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the other bob wilson
24-11-22, 15:04
You’re in good company if you have :hehe:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63742917

Robin Friday's Ghost
24-11-22, 16:50
You’re in good company if you have :hehe:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63742917
I was puzzled for a bit as the only Sugar Loaf I know in Wales is near Abergavenny and there's only one stop there. But it looks like there's another near Llandovety.

the other bob wilson
24-11-22, 16:52
I was puzzled for a bit as the only Sugar Loaf I know in Wales is near Abergavenny and there's only one stop there. But it looks like there's another near Llandovety.

Yeah, I’d not heard of it, makes you wonder how some of those smaller stations survived Beeching - provided they were open then.

Robin Friday's Ghost
24-11-22, 17:02
Yeah, I’d not heard of it, makes you wonder how some of those smaller stations survived Beeching - provided they were open then.
Don't know if we have any request stops in Wales? I've never come across one.

the other bob wilson
24-11-22, 17:19
Don't know if we have any request stops in Wales? I've never come across one.

Same here.

Paul0453
24-11-22, 17:31
Don't know if we have any request stops in Wales? I've never come across one.

There are request stops on the Heart of Wales line & on the West Wales line.

the other bob wilson
24-11-22, 17:39
There are request stops on the Heart of Wales line & on the West Wales line.

Sugar Loaf station is a request stop only twenty nine miles from Treherbert - looks like it was closed under the Beeching review but then reopened in the eighties.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Loaf_railway_station

Fatty Thornton
24-11-22, 18:58
Same here.

I think Gilfach Fargoed on Rhymney Valley line is?

Ivortheengine
26-11-22, 12:24
I came back from Builth Wells via Craven Arms on one occasion. I had to do a “ Portillo” and hold out my arm to stop the approaching train. I was the only person on the platform. A weird sensation