[ainsworth74]

Originally Posted by tbtc

Liskeard - Looe is roughly hourly (though not all intermediate stations get stopped at)...

It didn't call at any of them when I did it a few days ago

[tango602]

sorry, just going back to the subject of Newquay station. will the ticket office be open this saturday at about 1240? me and a friend are going there for a day and will need to purchase our tickets back. Also I know what you mean about the HST's to and from Newquay, took one there and back last year to and from bodmin parkway and pretty much had a carriage to myself. Maybe if FGW got 158's certified to Newquay a 4 car 158 could run between Newquay and Exeter St Davids on weekdays and weekends.

[AdamW]

Originally Posted by tango602

sorry, just going back to the subject of Newquay station. will the ticket office be open this saturday at about 1240? me and a friend are going there for a day and will need to purchase our tickets back.

How it was working last time I went there about a month ago was that everyone queued up for the train back, and the TM either checked their ticket and then let them through for boarding or sold them one there and then from his machine

[Greenback]

Originally Posted by tango602

sorry, just going back to the subject of Newquay station. will the ticket office be open this saturday at about 1240? me and a friend are going there for a day and will need to purchase our tickets back.

NRE states that the ticket office is open as follows:

Monday-Friday 09:00-15:30
Saturday 08:00-17:00
Sunday 09:30-16:30

The ticket office is only open from 02 May to 10 September 2011

There are no TVM's, and Newquay is not a Penalty Fare station.

[TEW]

It isn't open at the moment though because of the building works, you'll be able to buy your ticket from the guard on the train, or before you board the train if they have a barrier set up.
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Originally Posted by Woody

Standing on Exeter St davids station I have often wondered if it is a wise use of scarce HST resources when yo you see a Paddington /Newquay HST depart virtually empty while Paddington/Penzance HSTs arrive/depart rammed to the gunnels.This is an area the winner of the new Great Western franchise/Dft desperately needs to address.At the moment all FGW can do is to join XC and crank up the off-peak fares to try to price people off the railways.

One thing that could potentially help what be swapping around the calling patterns. If the Newquay trains which generally have lots of space available picked up calls at the more minor stations Par-London the Penzance trains which don't have so much capacity available could then run faster when a Newquay train is running around 30 mins before or after. Running them fast calling only after Par at Plymouth, Exeter, Reading and London should free up some room on the trains and it has the benefit of improving journey times as well.

[Nat the Ned]

Originally Posted by tango602

sorry, just going back to the subject of Newquay station. will the ticket office be open this saturday at about 1240? me and a friend are going there for a day and will need to purchase our tickets back. Also I know what you mean about the HST's to and from Newquay, took one there and back last year to and from bodmin parkway and pretty much had a carriage to myself. Maybe if FGW got 158's certified to Newquay a 4 car 158 could run between Newquay and Exeter St Davids on weekdays and weekends.

No, Newquay Booking Office is still a couple weeks off opening due to building work....

[Greenback]

I'm surprised they have not got some sor tof temporary facility there during the bulding works. Still, I suppose we are not in peak season quite yet.

[Cliveblackpool]

Originally Posted by TEW

It isn't open at the moment though because of the building works, you'll be able to buy your ticket from the guard on the train, or before you board the train if they have a barrier set up.
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One thing that could potentially help what be swapping around the calling patterns. If the Newquay trains which generally have lots of space available picked up calls at the more minor stations Par-London the Penzance trains which don't have so much capacity available could then run faster when a Newquay train is running around 30 mins before or after. Running them fast calling only after Par at Plymouth, Exeter, Reading and London should free up some room on the trains and it has the benefit of improving journey times as well.

That wouldn't be fun for those wishing to alight at Bodmin Rd and Liskeard.
Suppose at Par they could have both the Newquay train on platform 3 and the Penzance train on Platform 2 and passengers can change to their correct train!! Lol

Originally Posted by Greenback

I'm surprised they have not got some sor tof temporary facility there during the bulding works. Still, I suppose we are not in peak season quite yet.

All they need is a car park type kiosk and a man with an Avantix machine.

[TEW]

Originally Posted by Cliveblackpool

That wouldn't be fun for those wishing to alight at Bodmin Rd and Liskeard.
Suppose at Par they could have both the Newquay train on platform 3 and the Penzance train on Platform 2 and passengers can change to their correct train!! Lol

I don't think it would be too much of a problem. There are only three Newquay-London trains on Saturdays, so I'd only suggest speeding up three Penzance-London trains running at similar times. Penzance-Bodmin Parkway and Liskeard is roughly an hourly service at the moment, so speeding up three trains would only leave a couple of two hourly gaps, with connections available at Par.

[Nat the Ned]

[QUOTE=Cliveblackpool;1121212]That wouldn't be fun for those wishing to alight at Bodmin Rd and Liskeard.
Suppose at Par they could have both the Newquay train on platform 3 and the Penzance train on Platform 2 and passengers can change to their correct train!! Lol
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errrr this happens just after 14:00