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Chris from Nailsea
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« on: October 07, 2010, 17:53:09 » |
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From the BBC» : Glass in shelters at Yate Railway Station may not be replaced after being smashed three times in a week.
First Great Western said vandals struck at the station, near Bristol, on September 20, 22 and 23.
Each piece of glass in the shelters costs ^500 to replace and the firm said it could not make a commitment to replace them.
A statement from the company said the incidents had been reported to the police.
Yate Railway Station links the town with Bristol to the south and Cheltenham to the north.
Station user Chris Willmore said vandalism has been an on-going problem at the station.
"A while back they took out our ticket machine for the same reason and now they are saying there is no glass.
"What exactly am I getting for the ^6 a day it costs to get the train into Bristol?" she said.
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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vacman
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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2010, 18:00:14 » |
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"What exactly am I getting for the ^6 a day it costs to get the train into Bristol?" she said exactly what your paying for, a train journey! |
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JayMac
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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2010, 19:11:05 » |
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Yes, but a train journey includes access to a station. And if that station isn't very welcoming then she might think twice about using it in future.
A shelter with no glass is pretty useless for sheltering from anything except a light drizzle with no wind.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2010, 19:21:50 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2010, 19:39:51 » |
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Perspex?
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Phil
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« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2010, 19:52:52 » |
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I have to say, "First seem more interested in trying to persuade passengers to plant flower beds than actually providing a service to train users" is a pretty damning statement in itself. I think if I were a First senior manager I'd want to be exercising maximum damage limitations if things had got to this stage.
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« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2010, 19:54:18 » |
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I noticed a bus stop in Maidenhead earlier with a total metal (I guess) bus shelter.. The sides having diamond holes in to let the light through but I guess protect people from the worst of any rain.. It didn't look nice though.. Strangely enough, in London most of the bus shelters (where there are them - we are a hardy lot waiting for buses there.. we have umbrellas and everything) are still all glass/perspex...  |
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« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2010, 09:02:51 » |
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ummmh prehaps a friends of yate railway station might be a good idea.. big society and all that ..any takers?? Ms Willmore ??
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All postings reflect my own personal views and opinions and are not intended to be, nor should be taken as official statements of first great western or first group policy
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« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2010, 10:52:57 » |
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The fact that the person responsible was caught is totally irrelevant. I don't doubt for a moment that he/she was let off without a suitable punishment. What's stopping them from coming back and doing it again? Or more so, due to the general state of our society, there will always be another urchin to come along and do said act again.
Perspex anyone?
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Sprog
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« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2010, 16:42:19 » |
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The shelters had perspex back in the wessex days.
It was just scribed & set alight/spot melted by bored people/kids with cigerette lighters........
Just like the vandalised ticket machines and PIS▸ systems, it it not down to FGW▸ to just chase around like idiots replacing things everytime they get broken...they shoulnt be broken in the first place.
It is down to the station users and the local police to stop the people, but becuase Avon and Scumerset police are about as usefull as a handbrake on a canoe, nothing will get done, they are more worried about wangling the crime statistics and catching people doing 33 in a 30..........
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« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2010, 21:09:34 » |
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This is an issue for the local community not FGW▸ alone, why put in glass if it's just gonna get smashed!
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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2010, 08:10:48 » |
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This is an issue for the local community not FGW▸ alone, why put in glass if it's just gonna get smashed!
I agree. I am sure FGW would be pursuadable to try glass again if they were presented with a good case that the risk of damage had been reduced by station adoption, CCTV▸ or whatever, but asking them to repeatedly shellout for new glass which will only get broken again is asking too much. |
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JayMac
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« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2010, 13:11:59 » |
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Or they could build a brick shelter.
The one at Shirehampton is multi purpose. It's used as a social club, drinking den, toilet, 'art' canvas and just occasionally by passengers waiting for a train!
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« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2010, 09:12:59 » |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2010, 12:18:20 » |
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From the BBC» : Yate Railway Station users call for improvements
Commuters are calling for improvements to Yate Railway Station which has been blighted by vandalism incidents.
Ticket machines were removed after vandalism problems, and recently glass shelters have been smashed.
Sue Walker, a local councillor and chair of the Friends of Yate Railway Station, wants other ticketing options, such as smart cards, considered.
A statement from First Great Western said: "We are exploring all our options with regards to the ticket machines."
At the moment, commuters travelling from Yate have to buy tickets on the train or pay for their journey at the gate of larger stations such as Bristol Temple Meads.
Ms Walker said the group was also encouraging the rail firm to offer other less complicated solutions.
"In the interim we are perhaps looking at a system where people can buy a group of tickets with 10 tickets in, which would be a help."
Yate Railway Station links the town with Bristol to the south and Cheltenham to the north.
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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