No trains to call at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future

[hexagon789]

Hard to know if that's just a frontline social media person who is just repeating (outdated) lines they've been given and there's more to it than this, or if it is just a screw-up with the data in the CIF.

Somebody needs to sort it out either way though, or tickets will be mis-sold.

Forum meet at Wick on Sunday?

It's a fair point, but my assumption was that the timetable includes the call by default, so it would need manually edited out and if not done frequently enough the calls will start appearing in public timetable data again.

 

[Adam Williams]

Plural?

It's the sort of thing that some people would absolutely do, yes

We even had a booking on the NR engineering train that ended up in passenger service! This then required reaching out to the customer and paying out for a refund to be processed...

Even if it's bought as a "souvenir" it can't be assumed that that was the intent behind the purchase.

 

[John Bishop]

Train crew diagrams have been altered to show the stop as well as internal company communication confirming the opening.

 

[louis97]

It's a fair point, but my assumption was that the timetable includes the call by default, so it would need manually edited out and if not done frequently enough the calls will start appearing in public timetable data again.

In this case it was the opposite, the base timetable had the calls marked as unadvertised throughout.

The schedules have been manually amended to change the calls to passenger stops, hence they are now VAR on RTT from next week, compared to WTT on RTT this week.

Looks like very recently the calls in the new timetable from mid May have had the passenger calls reinstated.

 

[Tom]

Hard to know if that's just a frontline social media person who is just repeating (outdated) lines they've been given and there's more to it than this, or if it is just a screw-up with the data in the CIF.

All Altnabreac calls were re-inserted on Tuesday night for the period up to the timetable change as a VAR, and Thursday (last night) for the May timetable change as part of the WTT.

 

[sjm77]

Excellent news;

 

[hexagon789]

Excellent news;

Does very much seem as though they intend to resume calling there.

Does very much seem as though they intend to resume calling there.

Time for an en masse forum trip to Altnabreac?

 

[Struner]

[…]
Time for an en masse forum trip to Altnabreac?

I second that

 

[Cach17]

I wonder what ConnectingDots' thoughts on this development are...

 

[hexagon789]

I wonder what ConnectingDots' thoughts on this development are...

'ConnectingDots'?

 

[Adam Williams]

'ConnectingDots'?

A forum user widely believed to be owned by the occupants of Station House.

 

[hexagon789]

A forum user widely believed to be owned by the occupants of Station House.

Oh right, I did a quick search for the name on the assumption it was a forum username but perhaps the account was suspended

 

[Cach17]

Oh right, I did a quick search for the name on the assumption it was a forum username but perhaps the account was suspended

The account in question and their posts in this topic (up to page 17) are still up. If they didn't show their location as being Caithness or link to their rambling YT videos I think we'd be none the wiser!

 

[Crossover]

Oh right, I did a quick search for the name on the assumption it was a forum username but perhaps the account was suspended

Example post here from earlier in this thread:

No trains to call at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future

Whilst online Land Registry maps are never 100% conclusive, this is fairly clear that the platform is not within the land owned by Station Cottage: It also looks as though the Station Cottage property was carved out from the rest of the land when the cottage was sold on in 2021. It looks like...

www.railforums.co.uk

 

[hexagon789]

The account in question and their posts in this topic (up to page 17) are still up. If they didn't show their location as being Caithness or link to their rambling YT videos I think we'd be none the wiser!

Example post here from earlier in this thread:

No trains to call at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future

Whilst online Land Registry maps are never 100% conclusive, this is fairly clear that the platform is not within the land owned by Station Cottage: It also looks as though the Station Cottage property was carved out from the rest of the land when the cottage was sold on in 2021. It looks like...

www.railforums.co.uk

Thank you both.

 

[MrJeeves]

It's now been confirmed by ScotRail that the station is reopening from Sunday 6 April.

https://x.com/ScotRail/status/1908205449586893252?s=19

Today we announce that ScotRail services will resume calling at Altnabreac station from Sunday, 6 April. ^Paul

 

[Pete_uk]

This is interesting.

What happens if people turn up to get on or get off at the station and they 'kick off'?

 

[Adam Williams]

This is interesting.

What happens if people turn up to get on or get off at the station and they 'kick off'?

Trip Planning & Reports thread?

 

[swt_passenger]

Trip Planning & Reports thread?

Anyone turning up at the station will probably find themself on YouTube.

 

[miami]

Excellent news;

Your post has a link to your hotmail account, including your name and email address, I suggest editing it if you didn't mean that. Either way it doesn't show up.

 

[Struner]

Trip Planning & Reports thread?

do you have a plan?

 

[ScottGallagher]

They have a youtube channel and one of the videos they said the charges regarding level crossing were dropped as they took that as admission by NR that they actually own all the land and they cant trespass on what they own!

Won't the platform need a fair bit of maintenance before it's reopened?

 

[Buzby]

as they took that as admission by NR that they actually own all the land

That’s a pretty big assumption - I see the charity page didn’t make its £10k target, and there’s been nothing in the newsfeed for the last 5 months, despite the court appearances.

 

[Cowley]

Oh right, I did a quick search for the name on the assumption it was a forum username but perhaps the account was suspended

I think it’s fair to say that they probably won’t be adding anything to the thread currently.

 

[hexagon789]

I think it’s fair to say that they probably won’t be adding anything to the thread currently.

If it is indeed who we think it is, then yes, I think you are mkst likely right there

 

[InOban]

For those of you who use Facebook there's an update on the Civil action over ownership, as opposed to the criminal action for obstruction of a train.

 

[oldman]

For non-facebookers there is also a summary of the hearing in the comment pinned to this Youtube video.

 

[ScottGallagher]

Well a train definetley stopped today!

 

[Farigiraf]

Well a train definetley stopped today!

It's actually showing as having passed the station (after all it's still a barely used request stop), but the first 'potential' stop in almost a year and a half is a momentous occasion!

 

[louis97]

It's actually showing as having passed the station

You cannot infer this from "No Report".