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Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion
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on: November 09, 2011, 19:37:09
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It may be of interest to note that the main road in Portishead (Nore Road) has been shut for resurfacing for the last 10 days with no bus service along it. This has meant real hardship for local residents as First are only running their buses up to the highest part of town. I don't how pensioners are meant to manage when the ONLY shops are over a mile away down in the High Street and the ONLY buses 350 feet up on the hill. If Portishead station was open we might be able to walk down to there and at least catch a train into Bristol. Needless to say my emails to local councillors and First have been ignored.
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Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Bristol connections: Metro, Bus Rapid Transit, PTE, ITA and local councils - discussion
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on: November 04, 2011, 21:28:51
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Come on Mark Hopwood, Dave Redgewell Julie Boston et al ....tell us what was decided at the meeting. From the Points West report it didnt seem that any politicians local or national were on that train. If ever there was a lack of political will about getting the Portishead line re-opened, their absence surely proved it ! Couldn't Liam Fox,now that he has less onerous duties to perform, makes representations to the new SoSJustine Greening. After all it was his resignation that caused the musical chairs that led to her getting her new job in the first place !
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All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issues / Re: New Transport Secretary following Phillip Hammond's move to Defence.
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on: October 15, 2011, 23:29:58
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Tormented Theresa left on the trackside again.... TO: 3 More3 recipientsCC: recipientsYou More Villiers the guarded van must feel she is on a one way journey to Werrity wagonworks ...soon to be closed. First she is shunted into a siding as High Speed Hammond sweeps past on to higher things. When she hears that he has reached his destination well ahead of schedule she sees the points change and hope once more she will get the chance to queen it over the main line. But wait ! Who's this ? It's only Justine the Calculator engine fresh from Cameron Central in her new all over light blue livery with no libdem yellow lining, counting the rods poles and perches on the mainline. Will she refuse to be coupled to the main engine ? Surely all the signals indicate that Villiers is careering out of control and is soon going to hit the buffers.....
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Journey by Journey / Wales local journeys / Re: 1st refurbished class 158 released
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on: April 16, 2011, 00:12:03
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Does anyone else suffer from an irrational desire, rapidly turning into burning hatred of those ''Mickey Mouse ear' handgrips ? Every time I see them I want to do a supermarket sweep of the whole carriage. grabbing them all and dumping them out of the window at the end.....
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All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Advice please
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on: March 23, 2011, 17:50:16
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Am thinking of doing a BTM▸ or BPW» circular via Oxford and Worcester tomorrow using a railcard. And as cheaply as possible. !
Cannot find any rangers covering the whole length of the Cotswold line, they all seem to stop at Much Binding... sorry that dates me ....Moreton in the Marsh!
Are the return trains from Worcs Forget Street or Shurb HIll to Briz hourly or 2 hourly ?
Thanks for any help and advice you can offer
Chuffed
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Journey by Journey / Swindon to Gloucester / Cheltenham / Re: Swindon to Kemble re-doubling - ongoing discussion and updates
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on: March 23, 2011, 16:03:53
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No we didn't see it coming ,did we ? All praise to the Cotswold group of past and present MP▸ 's who made this issue a real pain in the proverbial for both governments and who seemed to manage to mention Swindon or Kemble in the Commons every day for months!
Persistance pays off !
Could we but wish Dr Liam Fox could follow their example and leave his defence portfolio behind for a couple of minutes each day, to mention the Portishead rail link occasionally. His last meaningful contribution on this issue was an adjournment debate in 2007 at just short of midnight with just 3 MPs in the chamber....
Perhaps this is something those 2 bright up and coming Conservative MP's Charlotte(Leslie) and Chris ( Skidmore) could take up, to get themselves noticed, as it would surely benefit the whole of the Greater Bristol traffic clogged area.
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