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    A huge fire is currently destroying a chunk of Exeter City centre

    Bit of a hard one to talk about, as someone who spends most of his time there, and wants to live there. Yesterday morning a fire started in the art gallery next to the Royal Clarence Hotel. Over 100 firefighters from several counties, along with the Police and Ambulance services, have been...
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    Funding secured for Devon/Cornwall infrastructure studies

    Western Morning News One can only assume the DFT were unable to access the Royal Bank of Down The Back Of The Sofa GWR angling for a Chilternesqe deal in the future?
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    Planning application goes in for Edginswell station (Torquay)

    Herald Express Still doesn't have the full funding though....
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    Peninsuala Rail Task Force wishlist published.

    Herald Express The PDF for 'On Track can be found here Thoughts? feelings? exasperations?
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    Dawlish closed due to suspected rockfall (14/08)

    Horrid Express Well, glad I'm on me holidays far away.....
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    Newcourt Station opening next week?

    Aloha! I noticed on a trip down to Exmouth yesterday that Newcourt is looking pretty much done and dusted with the PIS, shelter, no-help point, and what looked remarkably like a TVM all in place. Sure enough, on my return to Central, a poster was up saying it would be opening on either the...
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    The State of Rail in Devon and Cornwall

    Seeing as Lincolnshire has one.... Things do occasionally happen down here, outside of Dawlish being smote and its Never Ending Thread, so I thought I might start a more general thread for things that have caught my eye in the local press (Express and Error, Horrid Express, Western Boring News...
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    Station Usage Stats 13/14

    Office of Rail Regulation Saw this had published over at the Coffeeshop, and suspected you fellows could do with something to gorge on before crimbo!:wink:
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    Rivera Line Stations to get multimillion pound facelifts.

    Horrid Express Horrid Express "Quick, throw something shiny at them so they won't moan when they don't get a back-up line!" :lol: Fair amount of 'Possibles' and 'If''s in there, but I'll take what I can :wink: Exmouth Station is also about to revamped as well! Work has already...
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    Western RUS draft out for consultation

    NR PDF link is on the right hand side. Absolute monster of a document, and I've only read a few pages. I focused alot on Devon Metro services, cause...well...it's me?. I particularly liked the 2tph PGN - EXM! :) Made possible with better signalling apparently! Also a focus on reducing the...
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    Construction starts at Newcourt Station

    Aloha! Went down to Exmouth for the first time in a while yesterday, and saw that work has now started on the station at Newcourt, with diggers and various other bits of machinery already active. There was a gaggle of FGW managers on the service, several of whom were quite excited about...
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    Megabus legroom

    Wotcha folks. I'll be heading to Manchester in a few weeks, and I was wondering what the legroom is going to be like? I'll be getting it from Exeter, and I THINK it'll be a Plaxton Elite, as thats what's normally docked up at the time when I've been been walking past at the time of departure...
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    UK Gov backs plans for spaceport.

    BBC How long before people start winging about the lack of capacity at Milton Keynes Inter-Orbit Metro Station? :lol:
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    The joy of Pacers.

    First things first: rabblerabblerabblepacersaretheworstestunsaftestetetedtrainsevever!rabblerabblerabble:wink: (I don't mind 'em, as I can atleast fit me legs in the quad seats!) Down here, in the land that time has not only forgotten, but actively avoided there seems to be a few issues with...
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    Changes on Stagecoach SW routes

    Well the Torbay ones, at any rate.... TorbayBusRoutes Interesting that a few of the older route numbers are going. Possibly down to Torbay council scrapping it's subsidy for the 22 mornings/evenings and the some of the 11's stuff as well. Did think the reduction on the DayRider was...
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    What's happening on the Riviera line?

    I had an odd moment of early morning befuddlement on Christmas Eve - Paignton has a new footbridge! Is this linked to the numerous reports of grants and other funding for the branch thats been reported in the local rag for the last two years? All I'd seen until now was some potplants at...

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