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Parry People Movers Wins Stourbridge Rail Deal - 4953/9018
Written by Lee on Wednesday, 12th December 2007

Parry People Movers has secured a contract worth

Re: Parry People Movers Wins Stourbridge Rail Deal - 4953/9025
Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Wednesday, 12th December 2007

I've had a look at the Parry People Mover website, and information elsewhere too. 

How practical is this system beyond Stourbridge ... I see that the website has artists impressions of PPM35 PPM50, PPM80 and PPM100 .... which I take to being systems with 35, 50, 80, and 100 passenger capabiities?  Maximum speed?  Issues as to whether lines can be shared with conventional trains?

The press is talking 2 vehicles PURCHASED for 700k pounds ... I'm thinking .....



Re: Parry People Movers Wins Stourbridge Rail Deal - 4953/9036
Written by Lee on Thursday, 13th December 2007

As I understand it , there are signalling issues with PPM vehicles sharing lines with conventional trains. This would explain why the Stourbridge and Bere Alston - Gunnislake (in the context of Bere Alston - Tavistock re -opening) lines are top of their agenda , largely because they are self - contained.

Re: Parry People Movers Wins Stourbridge Rail Deal - 4953/9037
Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 13th December 2007

Shucks - that looks like a really future-possible approach that's in practise limited to backwaters ....

Re: Parry People Movers Wins Stourbridge Rail Deal - 4953/9041
Written by Industry Insider on Thursday, 13th December 2007

[quote author=Lee link=topic=4953.msg9036#msg9036 date=1197539746]
As I understand it , there are signalling issues with PPM vehicles sharing lines with conventional trains. This would explain why the Stourbridge and Bere Alston - Gunnislake (in the context of Bere Alston - Tavistock re -opening) lines are top of their agenda , largely because they are self - contained.
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That figures - I very much doubt such a light-weight vehicle would correctly operate track circuits.

 
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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.

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