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no450 Campaign - 1174/3350 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 Commuters travelling between Portsmouth and London have set up a campaign group to try and change the new trains used on the railway line (links below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/6288115.stm http://www.no450.co.uk/ The protesters said they were angry the seats on the South West Trains (SWT) service were smaller than before. A shake-up of rolling stock led to high density seating , designed for suburban journeys , being introduced on the line. This campaign was featured on my local BBC news programme "South Today" last night. Re: no450 Campaign - 1174/3397 Written by Nick Field on Wednesday, 24th January 2007 I heard this from a member of SWT's staff I spoke to over Christmas at Eastleigh. Apparently people are not happy as there are less tables and those that are in the 450's are too small for people to do paperwork or use laptops Re: no450 Campaign - 1174/3422 Written by Mojo on Wednesday, 24th January 2007 Prehaps these people may want to swap with many FGW Local commuters... Re: no450 Campaign - 1174/3425 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 24th January 2007 I will intervene here and say that the no450 organisers have signed our petition. Re: no450 Campaign - 1174/3518 Written by Lee on Friday, 26th January 2007 Here is a related link. http://www.thenews.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1992787§ionid=455 Re: no450 Campaign - 1174/3748 Written by Lee on Monday, 5th February 2007 Portsmouth city leaders will have a crunch face-to-face meeting with South West Trains boss Stewart Palmer on Monday 05/02/2007) to demand their old trains back (link below.) http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/02/commuters_demand_comfy_trains.html#more Re: no450 Campaign - 1174/3812 Written by James on Wednesday, 7th February 2007 In fairness to SWT, this is pathetic! The passengers ask for more seats & they got, what is the problem with that! Re: no450 Campaign - 1174/3813 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 7th February 2007 [quote author=James link=topic=1174.msg3812#msg3812 date=1170866213]In fairness to SWT, this is pathetic! The passengers ask for more seats & they got, what is the problem with that![/quote] In fairness to the no450 campaign , they are putting up prominent links to our websites on their new forum when its launched......... Re: no450 Campaign - 1174/3815 Written by James on Wednesday, 7th February 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=1174.msg3813#msg3813 date=1170867323] [quote author=James link=topic=1174.msg3812#msg3812 date=1170866213]In fairness to SWT, this is pathetic! The passengers ask for more seats & they got, what is the problem with that![/quote] In fairness to the no450 campaign , they are putting up prominent links to our websites on their new forum when its launched......... [/quote] I ment in general Re: no450 Campaign - 1174/3816 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 7th February 2007 I know what you meant , James. I think that no450 is more of a "pre - emptive strike" campaign (see link below.) http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/02/sack_south_west_trains_to_stop.html#more Re: no450 Campaign - 1174/4567 Written by Lee on Friday, 30th March 2007 There have been some interesting posts of late on the no450 forum (link below.) http://www.no450forum.org.uk/phpBB2/index.php link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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