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Hope they put extra rolling stock on ! Of course they won’t due to the convoluted way the rail network is run.Tickets for a pound on Northern. Might be useful for when we play Barnsley.
Northern announces FLASH SALE with ONE MILLION tickets for journeys across the North of England available for just £1
Train operator, Northern, has launched a flash sale with over 1,000,000 tickets for journeys across the North of England available for just £1.
Not surprised, can’t speak highly enough of this service. After two false starts owing to strike action and an unexploded WW2 bomb near the line, I’m hoping to use the direct service to SJP to and from Okey on Saturday for the first time this season.120k passenger journeys have been made since last November when this line was re-opened, What a great success story.
Reopened Beeching cut Dartmoor rail line sees 120,000 journeys
The Dartmoor Line reopened in November 2021 with regular services for the first time in 49 years.www.bbc.co.uk
Their real problem is the on going weight restriction on the line, severely limiting the range of guest locomotives that can be brought in. They need to once again be able to bring in the big locomotives which attract the crowds. The only guest loco that they had secured was a Standard 2-6-4 tank , so little wonder that advance bookings were abysmal, causing the cancellation.
Seems their Galas are non-starters for the time being, then. Wonder how long the weight restriction is expected to last?
They have been doing a lot of work, but I don't know how much is left to do, I guess they will continue this winter. As things stand their best hope is a Cambrian theme, bringing in additional Manor Class locos to augment the two which they have already. Although that wouldn't be cheap as you need a couple of low loaders for each engine and its tender.
No Bulleids Pacifics in the near future then ?
