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so they dont close the lines.

theres that, er, stratford-tottenham hale line, is that the one?

but, what are the others?

― terry lennox. (gareth), Thursday, 9 March 2006 10:08 (twenty years ago)

"hey nigel in stratford fancy coming to this party at tottenham hale tonight?"
"err sorry there's no trains to tottenham until next Monday and there's no other way of getting there :("
"oh"

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 9 March 2006 10:15 (twenty years ago)

Parliamentary services.

There's a book on these.

Liverpool-Chester Via the Halton curve.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 10:28 (twenty years ago)

Grimsby-Worksop

The best known one, of course, is Stockport-Stalybridge - the members of uk.railway used to have regular meetups on it.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 9 March 2006 10:42 (twenty years ago)

the Stratford-Seven Sisters line is once a day no?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:02 (twenty years ago)

yes, indeed it is, i meant to say, thats once a day, where are the once a week ones.

― terry lennox. (gareth), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:24 (twenty years ago)

haha it makes more sense now.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:28 (twenty years ago)

although i like the idea of a train that only goes like 5 miles once a week!

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:29 (twenty years ago)

so are these trains once a week/day both ways? or just one way?

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:30 (twenty years ago)

Liverpool-Chester Via the Halton curve.

Is that through Runcorn East, Frodsham, Helsby, etc? I'm sure that ran a few times a day in the '80s when I was growing up in the area.

The most mysterious railway line in Liverpool was that loop up to the Southport line from Edge Hill. Maybe they used that when Liverpool Exchange was closed? I wonder if they've filled in that tunnel?

If I concentrate I can conjure up the damp electrical smell of the old James Street station...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:31 (twenty years ago)

The little branch at Watford off the Silverlink no longer has trains on account of it having a socking great gap in it., but a taxi still does the journey once a day.

― RickyT (RickyT), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:32 (twenty years ago)

If I concentrate I can conjure up the damp electrical smell of the old James Street station...

I'm sorry, this sounds disgusting! Mentally, I meant mentally.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:37 (twenty years ago)

so are these trains once a week/day both ways? or just one way?

in think it leaves Seven Sisters at 8.30am or something. and the return journey from Stratford is around 5.45pm.

i really want to do it just to find out who else uses this daily service.

i know this is about weekly trains rather than daily ones but there's a Chiltern Line service to Paddington via South Ruislip and then following the line parallel with the Central Line until North Acton/Old Oak junction once a day too - no return though. bizarre.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

Halthon Curve is between Runcorn and Frodsham, Runcorn east is a little way further towards Warrington. The Halton curve is potentially very useful. Currently there are no direct trains between North Wales and Liverpool, You ahve to change at chester. But it can't be beyond the bounds of possibility that the people of Llandudno and Bangor want to go to Liverpool.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

Oh right, Runcorn East is a calling point for trains from N Wales/Chester to Mcr Piccadilly.

Yes, I'm sure you could get directly to Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, etc from Lime Street on a daily or twice-daily basis in the early-80s. Could be wrong. We always caught the Wrexham train from Birkenhead North and changed at Shotton. Ah, marvellous Shotton.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 9 March 2006 11:49 (twenty years ago)

We have a once-a-day train that goes from Drogheda to Bray. By the time it reaches us, the second stop on the line, it is full. By the time it gets to Dublin city centre, you can't breathe on it.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Thursday, 9 March 2006 12:00 (twenty years ago)

The Folk Train runs from Sheffield to Edale and back on the fourth tuesday of each month. There's live blues and folk and that, and real ale. Not once a week, and not to keep the line open, but fun nevertheless.

There's one from Manchester to Hathersage on the second Saturday too. Party time.

― Mike W (caek), Thursday, 9 March 2006 12:04 (twenty years ago)

I like the idea of once a week ferry boats better. But still, once a week trains seem so much less... sensible.

How about that orient express type train that seems to go through Streatham once a week, or do heritage trains not count?

― I'm Not Afraid Of Singularities (kate), Thursday, 9 March 2006 12:06 (twenty years ago)

ive been on the folk train. half the passengers (incl. me) are unaware of its status and are generally alarmed at the preponderance of grinning bearded people playing violins

― ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 9 March 2006 12:55 (twenty years ago)

(I think the folk train sounds like fun...)

― Fish is Biodegradable! (That Means It Rots) (kate), Thursday, 9 March 2006 12:58 (twenty years ago)

yeah it is! also, edale is v nice, thers a good pub there.

― ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 9 March 2006 13:02 (twenty years ago)

on a side note, come to s yorks and do a train run! we can do gridleford to look down the tunnel clutching bacon butties from the station cafe, trundle thru to edale and then go on the penistone line etc

― ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 9 March 2006 13:05 (twenty years ago)

The folk train is indeed excellent. If you get the chance, go! I'm not in that part of the world any more though.

― Mike W (caek), Thursday, 9 March 2006 13:49 (twenty years ago)

there's a Chiltern Line service to Paddington via South Ruislip and then following the line parallel with the Central Line until North Acton/Old Oak junction once a day too - no return though. bizarre.

What's bizarre about it - the fact that it returns ECS? Or that it's there at all? In 1900 - when the GC & GN Joint Line first opened - that line was the fastest London-Birmingham route, at 2 hours each way.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 9 March 2006 13:54 (twenty years ago)

Bah, that was a deliberate mistake, honest. GC & GW, as you all realised.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 9 March 2006 13:56 (twenty years ago)

bizarre that there is only one one-way journey a day on that line, and at an odd time as well (gets into Paddington for around 1pm i think).

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 9 March 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

If you're running a train either for parliamentary reasons, or purely to maintain a right of access, it makes sense to run it at an odd time, because that's when there are the most spare paths for you to use.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 9 March 2006 14:00 (twenty years ago)

is it for parliamentary reasons? i'm just annoyed because that route would've been really handy for me a few years back and wished they could've run a proper, frequent service on it.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 9 March 2006 14:04 (twenty years ago)

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