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Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3194 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 18th January 2007 Yesterday afternoon, we started gathering signatures on the government's Downing Street site to petition the Prime Minister for an appropriate train service. Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3224 Written by Lee on Thursday, 18th January 2007 Save Severn Tunnel Junction is displaying the petition link (see below , many thanks.) http://www.saveseverntunnel.co.uk/ 107 signatures as I write this , keep them coming!!! Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3236 Written by Lee on Friday, 19th January 2007 The petition link is also up on the RMT Bristol Rail Branch website (see below , many thanks.) http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/01/mp_inundated_by_rail_complaint.html#more Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3245 Written by Lee on Friday, 19th January 2007 The petiton link also features in the following blog , entitled "Oldfield Park Train Blog - The experience of a rail traveller attempting to commute between Oldfield Park and Bristol Temple Meads using the service provided by First Great Western" (link below , many thanks.) http://oldfieldparktrains.blogspot.com/ Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3247 Written by Lee on Friday, 19th January 2007 The petition link , along with a link to the campaign to save Denton & Reddish South stations , also features on the Eye On Manchester website (link below , many thanks.) http://www.eyeonmanchester.com/save-the-train-manchester-bristol/ Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3292 Written by Lee on Sunday, 21st January 2007 The petition link also appears on the FOSBR website (link below , many thanks.) http://www.fosbr.org.uk/news.php?newsid=0000000103 276 signatures as I write this. Lets have a real push over the coming weeks to get the petition link out to (and signed by) as many people as possible. Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3345 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 The petition link also appears on the Saltash Rail Users Group website (link below , many thanks.) http://www.srug.org.uk/index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&Itemid=75&func=view&catid=4&id=8#8 Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3365 Written by Graz on Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 The signature count has now passed 500! It's at 503 at this moment. I sent off an email to Points West earlier about the petition with an address to it, so hopefully they may mention it later. EDIT: [Quote]Because there are so many signatories, only the most recent 500 are shown on this page.[/Quote] ;D Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3366 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 [quote author=Graz link=topic=1114.msg3365#msg3365 date=1169570067]The signature count has now passed 500! It's at 503 at this moment.[/quote] Lets keep them coming. Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3371 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 The petition has made the Bristol Evening Post (link below.) http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144913&command=displayContent&sourceNode=200267&home=yes&more_nodeId1=144916&contentPK=16465374 Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3372 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 And also the BBC (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6290689.stm Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3385 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 24th January 2007 Further item on the RMT Bristol Rail Branch website (link below.) http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/01/rail_protesters_set_up_petitio.html#more Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3392 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 24th January 2007 I have received this e-mail from Transport 2000 : Dear Friend There is a petition on the website below which you may be interested in signing. Please pass this email on to your friends and colleagues who are affected by the South West Rail issues. Thank you. Please click on the link below to confirm your signature http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/wessextrains/DVCOiRAdR3iJBuK9B2A1qKe The petition was created by Graham Ellis and reads: 'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to provide a reliable train service with adequate capacity at times that travellers wish to make journeys from Swindon to Westbury, Bristol to Severn Beach, Portsmouth and Weymouth to Cardiff, Taunton to Cheltenham, Swindon to Cheltenham. This includes all intermediate stations and journeys in both directions.' Julia Thomas Public Transport Campaigner Transport 2000 Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3393 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 24th January 2007 The petition has also made the Wiltshire Times (link below.) http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/display.var.1141764.0.train_petition_gathers_pace.php Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3427 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 24th January 2007 As I write this , 925 people have signed our petition , which is just over 400 more signatures than we had at this time yesterday. Lets keep them coming. Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3438 Written by streety7 on Wednesday, 24th January 2007 People are flocking by the hour. Over 15 people have signed in the last hour. At present 941 signatures. Still increasing rapidly. Bit ambitious, but I reckon the 2000 mark could be reached by February 7th ;D Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3440 Written by streety7 on Wednesday, 24th January 2007 In the time I was writing that above, 2 more people have signed. Now 943 signatures. 63rd most signed petition. With regards to over the 2000 mark, I now take that back and say we'll make 4000 maybe 5000 at least with the rate of signatures it's getting. Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3471 Written by Graz on Thursday, 25th January 2007 We're at 1,088 as I write this now :) but I'm a little concerned that a few of the signatures may be dubious..."HM Queen Elizabeth II", for instance... Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3473 Written by Lee on Thursday, 25th January 2007 Her majesty would have had to have sent a regal confirmation by clicking on the e-mail link.... Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3487 Written by Lee on Thursday, 25th January 2007 The petition has made the Bath Chronicle (link below.) http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=163490&command=displayContent&sourceNode=163316&contentPK=16485219&folderPk=89126&pNodeId=163047 Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3514 Written by Lee on Friday, 26th January 2007 The petition again features in the Bath Chronicle (link below.) http://thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=163038&command=displayContent&sourceNode=201866&home=yes&more_nodeId1=163041&contentPK=16494282 From the article : More Train , Less Strain Campaign spokesman Peter Andrews said many members felt their battle to restore a "reasonable" timetable and "sensible" ticket prices had only just begun. "We're launching Train Watch to make sure passengers record exactly what is happening on their daily commute," he said. "We want them to email us at worstlatewestern@yahoo.co.uk if people can't get on the train because it's too crowded, if people are forced to travel in the toilets or if anybody faints. "We also want to know which trains people travelled on, whether the train was punctual, how many carriages were supplied and how crowded the train was on a scale of 1-4." Mr Andrews said he was asking campaigners and members of the public to report back on their experience of services running from Bath Spa and Oldfield Park, between 7.30am and 8.45am, and returning from Bristol Temple Meads between 4.30pm and 6.30pm Monday to Friday. "At the end of each week we'll tell the Chronicle what we've learnt and at the end of four weeks, we will send the results to First and hold them to their promises," he said. The first weekly update will be printed in the Chronicle next week. "If things don't improve, further action will definitely take place, but it will be much more heavy and radical than the fare strike," Mr Andrews added. He also urged passengers to sign a petition to Tony Blair on http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/wessextrains . Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3520 Written by Lee on Friday, 26th January 2007 The petition link also appears on Farce Great Western (link below , many thanks.) http://www.farcegreatwestern.com/links.php 1253 signatures as I write this , lets keep them coming. Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3530 Written by Lee on Saturday, 27th January 2007 The petition has also made the Yeovil News (link below.) http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/01/the_battle_for_the_regions_tra.html#more Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3533 Written by Lee on Saturday, 27th January 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=1114.msg3514#msg3514 date=1169832185]The petition again features in the Bath Chronicle (link below.) http://thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=163038&command=displayContent&sourceNode=201866&home=yes&more_nodeId1=163041&contentPK=16494282 From the article : More Train , Less Strain Campaign spokesman Peter Andrews said many members felt their battle to restore a "reasonable" timetable and "sensible" ticket prices had only just begun. "We're launching Train Watch to make sure passengers record exactly what is happening on their daily commute," he said. "We want them to email us at worstlatewestern@yahoo.co.uk if people can't get on the train because it's too crowded, if people are forced to travel in the toilets or if anybody faints. "We also want to know which trains people travelled on, whether the train was punctual, how many carriages were supplied and how crowded the train was on a scale of 1-4." Mr Andrews said he was asking campaigners and members of the public to report back on their experience of services running from Bath Spa and Oldfield Park, between 7.30am and 8.45am, and returning from Bristol Temple Meads between 4.30pm and 6.30pm Monday to Friday. "At the end of each week we'll tell the Chronicle what we've learnt and at the end of four weeks, we will send the results to First and hold them to their promises," he said. The first weekly update will be printed in the Chronicle next week. "If things don't improve, further action will definitely take place, but it will be much more heavy and radical than the fare strike," Mr Andrews added. He also urged passengers to sign a petition to Tony Blair on http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/wessextrains .[/quote] There is a similiar article in the Western Daily Press (link below.) http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=146238&command=displayContent&sourceNode=146064&contentPK=16502105&folderPk=100268&pNodeId=145795 Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3669 Written by Lee on Friday, 2nd February 2007 Jenny Agutter backs our petition (links below.) http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=163490&command=displayContent&sourceNode=163316&contentPK=16547947&folderPk=89126&pNodeId=163047 http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/02/star_jenny_agutter_backs_train.html#more Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3696 Written by Lee on Saturday, 3rd February 2007 With just a few days to go until the petition closes , the RMT are urging people to sign on their website (link below.) http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/ Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3799 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 7th February 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=1114.msg3669#msg3669 date=1170417737]Jenny Agutter backs our petition (links below.) http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=163490&command=displayContent&sourceNode=163316&contentPK=16547947&folderPk=89126&pNodeId=163047 http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/02/star_jenny_agutter_backs_train.html#more[/quote] Here is a further article on this (link below.) http://www.westpress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145786&command=displayContent&sourceNode=200219&home=yes&more_nodeId1=145789&contentPK=16583989 Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3846 Written by Lee on Friday, 9th February 2007 And another (link below.) http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=163490&command=displayContent&sourceNode=163316&contentPK=16604899&folderPk=89126&pNodeId=163047 Re: Inadequate train provision DOES matter to people - 1114/3847 Written by Lee on Friday, 9th February 2007 Busy day , press - wise. This one is for MTLS fans (link below.) http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=163490&command=displayContent&sourceNode=163316&contentPK=16604913&folderPk=89126&pNodeId=163047 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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