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- 3356/6782 Written by Lee on Friday, 10th August 2007 A Re: - 3356/6787 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Friday, 10th August 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=3356.msg6782#msg6782 date=1186740707] Meanwhile , plans for an hourly service on the Cambrian Line , announced by officials last year , are still being considered. [/quote] For those not familiar with it, the Cambrian line runs from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth - a town with a resident population slightly smaller than Melksham - and currently has a service every 2 hours. Re: - 3356/6857 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 14th August 2007 More on this in the link below. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=campaigners-push-for-more-than-pound-13m-for-cambrian-line%26method=full%26objectid=19622122%26siteid=50082-name_page.html Re: - 3356/7948 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 2nd October 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=3356.msg6782#msg6782 date=1186740707]The news has come as a blow though to campaigners fighting to reopen their village station at Carno , near Newtown , as a passing loop. Proposals are to build or develop passing areas at Dyfi Junction , Talerddig , near Machynlleth , and Welshpool. After raising a petition , the Carno group's campaign was due to be discussed by the enterprise and learning committee next month , as part of a new system to give people direct input into Welsh assembly decision-making. But Tony Burton , chairman of Carno Station Action Group , said the announcement "makes a mockery" of that , but the assembly government said the two matters were unrelated.[/quote] The people of Carno will have to wait to see whether their railway station will be reopened (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7022263.stm The Enterprise and Learning Committee concluded that it would be difficult to justify the case for a new station on the estimated number of passengers alone. However , the committee did say that there may be a case linked to the wider objectives of supporting a rural community and encouraging the regeneration of an area. The fact that Carno is positioned on a stretch of line between Caersws and Machynlleth where there is no station for a distance of more than 20 miles adds further weight to the argument for a new station. Much would depend on the cost of providing the new station and what impact it would have on a potential hourly service. The report concluded that it would ask officials to "provide support to the Carno Station Action Group in developing and submitting a formal business case for such a station". Re: - 3356/7951 Written by Industry Insider on Tuesday, 2nd October 2007 [quote author=Graham Ellis link=topic=3356.msg6787#msg6787 date=1186742261] [quote author=Lee link=topic=3356.msg6782#msg6782 date=1186740707] Meanwhile , plans for an hourly service on the Cambrian Line , announced by officials last year , are still being considered. [/quote] For those not familiar with it, the Cambrian line runs from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth - a town with a resident population slightly smaller than Melksham - and currently has a service every 2 hours. A long and rambling branch follows the coast from Dovery Junction up to Pwhelli. [/quote] I think it's fair to say that the line doesn't just exist for residents of Aberystwyth, but also to a large walkers/holidaymaker/general tourist travelling public too. Re: - 3356/7954 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 2nd October 2007 [quote author=Industry Insider link=topic=3356.msg7951#msg7951 date=1191329514]I think it's fair to say that the line doesn't just exist for residents of Aberystwyth, but also to a large walkers/holidaymaker/general tourist travelling public too.[/quote] I think Graham's comment was more intended to compare the services on offer to Aberystwyth and Melksham. Re: - 3356/7956 Written by Industry Insider on Tuesday, 2nd October 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=3356.msg7954#msg7954 date=1191338886] [quote author=Industry Insider link=topic=3356.msg7951#msg7951 date=1191329514]I think it's fair to say that the line doesn't just exist for residents of Aberystwyth, but also to a large walkers/holidaymaker/general tourist travelling public too.[/quote] I think Graham's comment was more intended to compare the services on offer to Aberystwyth and Melksham. [/quote] Yes indeed, Lee. I was just pointing out that the population of a given place is not the only factor that determines service levels. :) Re: - 3356/7958 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Tuesday, 2nd October 2007 Thanks for coming to my "defense" everyone .... appreciated, but not really needed. 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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