| Archived Save the Train forum articles - 2005 to 2010. See below
Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13066 Written by Lee on Thursday, 31st December 2009 DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT National Rail penalty fares rules policy and charge change consultation process (closing date 27 January 2010) - http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/nationalrailpenaltyfares/ Consultation on the Station Champions' report 'Better Rail Stations' (closing date 29 January 2010) - http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/betterrailstations/ OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION Stations and Depots - New General Approvals, associated guidance and updated model agreements (closing date 8 January 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/ga_consultation_letter_281009.pdf The systems code and Network Rail's network licence - consultation (closing date 15 January 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/systems-code-consultation-letter-211209.pdf Review of arrangements for establishing access charges for CP4 (closing date 28 January 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/cp4-access-charges-review-consultation-251109.pdf Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13072 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 26th January 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION Review of access policy consultation (closing date 20 April 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/411.pdf Consumer programme 2010-11 (closing date 15 February 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/consumer-programme-2010-11-250110.pdf Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13082 Written by Lee on Thursday, 18th February 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION Consultation on a draft Real Time Train Information Code of Practice (closing date 2 March 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.9955 Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13083 Written by Lee on Saturday, 27th February 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION Network licence review Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13093 Written by Lee on Thursday, 4th March 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION Review of the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13104 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 9th March 2010 DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT Not a rail consultation, but could be worth responding to anyway: From the Department for Transport [quote="Department for Transport"]New proposals to improve bus travel and tackle anti social behaviour Bus travel in England will be safer, more efficient and easier to use under new Government proposals. The plans Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13107 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Wednesday, 10th March 2010 Lee - does this (bus) consutlaltion do anything about the crazy situation on many Wiltshire routes where there are two journeys per hour, run by different operators, just a few minute apart? From outside here to Bath .... 10:08, 10:10, 11:08, 11:10, 12:08, 12:10 ... on virtually the same route. Lots more passengers would be carried overall and at no extra running costs if they were 09:40, 10:10, 10:40, 11:10, 11:40, 12:10 ... Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13108 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 10th March 2010 I'll let you know when I've actually got round to reading it - I'm a bit behind today Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13109 Written by Lee on Thursday, 11th March 2010 DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT High Speed Two - Exceptional Hardship Scheme Consultation (closing date 20 May 2010) - http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/2010-18/ For more on the 11th March 2010 High Speed Rail announcement, see http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/highspeedrail/ Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13142 Written by Lee on Monday, 29th March 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION The Railways and Guided Transport (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (closing date 7 June 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.9988 Proposals for enforcement using Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) powers (closing date 21 June 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.9993 Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13144 Written by Lee on Thursday, 1st April 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION Network licence review Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13157 Written by Lee on Thursday, 15th April 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION ORR's proposed criteria and procedures for the approval of framework agreements for High Speed 1 consultation (closing date 8 July 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.10079 Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13163 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 20th April 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION ORR's consultation on the review of guidance on level crossings (closing date 13 July 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.10080 Investment framework consolidated policy and guidelines consultation (closing date 16 July 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.10081 Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13192 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 18th May 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION Track access rights on the West Coast Main Line (closing date 11 June 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.10091 Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13205 Written by Lee on Thursday, 27th May 2010 [quote author=Lee link=topic=8065.msg13109#msg13109 date=1268325653] DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT High Speed Two - Exceptional Hardship Scheme Consultation (closing date 20 May 2010) - http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/2010-18/ For more on the 11th March 2010 High Speed Rail announcement, see http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/highspeedrail/ [/quote] From the Department for Transport: [quote="Philip Hammond"]High Speed Rail - Exceptional Hardship Scheme The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Philip Hammond): The Government believes that high speed rail has the potential to bring significant and long-lasting benefits for Britain Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13212 Written by Lee on Saturday, 5th June 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION Consultation: Opting in for on-train metering (closing date 25 June 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.10103 Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13236 Written by Lee on Friday, 11th June 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION Consultation on changes to the operator licences (closing date 9 July 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.10110 Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13244 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 16th June 2010 [quote author=Lee link=topic=8065.msg13205#msg13205 date=1274978625] [quote author=Lee link=topic=8065.msg13109#msg13109 date=1268325653] DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT High Speed Two - Exceptional Hardship Scheme Consultation (closing date 20 May 2010) - http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/2010-18/ For more on the 11th March 2010 High Speed Rail announcement, see http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/highspeedrail/ [/quote] From the Department for Transport: [quote="Philip Hammond"]High Speed Rail - Exceptional Hardship Scheme The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Philip Hammond): The Government believes that high speed rail has the potential to bring significant and long-lasting benefits for Britain Re: Upcoming Consultations - 8065/13272 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 29th June 2010 OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION Consultation on changes to our policy on the duration of long term track access contracts (closing date 21 September 2010) - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.10129 WILTSHIRE COUNCIL People, Places and Promises: Wiltshire Community Plan 2011-2026 (closing date 20 August 2011) - http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityandliving/communityplan.htm 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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