail franchise news.
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Midland Red

680 of 1121  Thu 10th Aug 2017 2:17pm  

Thank you, Philip - this will have an effect on Coventry Arena services, according to this Telegraph report
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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681 of 1121  Mon 28th Aug 2017 8:49pm  

Hi all Wave Whilst stretching our boundary considerably to Stafford, 1930s technology meets 1960s technology. It happens to be loco 46240, City of Coventry.
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walrus
cheshire
682 of 1121  Sun 8th Oct 2017 3:25pm  

I listened to a programme called "Train Tracks" on Radio 4 extra recently. It was about how the sounds of the railway, especially the days of steam, have inspired composers and songwriters. There was a quite moving piece by Flanders and Swann called "The Slow Train". The lyrics are packed with some of the quaintly named stations now sadly lost. Very nostalgic and evocative of the pre-Beeching days. The song can be accessed on YouTube accompanied with photographs of those stations and halts. Worth a look. Edited by Midland Red, 8th Oct 2017 5:23 pm (Link added)
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PeterB
Mount Nod
683 of 1121  Mon 9th Oct 2017 7:36pm  

Timings for the new Kenilworth service are now on Real Time Trains The trains are currently listed as "unadvertised passenger service" and run from the timetable change on 10th December. It is an hourly service booked for a "Sprinter" DMU (150/153/155/156). The first train off Leamington is 06:08 M-Sa, 10:08 Su. The last train from Coventry is 22:43 M-F, 21:45 Sa, 22:57 Su. For the bulk of the day the timings are: Leamington d xx:00 Kenilworth d xx:08 Coventry a xx:16 Coventry d xx:36 Kenilworth d xx:44 Leamington a xx:53 These closely precede/follow the Cross Country service. The train will mostly use platform 4 both at Coventry and Leamington. At Coventry it will shunt to the Civil Engineer (Leamington line) sidings while the Cross Country service passes through. It is not possible to book tickets to Kenilworth yet so there is no guarantee that the station will open and the service start on the 10th December. Regards, Peter.
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coventry49
Budleigh Salterton, Devon
684 of 1121  Mon 9th Oct 2017 8:18pm  

Have they reinstated a railway station in Kenilworth then? That's wonderful news and requested for many years. Where is it exactly?
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PeterB
Mount Nod
685 of 1121  Mon 9th Oct 2017 8:33pm  

The new Kenilworth station is on the site of the original station. More details here. Regards, Peter.
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coventry49
Budleigh Salterton, Devon
686 of 1121  Mon 9th Oct 2017 8:56pm  

Thanks Peter B - it's a miracle the former site hadn't been built on and can still be in Station Road.
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Slim
Another Coventry kid
687 of 1121  Wed 11th Oct 2017 9:08am  

On 9th Oct 2017 7:36pm, PeterB said: ... so there is no guarantee that the station will open and the service start on the 10th December.
I'm not putting any money on it. There's still loads of work to do on that site. It was supposed to be open last December, so it's already at least one year behind schedule. They started work ages ago, and seemed to be just clearing the site for many months, working on/under the ground, i.e. no visible building construction progress. Then they mysteriously abandoned the site for at least 6 months to a year (can't remember), and no work was done at all. I've heard all sorts of reasons, including "they ran out of money, the whole project has been scrapped indefinitely"; "the contractors went bust"; "they hit unexpected snags underground with natural waterways and old sewers"; "they had to abandon work as they found bats in the old buildings, and they're a protected species". The original plans and artist's impression proudly showed two platforms, and the line doubled (the bed is wide enough), but I note that the line is still singled.
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Slim
Another Coventry kid
688 of 1121  Wed 11th Oct 2017 9:12am  

On 9th Oct 2017 8:56pm, coventry49 said: Thanks Peter B - it's a miracle the former site hadn't been built on and can still be in Station Road.
Actually, it had been built on, but only single storey/shed type buildings, as it was a builders' merchants for many years. I suspect it was relatively easy to move them out and demolish, but that had it been residential accommodation, that might have been very difficult. At one stage, the site for the new station was going to be in Piper's Lane, by the tip, but there are quite a few new houses and flats there.
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PeterB
Mount Nod
689 of 1121  Fri 20th Oct 2017 6:25pm  

From Kenilworth News: The opening of Kenilworth Station will still happen on Sunday December 10, despite rumours it could be delayed once again. Peter.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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690 of 1121  Fri 20th Oct 2017 8:37pm  

Hi all Wave Thank you Peter for keeping us ofay with latest info. Just in case I am losing my mind & may need an ambulance, will someone else have a look at this, please? I have discovered that many local rail journeys, that are no change train journeys, appear to be the single fare price which includes the return journey, in other words half price. I have looked on two ticket web sites which confirm. For example, with my senior railcard, £2.50 is the cost of my return from the Ricoh to Nuneaton, then £7.15 on any train to Birmingham return. If I try & buy a combined journey return ticket from the Ricoh to Birmingham via Nuneaton, the total cost is more than double. The conductor on the train told me that. The reason for my journey outside the West Midlands area is because of meeting with friends, so I have not totally lost my mind on that. Besides it makes a change to travel past Old Arley & Shustoke.

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