Wrong Again?
It was the picture above that made fbb explain the the former exit from platform 2 to the route 28 bus stop (for Minehead, Butlins and West Sonerset Railway) ...
... had been obliterated by a new development - which was a multi storey car park for the station. The National Rail station guide looks out of date with no mention of the new car park ...
... but it does show the special exit to the 28 bus. The other map, showing station facilities in detail, is too diagrammatic to be certain.
But an aerial view suggests access to a bus is still available to the standard location of the stop. 
There is no sign of the dedicated route 28 exit, however, with recent on-line pictures showing a station exit route only via via the new booking hall.
... with arrows on the wall of the older part if the building.
Hopefully something inside the building sends you thataway!
So there is a 28, collecting its passengers from where the special exit isn't.
The new car park is prominently in the left.
Obviously, if you want a taxi, that will be right outside the main southern exit.
Finally (phew!) First's Taunton town map does confirm where the 28/28A plus 25/25A stops at the station.
So, sorry, fbb was wrong in yesterday's blog!
This investigative excursion has clogged up the planned blog content somewhat so it will be tomorrow before we traverse the Tone.
In the meantime ...
From Good to Ghastly
As far as fbb can tell, the last timetable book appeared in 2024. These books were excellent in every way.
It contained excellent maps; lots of useful information ...
... including the much lamented Exmoor Coaster open toppers!
There have been two further "re-focussing" schemes since. It may be easier to "re-focus" than to run buses for actual passengers.
In the timetable book the 28 is joined by an X28 and a 28A.
In case you wondered, the X28 runs limited stop for Butlins customers whilst the 28A diverts via Norton Fitzwarren.
But that was 2024 and it is now 2026.
All the above publicity is a fond memory. All you get today is First's appalling on- line timetables ...
... often racked with presentational errors.
See what First have done with the current Sunday timetable.
In case it doesn't appear clearly, the seven Sunday journeys from Taunton go no further than Lethbrudge Arms ...
... wherever that might be.
Don't tell First Bus, but it is actually a stop IN Bishops Lydeard!
Then there is a separate chunk of times after the short journeys to the Lethridge Arms, whereby you get a group of time columns from there to Minehead.
You have to assume that nobody at First ever checks for such ghastly nonsense.
At last, tomorrow, we will traverse the Tone!
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Having made a couple of bogies, the YouTuber then starts on the main structure of the vehicle.
... and adding some flatter bits and solebars (those narrow edges) ..
... to make a chassis. One of those holes is where the bogie will be attached.
But the modeller then discovered that the box he had just assembled was 3mm too deep ...
... and he had to saw 3mm off the edges - very carefully, hopefully avoiding the painful consequences of sawing 3mm off his thumb!
Surely fbb would end up with a wobbly edge and a slightly shorter thumb!
There is detail to be added, but, next, the body shell is assembled.
More to come.
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Next Tone-ton blog - Thurs 16th April
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