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Almost Parliamentary Written Questions - 371/1115 Written by Lee on Friday, 4th August 2006 Parliamentary Written Questions are all the rage these days , but unfortunately the House of Commons is in recess. I thought that I would have a go. To ask the Secretary Of State for Transport , how many car parking spaces are available at Pilning station. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (a) on what basis and (b) when the most recent assessment of how many passengers per day that use Pilning station was made , and if he will make a statement. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport , when his officials last assessed the station facilities at Pilning station , and what the results of that assessment were. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport , what provision for future railfreight facilities has been made for the Severn Beach area , and if he will make a statement. To ask the Secretary Of State for Transport , how many passengers per day use Clifton Down station. To ask the Secretary Of State for Transport , how many passengers per day use Filton Abbey Wood station. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport , how many car parking spaces are available at (a) Bodmin Parkway (b) Chippenham (c) Southampton Airport Parkway and (d) Tiverton Parkway stations. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport , how many car parking spaces are available at Worle station. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport , what steps he is taking to ensure that train movements out of Westbury station comply with Health & Safety regulations from December 2006 , and if he will make a statement. To ask the Secretary Of State for Transport , on (a) what date and (b) by which method he was informed of the 1985 re-opening of Melksham station , and if he will make a statement. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport , whether the Bristol - Cardiff line has (a) high level tonnage growth or (b) low level tonnage growth projected to 2015 in the Network Rail Business Plan 2006 , and if he will make a statement. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport , what provision for future new stations has been made for the Bristol - Cardiff line , and if he will make a statement. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport , what discussions that (a) he or (b) his officials have had with Members Of Parliament about the Bristol Showcase Bus Routes Scheme , and if he will make a statement. To ask the Secretary of State For Transport , what steps he is taking to ensure that railway timetable - related e-mail attachments sent by his officials remain virus - free. To ask the Secretary of State For Transport , how many extra freight trains are projected to use the Clifton Extension Line (Narroways Hill Junction Re: Almost Parliamentary Written Questions - 371/1127 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Saturday, 5th August 2006 Lee, answers to most of those questions would make eye-opening reading to anyone with a bit of background / knowledge. Re: Almost Parliamentary Written Questions - 371/1245 Written by Lee on Monday, 21st August 2006 Here is one of the answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport , how many car parking spaces are available at (a) Bodmin Parkway (b) Chippenham (c) Southampton Airport Parkway and (d) Tiverton Parkway stations. (a) 75 (b) 640 (c) 594 (d) 175 Re: Almost Parliamentary Written Questions - 371/1273 Written by Lee on Thursday, 24th August 2006 To ask the Secretary Of State for Transport , how many passengers per day use Clifton Down station. To ask the Secretary Of State for Transport , how many passengers per day use Filton Abbey Wood station. Clifton Down station : 1) Is unstaffed. 2) Is centrally located near Bristol Zoo & the University Of Bristol. 3) Is on the Severn Beach line. 4) A respectable number of passengers use this station during off-peak hours. 5) Passengers from this station help to pack out trains during peak hours. Filton Abbey Wood ticket office is open from 1615 - 1915 on Mondays - Fridays. The link below describes the station. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filton_Abbey_Wood_railway_station Here are the latest station usage figures (2004 - 2005) available from the ORR website (link below.) http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1379 Filton Abbey Wood 377,552 (year) , 1034 passengers per day. Clifton Down 141,838 (year) , 388 passengers per day. Interestingly , both stations' passenger usage is shown as having declined. Re: Almost Parliamentary Written Questions - 371/1305 Written by Lee on Monday, 28th August 2006 To ask the Secretary of State For Transport , what steps he is taking to ensure that railway timetable - related e-mail attachments sent by his officials remain virus - free. I am sure that you are all dying to know the answer to this one (well , ok , im not sure , but im going to tell you anyway.) On leaving the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) Re: Almost Parliamentary Written Questions - 371/1364 Written by Lee on Sunday, 3rd September 2006 First have an anti - virus policy too : "Internet email is not necessarily secure. First does not accept responsibility for changes to any email which occur after the email has been sent. Attachments to this email could contain software viruses which could damage your system. First have checked the attachments for viruses before sending, but you should virus-check them before opening." 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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