tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post1924157284874867750..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Porlock's Persistent Problems (1)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-19124716485678391512018-03-26T18:35:04.985+01:002018-03-26T18:35:04.985+01:00Conversely I remember living in Glasgow in the mid...Conversely I remember living in Glasgow in the mid-70s where most stops had no information at all, not even the numbers of the routes served.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-27343886318587664552018-03-26T17:28:22.890+01:002018-03-26T17:28:22.890+01:00I remember from 50s holidays in North Devon those ...I remember from 50s holidays in North Devon those timetable posters on yellow paper with "BUS STOP" overprinted in red - more local information than on any present-day stop. How much of the page would be filled these days?! Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-23069412322636483552018-03-26T16:52:02.276+01:002018-03-26T16:52:02.276+01:00The Scarlet Coaches service to Lynmouth replaced W...The Scarlet Coaches service to Lynmouth replaced WN 260 circa 1971.PHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696494987405853972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-65875054431798883762018-03-26T13:43:15.279+01:002018-03-26T13:43:15.279+01:00Thanks. I can't find the 260, but in the pink ...Thanks. I can't find the 260, but in the pink pages for 1977 is a Scarlet Coaches summer service from Minehead to Lynmouth of 2 round trips M-F and 3 trips on Saturdays. This became the 300 Minehead to Ilfracombe run jointly by Southern national and Red Bus with extensions to Barnstaple, Bridgwater or Taunton over the years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-37810490539743619382018-03-26T11:23:10.582+01:002018-03-26T11:23:10.582+01:00It's not true to say 'no buses went west o...It's not true to say 'no buses went west of Porlock'. The 260 to Lynmouth did; I'm not sure whteher it used Porlock Hill or the toll road alternative. This was an unusual service; it ran under an express licence at premium fares, and it was possible, at least until the 1960s, to book thorough rail tickets from Paddington to Lynton this way! Quantock's 300 was its descendant. When I last went this way in 2003 First weree running it with an ex-London Dart.Dennis Dratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-55464210337875679042018-03-26T09:47:54.944+01:002018-03-26T09:47:54.944+01:00The 1957 timetables for the Minehead area are disp...The 1957 timetables for the Minehead area are displayed on a Western National timetable board within the waiting room of Dunster Station on the West Somerset Railway. The summer weekday (Mon- Sat!) service was about every 25 minutes.<br /><br />In 1977 the summer uplift comprised only an 11:00 from Minehead to break the gap between the 09:00 and the 12:30 and also the afternoon schooldays only service ran through the holidays. A summer Sunday service was provided 2 hourly-ish from 12:30 to 19:10.<br /><br />No buses went west of Porlock as the 1:4 Porlock Hill on the A39 was then an impassable barrier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com