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Title: New Sustrans CEO Post by: Lee on April 22, 2008, 21:10:34 Sustrans has announced the replacement for founder John Grimshaw as the organisation's boss (link below.)
http://thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=20451621&folderPk=83726&pNodeId=144922 Malcolm Shepherd, who is currently Sustrans' operations director, will succeed Mr Grimshaw as the group's chief executive officer. Title: Re: New Sustrans CEO Post by: eightf48544 on April 23, 2008, 09:41:21 Whilst SUSTRANS is probably a good idea. However, I am very unhappy about the fact that when they take over an old railway route, they can prevent any reinstatement of the line without provision of a parallel cycle route. This has caused problems with some preserved railways and prevented their expansion or made the reinstatement of the route very much more expensive.
It would also prevent for instance the use of the Midland route from Bristol to Bath as a double track railway (light or heavy). Title: Re: New Sustrans CEO Post by: Lee on April 23, 2008, 09:48:15 Whilst SUSTRANS is probably a good idea. However, I am very unhappy about the fact that when they take over an old railway route, they can prevent any reinstatement of the line without provision of a parallel cycle route. This has caused problems with some preserved railways and prevented their expansion or made the reinstatement of the route very much more expensive. Related issues link. http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=685.msg2468#msg2468 This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |