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Corby Station Re-Opening Takes Step Forward - 1845/4628 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 4th April 2007 Proposals to build a railway station in Corby in Northamptonshire have been boosted by Network Rail's decision to commit Re: Corby Station Re-Opening Takes Step Forward - 1845/4631 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Wednesday, 4th April 2007 Isn't Corby a station that closed ... then re-opened but closed again (I think that's also happened at Sinfin and perhaps a couple of others too, and is feared for Melksham). Good for Corby. What colour is the local MP? Does he / she have a big majority?? Re: Corby Station Re-Opening Takes Step Forward - 1845/4652 Written by Lee on Thursday, 5th April 2007 The member for Corby is Labour's Phil Hope , and I am afraid that he hasnt got a very big majority at all. In 2005 , he beat the Conservative candidate , Andrew Griffith (no , not that one ;D) by a paltry 1517 votes. See link below. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/159.stm On an unrelated note , it is rumoured that a certain rail campaigner spent two of his very early years in Corby , around the time that the steelworks shut down , forcing his family to move back down south. Difficult times , by all accounts. Anyway , I digress. At least it is another victory for Transport 2000's "Growing The Railways" campaign. A new Corby station is one of their main aims (link below.) http://www.transport2000.org.uk/news/maintainNewsArticles.asp?NewsArticleID=324 "Return rail services to Corby - a large town in Northants which no longer has a station. Rail services need to be returned." They have been doing rather well lately (link below.) http://www.transport2000.org.uk/news/maintainNewsArticles.asp?NewsArticleID=374 Re: Corby Station Re-Opening Takes Step Forward - 1845/4654 Written by Lee on Thursday, 5th April 2007 "Provide a decent station at Bromsgrove − this would have the potential to double or even treble patronage in the short term." Hooray!! They have done it again (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6525533.stm Re: Corby Station Re-Opening Takes Step Forward - 1845/4656 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 5th April 2007 [quote] "Provide a decent station at Bromsgrove ? this would have the potential to double or even treble patronage in the short term." Hooray!! They have done it again (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6525533.stm [/quote] According to Wikipedia, the population of Bromsgrove is 27,000 (compared to just under 24,000 at Melksham). Re: Corby Station Re-Opening Takes Step Forward - 1845/6742 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 8th August 2007 Detailed plans for a new Re: Corby Station Re-Opening Takes Step Forward - 1845/6748 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Wednesday, 8th August 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=1845.msg6742#msg6742 date=1186563470] The new station will have parking for 140 cars , a taxi rank and bus interchange. [/quote] Thanks for that link, Lee. Re: Corby Station Re-Opening Takes Step Forward - 1845/10304 Written by Lee on Saturday, 23rd February 2008 A Re: Corby Station Re-Opening Takes Step Forward - 1845/10469 Written by Lee on Friday, 29th February 2008 An update (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/7270487.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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