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"a less good service" = New Speak for " a worse service"?
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I find the dying tree leafs in autumn and early winter far from attractive.
They are rotting and decaying. The leaf air filtering effect which helps a little to clean London's pollution is lost. They fall from the trees and block gutters and drains. Some people burn them in foul polluting bonfires. How much nicer is Spring as new leaf and life emerges. Plant more evergreen trees. I am a Spring and Summer person. I wonder if that line will ever be electrified, perhaps all the trains could stop at Little Kimble then. |
It sounds quite delightful! And you had nice weather too!
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Quite the contrast with the Surrey station. Great read and a nice day out to boot.
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I hate myself for saying this:
The Aylesbury platform at Princes Risborough is the up and not the down. Great post dg - a friend dragged me out to Wendover once, and reading this I feel it's high time I went and had a look around this area again... |
Looks beautiful!
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Bernard Arms - an appropriate name for a pub frequented by politicians. (Think of Bernard Woolley in "Yes Minister")
The railway through Little Kimble is often operated by a vintage slam-door diesel railcar built in 1960. Did you get to use this? |
A great post for a cold Monday DG.
Is there potential for on of your occasional series on London stations which still have a permit to travel machine? |
'This' week, not 'next' for the US election. Great post, thanks.
dg writes: Noted, thanks! |
I'm at Little Kimble station right now!
Inspired by your post today I've planned my trip to Oxford to take in the Princes Risborough to Aylesbury line, thence by bus via Thame My train stops here! It's a lovely ride :-) Stephen |
A further reflection. Little Kimble has a direct service to London so how about a piece one day listing the least used stations with a direct service to a London terminus, might make for fascinating reading. Lucky those that can afford to live in such a beautiful area and have a direct train to the capital.
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It would be interesting to see if there's a spike in the passenger numbers after DH has showcased a least used station!
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Berkshire Boy, re the least used station with a direct connection to London, I think this could be Tulloch station - less than 2000 a year.
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Tulloch, in a remote Highland valley, is unexpectedly beaten to the title by Combe, the least used station in Oxfordshire, with less than 1250 a year.
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How far out are you going to take this? I'd guess a visit to the least used in Kent is in the offing... <snip>
You've done one modern county that doesn't border London- completing that "ring" would take in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, East Sussex and West Sussex (assuming the pattern is modern ceremonial counties?). Some very low use stations there! |
@ DG: I would dispute Combe - Yes it has a daily direct service from London, but not TO London: you have to change in Oxford.
dg writes: Dammit, yes. |
Conversely, the busiest stations without a direct service to London are Glasgow Queen Street and Liverpool Central - both in cities with a London service from another station.
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There are very, very few stations in the UK from which you have to change twice to reach London. The stations on the Whitby branch are among them. Others?
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@David
What about the 1918 (Saturdays only) from Newcastle to Whitby? I raise you the stations on the Barton-on-Humber branch. And the Merseyrail "Northern Line" network (Hunts Cross- Liverpool Central - Southport/Omskirk/ Kirkby) And the Manchester Victoria - Blackburn- Clitheroe route And Cardiff Bay |
In theory, timbo - though the timetable doesn't mention that it continues beyond Boro to Newcastle - and, in any case, the last London train has gone by the time it arrives there. So, kipping on the platform aside, I think I'm still technically correct!
Thanks for advising on the others. Not many, all told. |
I erred - it's 1918 from Whitby to Newcastle, not vice versa.
There in all its glory on Table 45 of the National Rail timetable. There was, until October 30th, also a round trip on Sundays, dep Newcastle 1000, arrive Whitby 1252 - depart Whitby 1804, arrive Newcastle 2050 Little Kimble must be the smallest station to have appeared on destination blinds. The old trains on the Chiltern Line used to have it, although no train ever terminated there. This was because trains routed that way from Marylebone to Aylesbury were not advertised at Marylebone as going that last stop, as it was usually quicker to go via Amersham. But the destination blind was a bit pointless, as no-one at Marylebone would see the front of the train, and the two routes diverged before the first stop (Wembley Stadium - then known as Wembley Hill), from which the train was the best way to Aylesbury anyway! |
I live in Little Kimble & have had an annual season ticket into London. I thought I'd share this link, see clip 27, which is about the signal operator who originally bought the station house. The last train from London gets in after 1am so not bad!
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