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DfT Closure Guidance - Minor Modifications Operational Guidance Note - 3554/7040 Written by Lee on Thursday, 23rd August 2007 Operational guidance for applying to the Department under the Railways Act 2005 for a Minor Modification determination. The guidance applies to England and Wales. Minor Modifications in Scotland are handled by Transport Scotland (link below.) http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/passenger/stations/minoropguide Interestingly , it looks like the removal of a platform could be treated as a "Minor Modification." Re: DfT Closure Guidance - Minor Modifications Operational Guidance Note - 3554/7041 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 23rd August 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=3554.msg7040#msg7040 date=1187865832] Interestingly , it looks like the removal of a platform could be treated as a "Minor Modification." [/quote] Does that apply where it's the ONLY platform at a station? Re: DfT Closure Guidance - Minor Modifications Operational Guidance Note - 3554/7045 Written by Lee on Thursday, 23rd August 2007 It depends on "whether the use of that part of the network is necessary for the operation or use of the network in connection with the provision of railway passenger services." If we were to use (say) Melksham as an example , then the answer to the above question would clearly be "yes." In that case , then it is not a minor modification within this provision , and the removal would have to be considered under the full closures process. If we were talking about (say) the redundant platform at Severn Tunnel Junction , for which proposals exist to bring it back into 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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