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Queen Opens St Pancras Station - 4656/8499 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 7th November 2007 More in the links below. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7081809.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7080719.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7079915.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7072758.stm Re: Queen Opens St Pancras Station - 4656/8588 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 13th November 2007 Railway police have said they are "ready and eager" to meet the challenge of the UK's new high speed rail line (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7091521.stm The last Eurostar train out of Waterloo will leave later , almost exactly 13 years after the first (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7092104.stm The first Eurostar left Waterloo on 14 November 1994 and the last will depart at 1812 GMT on 13 November 2007. The terminal will remain in Eurostar's hands for the next six months before it is handed over to the Department for Transport. "We are working with DfT to bring Waterloo into full domestic use," said a spokesman for Network Rail. He said there would be a phased introduction of regional services , starting from November 2008. Eurostar is preparing to move to St Pancras International from Wednesday (14/11/2007.) The first train out of St Pancras on Wednesday will be a VIP service to Paris Gard du Nord , leaving at 1101 GMT. The first fare-paying service leaves for Brussels at 1104 GMT. Re: Queen Opens St Pancras Station - 4656/8618 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 14th November 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=4656.msg8588#msg8588 date=1194953032] The last Eurostar train out of Waterloo will leave later , almost exactly 13 years after the first (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7092104.stm The first Eurostar left Waterloo on 14 November 1994 and the last will depart at 1812 GMT on 13 November 2007. The terminal will remain in Eurostar's hands for the next six months before it is handed over to the Department for Transport. "We are working with DfT to bring Waterloo into full domestic use," said a spokesman for Network Rail. He said there would be a phased introduction of regional services , starting from November 2008. [/quote] Here is a link on the final service from London Waterloo International. http://www.theticketcollector.co.uk/wordpress/2007/11/14/goodbye-waterloo-eurostar/ According to The Times , only 1 of the 5 Waterloo platforms will be brought back into use from 2008 (link below.) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2865114.ece Also , here is an article on how St Pancras was chosen (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7082392.stm Re: Queen Opens St Pancras Station - 4656/8637 Written by Lee on Thursday, 15th November 2007 More on this in the links below. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7093761.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7096021.stm http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/99 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/6969116.stm Re: Queen Opens St Pancras Station - 4656/8791 Written by Lee on Sunday, 25th November 2007 More on this from Christian Wolmar (links below.) http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/articles/standard/nov13,07.shtml http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/articles/standard/nov7,07.shtml http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/articles/standard/nov11,07.shtml http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/articles/rail/579.shtml http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/articles/tt/nov,07.shtml Re: Queen Opens St Pancras Station - 4656/8827 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 27th November 2007 The cost of decommissioning the disused Eurostar platforms at Waterloo has been officially estimated at up to Re: Queen Opens St Pancras Station - 4656/9020 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 12th December 2007 More in the link below. http://www.theticketcollector.co.uk/wordpress/2007/12/10/good-bye-kings-cross-thameslink-hello-st-pancras-international/ 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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