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Topic: Barnstaple train may be saved ... Melksham??? Wiltshire cc, where are you?? (Read 5027 times)
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Graham Ellis
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I understand that First has agreed to suggest to the DfT to re-instate some Exeter to Barnstaple services (North Devon press) once they've seen some of the better usage stats that were available more recently. The article talks about how Devon County Council have been involved with the negotiations. I have written to the Director of Environmental Services at Wilts (copied to the counry concillor who takes a lead of these matters) to alert them to this / the possibilities, to ask them if they're negotiating on the same basis, and if they're not to suggest that they might like to  Will keep you posted on answers as any dust settles. |
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Nick Field
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Will be interesting to see whats WCC do (if anything) My letter from them dated 22nd Feb (addressed to the wrong person!) did state that 'the idea of the County council buying in an improved train service in not likely to be affordable' I mentioned the records office in my letter to them. I hope they can at least do something.
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Graham Ellis
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I hear that the 234 bus will be extended to Chippenham station, and it's been suggested to me that the extension might be getting a subsidy for the county ... so it might be that any available funds have been put to that. However, I have no confirmation of the suggestion and I'm not very knowledgable about bus subsidies.
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