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Rail Signal Workers Set To Strike - 314/866 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 12th July 2006 The executive of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) has decided that thousands of signal workers will walk out for 24 hours on 22 July. There will be a further 48-hour stoppage starting on 28 July (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5173954.stm Re: Rail Signal Workers Set To Strike - 314/869 Written by Sion Bretton on Wednesday, 12th July 2006 Lets hop this is called off like the other ones, we can only sit & hope Re: Rail Signal Workers Set To Strike - 314/875 Written by Lee on Thursday, 13th July 2006 Here is a further link related to this. http://www.rmt.org.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=97793 Re: Rail Signal Workers Set To Strike - 314/889 Written by Lee on Friday, 14th July 2006 Quote from the First Great Western Website (link below.) http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Default.aspx "RMT Union strike action. We are aware of the RMT strike action and we hope to operate services where possible if the strikes go ahead. We will provide information on these services as soon as we are able to." Re: Rail Signal Workers Set To Strike - 314/924 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 18th July 2006 Here is a press release from First on this (link below.) http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=371 Re: Rail Signal Workers Set To Strike - 314/930 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 19th July 2006 Here is an article on this (link below.) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2274848,00.html Re: Rail Signal Workers Set To Strike - 314/934 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 19th July 2006 The strike has now been called off (links below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5194544.stm http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=371 Re: Rail Signal Workers Set To Strike - 314/938 Written by Lee on Thursday, 20th July 2006 Here are some more items on this. http://travel.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1824153,00.html?gusrc=rss http://www.rmtbristolrail.org.uk/archives/00002076.shtml 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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