West Somerset Railway General Discussion

It's little different from the NYMR although granted, Pickering is a tad larger than Bishops Lydeard. The majority of people start their day from Pickering and have to have travelled there by road to have done so. Minehead and Whitby are obvious destinations whereas Bishops Lydeard and Pickering are less so. Both railways also have intermediate stations that are also destinations in their own right. Whitby and Minehead are also similar in that they have holidaymakers staying in them and, if they opt for a day out on their respective railway, they don't have to travel far so are more likely to travel on an earlier train than those starting from Bishops Lydeard or Pickering, who have had to travel to do so. Added to that, most people will start their day after breakfast and, depending how far they have had to travel will, to some extent, determine when they arrive and so, for some, a later train departure is a more suitable one. For that reason, passenger travel originating from inland will be spread over more hours than those originating at the coast.
It's all fairly logical, really.