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Topic: Adopt a Station in Oxfordshire! (Read 2518 times)
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Lee
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"The county council is backing the scheme with publicity and funding this year."
Is there any possibility that OCC & FGW could work together to fund better services for these stations , some of which only have ONE SERVICE EACH WAY PER DAY?
Surely this would be a more effective way of "allowing the community to share in its railway station and bring real benefits to the town or village served by the station" & "encourage greater use of the railway, reducing road congestion in these communities.”
Mind you , if Melksham were to be taken as an example , then I can see the pigs flying overhead already.
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Gwr2006
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The problem is the long sections of single track and the impact of stopping trains at every station would be that the number of trains overall would need to be reduced, thereby taking trains away from stations where there is significant demand throughout the day.
The stations with just one peak train each day are located some distance from any settlement and typically have only been used by 2 or 3 regular users over the past ten years, and the prospects for increasing demand is limited. To stop more trains at these stations, without any upgrade in infrastructure, would not be sensible.
OCC/FGW have already made it easier to reach these smaller stations, with secure cycle parking, bus links and better waiting facilities but there has been no increase in use so perhaps the demand just does not exsit in rural areas. There is already a partnership that is working with Network Rail on the full or partial redoubling of the line, and this could occur by 2009.
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beagle03
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i want to adpot combe - it could do with a bit of TLC
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