mike57
Established Member
Watching one of Jago Hazzerd's excellent videos about the 'Kenny Belle' got me thinking about unadvertised services, to be specific passenger carrying services that dont appear in publc timetables. The Kenny Belle was unadvertised for a while in the 60's and I am aware of another service serving Rowntrees factory in York. It raised a few questions, with respect to operations in BR days:
How were these (and other) services funded, did the company requiring them pay, or did BR use fares to fund them, after working out when to run the service.
How was the need identified, and what pressure could be placed on BR to run them. Also thinking here about the Mullard Simonstone factory, where the rail service to the local station was deliberately made inaccessable shortly after the factory opened by all accounts.
When was the last service of this type, or do any survive today. To be specific I am not thinking of dedicated stations on otherwise advertised services such as the IBM station.
How were these (and other) services funded, did the company requiring them pay, or did BR use fares to fund them, after working out when to run the service.
How was the need identified, and what pressure could be placed on BR to run them. Also thinking here about the Mullard Simonstone factory, where the rail service to the local station was deliberately made inaccessable shortly after the factory opened by all accounts.
When was the last service of this type, or do any survive today. To be specific I am not thinking of dedicated stations on otherwise advertised services such as the IBM station.