Great Western Railway: Barnstaple - Exeter St Davids (Tarka Line) on August 17th 2019 скачать в хорошем качестве

Great Western Railway: Barnstaple - Exeter St Davids (Tarka Line) on August 17th 2019

2nd time I filmed an onboard journey on the Tarka Line however since moving to Devon from Essex in February is now my local branch line although Fremington where I moved to is approximately 2 miles from Barnstaple station Onboard a 4 car set comprising of a Class 143 Pacer and in this case filming from onboard a 2 car Class 150/2 sprinter as the rear set on the 0705 service to Exmouth covering as far as Exeter St Davids. The Pacers days in service on GWR are numbered and at the time of filming were in their final months of operation before being displaced by Class 158s which along with the Class 150s will operate on the Devon Branches around in and out of Exeter with the exception of the Castle HSTs doing local services on the main South Devon and Cornish Main lines as well as Bristol and Cardiff. Barnstaple originally opened on the North Devon Railway in 1854 to Credition. The present station dates from 1874 originally know as Barnstaple Junction where the station use to connect with the Ifracombe Line to Bideford however been terminus since 1965 although the station name dates from 1971. The former Ifracombe line now forms the Tarka Trail or South West Coast Path. For the station itself now houses a cafe opened in 2008 in the station building. The 1st station from Barnstaple is Chapelton which is a request stop opened in 1854 however the present station dates from 1875. In 2016 Chapelton was ranked as the 9th least used station in Britain. Umberleigh trains often stop here with hourly operating Mondays to Saturdays and 2 hourly on Sundays in either direction. Portsmouth Arms named after a nearby which adjacent to the station itself. It's also located within a mile of an English historic Manor House called Northcote Manor which was rebuilt in 1716 now serves as a hotel. Originally opened with 2 platforms however the former down was taken out of use around the time the line was singled. After passing under the A377 and out of shot is Kings Nympton which opened as South Molton Road which was renamed to todays name in 1951. The first compulsory stop on our service is Eggesford station which once had a signal box until it was taken out of use in 1987. a passing loop with the main reason being the line between Barnstaple and Crediton being tokened in 2 sections with the 1st section between Barnstaple and Eggesford the down train has to wait for the up train to arrive as well as exchanging the token of the next section from here to Credtiton due to fact only 1 train is allow on the section at a time. Lapford like Portsmouth Arms had originally 2 platforms however the 2nd platform was eventually removed as well as former goods sidings. Although certain bridges crossing the River Taw are built for double track between Eggesford and Copplestone however a 2nd line has never been built. Morchard Road which is a quiet station and request stop which is named after the Morchard Bishop which a few miles to the North east. Copplestone is another request stop but our train stops here to allow some passengers to alight as well as board. The station itself has since opening only have just one platform. Just before Yeoford our line joins at Coleford Junction alongside the Dartmoor Line from Okehampton however unlike in the video of that line itself we approach Yeoford in the southern direction.    • Great Western Railway - Dartmoor Line on A...   The original route opened in 1865 when passenger services ran via Okehampton, Bude as well as Bere Alston on the Tamar Valley Line to Plymouth but in 1968 services was cut back to Okehampton. In 1972 passenger services to Okehampton were withdrawn however were reinstated in 1997 nowadays GWR only at present provide a Sunday Summer service from Exeter St Davids. Yeoford although has one platform is a request stop at present however the former up platform on the Dartmoor Line is still intact which plans to be reinstated to allow interchange between the 2 lines however nothing has been proceeded. Just before Crediton our train stops at a signal box on the level crossing to hand the token with the rest of the line being controlled south by the signal box as far as Cowley Bridge Junction. Credition is the only interchange of the 2 lines but also a passing loop with 2 platforms. The station itself still retains it's LSWR colour feel to it and also in the Summer months on Sundays is served by trains to Okehampton. Newton St Cyres opened on May 12th 1851, It’s nowadays a request stop however due to the length of the platform only 1 coach can be opened here. At Cowley Bridge Junction the Tarka Line crosses the River Exe and joins up with the Bristol to Exeter Line to Exeter St Davids. Our train arrives into Exeter St Davids into Platform 1 which on departure which will continue it's journey to Exmouth via the Avocet Line Filmed on Saturday August 17th 2019 on iPhone 8 and edited on iMovie.