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Author Topic: Across England and Wales - the Railfuture list of supported projects  (Read 1681 times)
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« on: April 21, 2020, 07:38:27 »

At https://www.railfuture.org.uk/display2308 ... detailed table, with status, campaign team notes, target opening date, and a few words on each.  List below is titles of projects in regions effecting us (Outer South East, South West, Wales)

Plymouth-Penzance
Bodmin Parkway- Bodmin-Wadebridge
Newquay-St Austell
Newquay-Truro- Falmouth
Exeter-Okehampton
Bere Alston-Tavistock
Tavistock-Okehampton
Newton Abbot- Paignton
Devon Metro
Taunton-Exeter
Minehead-Watchet- Taunton
Taunton-Castle Cary
Taunton-Yeovil- Bournemouth
Stonehouse Parkway
MetroWest 'X' Scheme
Waterside Line
South Hants Rapid Transit
Swanage-Wareham
Ringwood- Brockenhurst
Welborne
Hundred of Hoo
Oxford-Cowley
Wantage & Grove Parkway
High Speed to Hastings
Lewes-Uckfield
Medway-Maidstone- Gatwick
Ludgershall-Andover
Newport IoW
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Cardiff St Mellons Parkway
Magor
North Swansea Parkway
Heart of Wales to Cardiff
Carmarthen- Aberystwyth
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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2020, 20:36:42 »

Whilst Railfuture is a well meaning lot, they as a National Society are really missing a POWERFUL trick.

Each Area of Railfuture is campaigning to their local MP (Member of Parliament)'s for improvements, example the South West Branch would be supporting the Bere Alston-Tavistock-Okehampton- Exeter reopening.

But which knocks down a door fastest, a 1 lb hammer or a 14 lb hammer?

If Railfuture worked as one body and decided which, (by holding a national vote) was the most important line to reopen then badgering ALL the MPs about say reopening Colne to Skipton, it would have far greater chance of being Authorised.

I'd be very happy to badger my south West MP with Emails supporting this North West reopening.
And when the Government approves this reopening then as a society they move on to project number 2, that HAS to be in another Railfuture area, that could be reopening Leicester to Burton-on-Trent.
I'd then badger my MP about the Leicester Burton line.

The BIGGER the hammer the faster the work is done. Cheesy
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2020, 20:42:20 »

Totally agree, which is one of the reasons they have lost me as a member. 
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The BIGGER the hammer the faster the work is done. Cheesy

The sort of sentence you don't want to hear at the dentist!😧
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2020, 07:17:04 »

If Railfuture worked as one body and decided which, (by holding a national vote) was the most important line to reopen then badgering ALL the MPs (Member of Parliament) about say reopening Colne to Skipton, it would have far greater chance of being Authorised.

Railfuture does produce and publish a key campaign list - it's at https://www.railfuture.org.uk/Campaigns .  Policy such as this is formulated by inputs from the 14 regions to the special interest groups and correlated overseen by the policy director. Overall policy is confirmed (by vote) at the Railfuture AGM (Annual General Meeting) - a national meeting open for all 2,000 members to attend if they wish.

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* Fares must be clearly explained and value for money and tickets must offer a choice of flexibility in time and routes.

* Northern powerhouse. Linking the great Northern cities of Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, Sheffield, Bradford, Leeds and Hull by a fast, high capacity rail network will create a single strategic economic entity to realise the economic potential of the region.

* Oxford - Cambridge. Reopening the railway throughout between Oxford and Cambridge is an economic development project, not just a rail development.

* Thameslink 2. A new route between Stratford and East Croydon via Canary Wharf will relieve congestion at London Bridge and on the Brighton Main Line, and connect northeast and southeast London with the growing economic centre of Docklands.

* Uckfield - Lewes. Reinstating this line will promote economic growth in East Sussex and Brighton, and create a second route between London and the South Coast.

* Wisbech. Wisbech is one of the largest towns in the UK (United Kingdom) without a railway station; reopening this freight line will provide access to employment in the growth area of Cambridge.

* Missing links. Railfuture is campaigning for new rail lines to be opened, and some closed lines to be reopened, to increase capacity and resilience in the strategic network by creating alternative routes between major centres, to provide additional metro services for our growing cities, and to connect isolated towns.

* New Stations. As new communities and business locations are created, so new and reopened stations are needed to serve them.

* Go and compare. Railfuture searches for examples of best practice worldwide which can be applied in Britain.

I could write you a long (even for me) piece about the system for selecting and promoting key campaigns and other campaigns supported. Some elements are good (and many of them are hidden), others are well intended but uncoupled and could do with significant rethinks for the modern era, and some are plain poor.   A national poll of individual members would tend to prioritise popular schemes irrespective of their practicality, and would tend to prioritise large schemes with large price tags over more local schemes with little (ha, ha) price tags.
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