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Title: Shawford station building reopens after 40 years Post by: RichardB on February 06, 2023, 13:31:34 Three Rivers Community Rail Partnership have done a brilliant job refurbishing the long-disused (40 years) station building at Shawford and giving it a new purpose.
It opened a couple of weeks ago and looks fabulous. SWR helped with £200,000 from the Customer & Community Improvement Fund and have just issued a press release on the project. Here it is https://southwesternrailway-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/now-arriving-at-platform-1 (https://southwesternrailway-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/now-arriving-at-platform-1) More photos here from Partnership Chair Nick Farthing https://twitter.com/nickfarthing57/status/1613585218329350148 (https://twitter.com/nickfarthing57/status/1613585218329350148) Title: Re: Shawford station building reopens after 40 years Post by: paul7575 on February 06, 2023, 16:56:49 Interesting (although good) that XC chipped in, given they’re never likely to call there.
Title: Re: Shawford station building reopens after 40 years Post by: RichardB on February 06, 2023, 21:23:03 Interesting (although good) that XC chipped in, given they’re never likely to call there. They have a very useful pot of money called the Community Engagement Fund which can be bid to by the Community Rail Partnerships they supported through their franchise (support which has carried over into the current arrangements). There are 17 in all, I believe. We in Devon & Cornwall have had money for the Okehampton - Tavistock - Gunnislake Sunday bus and this year there is CrossCountry money going into projects at Pinhoe and Honiton via us. Very much appreciated. 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 |