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Darlington Rail Museum Modernisation Begins - 1467/4010 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 21st February 2007 Work is under way to transform an historic County Durham rail museum in a bid to attract more visitors (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6378339.stm The Re: Darlington Rail Museum Modernisation Begins - 1467/4025 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Wednesday, 21st February 2007 On one hand, I cheer and say "yes, those artefacts should be looked after and should be used to encourage the next generation to be aware of the railway and its heritage". And on the other hand I say "that's the same price as has been asked for a decent TransWilts service through most of the current franchise". Let hope BOTH can happen. Re: Darlington Rail Museum Modernisation Begins - 1467/5338 Written by Lee on Monday, 21st May 2007 The first train is being moved as part of the scheme (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6676551.stm Blue Peter , an A2 Pacific engine , is being transported from Darlington's Railway Centre and Museum to Barrow Hill depot , near Chesterfield. Other engines will be moved into storage or to other positions at the museum during the next two weeks. Re: Darlington Rail Museum Modernisation Begins - 1467/6062 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 3rd July 2007 Phase Two of the revamp is underway (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6260920.stm Re: Darlington Rail Museum Modernisation Begins - 1467/7176 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 28th August 2007 Visitors are to be given the chance to see how the Re: Darlington Rail Museum Modernisation Begins - 1467/7976 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 3rd October 2007 Visitors are to be given the chance to see how the Re: Darlington Rail Museum Modernisation Begins - 1467/8815 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 27th November 2007 Another tour is planned for 8 December 2007 (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7112028.stm Re: Darlington Rail Museum Modernisation Begins - 1467/11290 Written by Lee on Friday, 4th April 2008 The rail museum has reopened (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7329939.stm 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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