Just looking at the 1983 Working Timetable for the SWML on timetableworld (https://timetableworld.com/ttw-viewer?token=66d160cc-d943-40f6-be38-842d1602845c) and noticing a few oddities.
Firstly it looks like Beaulieu Road was closed on Sundays except during the summer. I recall the station perhaps being closed all year on Sunday, but looks like it was open in the summer (ending start of October). But, like the current weekday service, the lack of stops outside the summer season achieved nothing from a pathing or stock usage POV, the allowed journey time from (as-was) Lyndhurst Road to Brockenhurst being the same as when it stopped.
More surprisingly, Byfleet and New Haw and Esher were completely closed on Sundays. Very strange for places so close to London which had half-hourly services during the week. Any idea on the reason for this?
Can anyone remember any other 'odd' Sunday closures?
Firstly it looks like Beaulieu Road was closed on Sundays except during the summer. I recall the station perhaps being closed all year on Sunday, but looks like it was open in the summer (ending start of October). But, like the current weekday service, the lack of stops outside the summer season achieved nothing from a pathing or stock usage POV, the allowed journey time from (as-was) Lyndhurst Road to Brockenhurst being the same as when it stopped.
More surprisingly, Byfleet and New Haw and Esher were completely closed on Sundays. Very strange for places so close to London which had half-hourly services during the week. Any idea on the reason for this?
Can anyone remember any other 'odd' Sunday closures?