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How To Change SLC2 - 475/1405 Written by Lee on Thursday, 7th September 2006 Here are links to the changes announced by First between the publication of the original Draft Timetable & the Final Timetable. http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?id=302 http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?id=359 http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=378 The changes detailed up to the 15th June are included in the Greater Western Franchise Agreement. Interestingly , the Ivybridge & Gunnislake alterations were agreed on 6 June 2006 but not announced until 15 June 2006. [quote author=Graham Ellis link=topic=295.msg796#msg796 date=1152353825]15th June 2006 - the Department for Transport finds the money to fund extra train services into Plymouth (calling at Ivybridge) - a positive outcome at least in the short term, and some great headlines 22nd June 2006 - the Labour party candidate, James Anthony Kirk, wins the by election at Southway for a seat on Plymouth City Council by just 106 votes. Plymouth City Council is very evenly balanced between Conservatives and Labour. Just the ONE seat changes control from one party to another. I note that more tickets are sold per train calling at Melksham than at Ivybridge. Re: How To Change SLC2 - 475/1406 Written by Lee on Friday, 8th September 2006 [quote author=Lee link=topic=475.msg1405#msg1405 date=1157639609]Here are links to the changes announced by First between the publication of the original Draft Timetable & the Final Timetable. http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?id=302 http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?id=359 http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=378 The changes detailed up to the 15th June are included in the Greater Western Franchise Agreement. Interestingly , the Ivybridge & Gunnislake alterations were agreed on 6 June 2006 but not announced until 15 June 2006.[/quote] I would like to add the caveat that details of the Ivybridge alterations were available on the Ivybridge Rail Users Group website fom June 9 2006 onwards (link below.) http://www.irug.ik.com/ 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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