The Wessex Belle Train Manager would always speak to each diner in much the same way as you have outlined. I think the challenge for SRC (indeed...
Swanage Railway has / had a year round full time chef for the Wessex Belle. As the Wessex Belle has not run this year he has been occupied in...
The original Corfe Castle Station "gents" is undoubtedly a fine example of then contemporary sanitary ware but unfortunately not what the current...
I do wonder. I can see the benefits both financial and reputational of a flagship product but if overall the Wessex Belle costs more to run than...
I was aware of this. My question should have been framed more precisely ie does SRC Catering Department have sufficient staff with the necessary...
The toilets at both Swanage and Corfe Castle stations leave a great deal to be desired.
Yes it is comparing apples and oranges and for that matter bananas and mango. Customers rarely just eat apples; there are a plethora of fruits to...
Agreed. Polarisation of views tends to be a feature of any enthusiast forum be it cars, films, bands, football teams.......... I think it would...
My point is that there has to be a very considerable mismatch in expectation and what is actually presented for a customer to decide not to travel...
Just because the "vast majority of the public don't complain" do not assume that they are not unhappy and will not take their custom elsewhere in...
But therein lies the rub. It may appear to make sense to use t and t steam and diesel but if customers are "put off" by this and decide to spend...
Can the Wessex Belle deliver "high class dining" or is there an alternative SRC has to consider? Whilst the Fish and Chip special is a great...
The timetable's now operated are reduced compared to pre-pandemic. It would be very interesting to be able to compare capacity and passenger...
The backing of Richard Drax MP. Two heavyweight local politicians Cllr Bill Trite and Cllr Mike Whitwam The Purbeck Community Rail Partnership
Yes I do appreciate that when the "tipping point" of two crews is taken into account the additional costs may well outweigh the additional revenue...
I would have preferred a 5 or 6 times a day service between Wareham and Corfe Castle / Norden thus providing more choice of departures. In 2018...
"with very few exceptions the DMU service has performed exceptionally well". Not sure that the two different meanings of "exception /...
I do think it would be useful if the railway shared some of the metrics of the service: number of days planned to operate, number of days actually...
Indeed. Couple of quick points. The Santa Shuttle was provided at a heavily discounted price to encourage this form of patronage especially as on...
Yes it caused considerable congestion on the platform and meant that passengers arriving on the platform off the shuttle had to go to the booking...
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