notty ash 370 Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 I see the RHL is closed south of Kirkby over the coming Bank Holiday weekend, so that the old bridge at Hucknall station can be replaced. Trains to/from Nottingham Kirkby and Mansfield are still running, so I guess they are being diverted via Ilkeston, Langley Mill and Pinxton. A rare chance to use the Pye Bridge to Kirkby line. I think it was last used like this when they were building the Tramway to Hucknall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Or buses! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Yes sorry! Forgot that the 141 bus is diverted also - a chance to try a rare routing of this too before the bridge is reopened Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 The 141 being (in parts at least) the old Midland General B8. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 The Midland General B8, remember it well. One and a half hours from Mansfield (near the current Mansfield town station) to Nottingham (Huntingdon Street) The blind used to say Blidworth, Hucknall, Bestwood. The rather circuitous route was often serviced by a double decker that had a sunken gangway down the drivers side of the bus with four passenger bench seats on the left. Very hard for the clippie to get the fares of the passengers near the windows. Can't remember the make or model of the bus but I am sure Stephen or someone else will know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 The ones with the sunken gangways were AEC Regents (although there were a few wartime Guy Arabs that may have made an appearance now and then). Later the B8 was Bristol Lodekkas which had a low (downstairs) floor level, allowing the upstairs to have the normal centre aisle layout within a reduced overall height. I think it was the railway bridge on Moor Road, near Bestwood village, that required low height deckers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Best I can do is this post-Huntingdon Street view from the early 1970s when the Victoria Bus Station was in operation - and the vehicle was in boring National Bus Company red. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 The thread seems to have gone on a diversion from the Robin Hood Line, so maybe we should pick it up again here....http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11963 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kendaldrac 40 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 The long way round to regain the Robin Hood line to Mansfield and Worksop adds about twenty minutes to the normal timetable schedule Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted August 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 The actual times are now available on the Web. Normally, Kirkby to Nottm is around 25 min, using Thursday morning as a guide. With the diversion they are 31-39 min on the Saturday morning, depending on the train. There would be no intermediate station stops to slow the train down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 That map seems to show they're going round by Toton. Is there a reason for that rather than using the Radford - Trowell line? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 They are using the Radford-Trowell line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 That makes a lot more sense - although I remember back in the 1980s or whenever it was when BR were angling to close that bit of line, services to Sheffield were sent via Toton on a regular basis. Thankfully it didn't last long. Maybe that map was nothing to do with the diversions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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