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Author Topic: Maidenhead station - car parking issues - ongoing discussion  (Read 105811 times)
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« Reply #90 on: May 19, 2013, 23:50:04 »

Well thats the issue for Maidenhead, lack of car park spaces. What is true is that theres limited space for cars at the station, thats until Crossrail build the multi storey car park, whenever that may be. To be honest the whole thing is a complete mess. Maybe better to use a taxi or bus to get to the station, although for people it may be too much to ask!
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« Reply #91 on: May 20, 2013, 22:08:30 »

Indeed.. I chose to walk generally.. Only as the bus service is far from regular also...
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« Reply #92 on: May 21, 2013, 08:34:21 »

I strongly suspect that the majority of those parking at Maidenhead station live well beyond walking distance and off of the bus routes.  Lets face it, no one pays ^5.20 per day (so thats >^1000 per year) for fun.

It has to be remembered that Maidenhead is a commuter hub for a huge area.  Anyone west of Taplow, south of High Wycombe and east of Reading will see Maidenhead as their fastest route to London. 
You won't convince these people to carshare, or get the bus.   The carparking debacle will get worse.

Personally I'd get the bus if the bus cost a reasonable amount of money, ran more often than once every 30mins, was coordinated with the train timetable, and ran past 8pm....
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« Reply #93 on: May 21, 2013, 23:40:52 »

Wow. every 30 minutes.. We only have an hourly service from my part of Maidenhead (apart from on Sundays that is when we have nothing at all)... Roll Eyes
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« Reply #94 on: August 24, 2013, 23:25:20 »

Just had a look into a old thread, and i agree with jo and NickB that the bus service around Maidenhead is shocking.
I did email Courtney Buses, to find out if a later bus could run between Maidenhead and Woodlands Park after 830pm, which is when the last bus is...
However they say that due to lack of demand (not surprising since they like to speed everywhere) they cannot afford to run a later service as it would damage the commercial operation of route 7. Come On i remember in 2003 when First Beeline (yes another First Group operator...) operated the routes 56 and 57 and ran until 1100 pm at night. So what's so different now?
Well maybe theres one thing, the decline of Maidenhead Town Centre in general.... but still there's people who do want a bus service at the time. I for one, if i ever did go to london would never take a taxi back home due to the high cost. Might as well walk  Grin
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« Reply #95 on: August 24, 2013, 23:47:21 »

Something more relevant to this thread.
Apparently Crossrail will be constructing a bigger Car Park on the Shoppenhangers Road side of the Station, however i don't know how they will build two or three levels in such a small area.

Also with Maidenhead Station (Shoppenhangers Road entrance) the entrance will come out a bit further with the bus stop being removed to a different location (maybe as far as the Desborough School Bus Stop).

At the front a bigger two level Maidenhead Station on Station Approach will be built, however the crossing to get to the Maidenhead Town Centre from the Station will be interesting. The A308 can be a dangerous road at times....
Although due to limited space there's only so much you can do, and the council have a habit of preventing positive things such as constructing better footway facilities, and would rather redo the pavement at a cost of ^400,000...

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« Reply #96 on: June 29, 2014, 11:42:36 »

There is a sign up at Maidenhead station (in the front car park) to say that there will be 50 (I think) less spaces available there from July 5th but there will be some additional ones made available in Silco Drive.. I failed to note how long this would be for but I can try and find out later  Smiley
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« Reply #97 on: October 31, 2015, 11:16:34 »

Third item from Maidenhead Advertiser 29 Oct.

There has been quite a lot of correspondance about parking in Maidenhead in general recently. This week there's a letter headed "Where will all the Extra Commuters Park?".

Asking that very question about the projected growth in users of Maidenhead Station with Crossrail.

Seems a very sensible question and probably applies to all Crossrail served Stations even Taplow!

Thought for Moderators should we have a Dedicated Crossrail thread for issues like this?

My view, and it has been for a long time, is that Crossrail does NOT work West of Paddington, even going to Reading has not changed my view Sad
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« Reply #98 on: October 31, 2015, 11:23:44 »

I don't see Crossrail lifting current numbers by very much west of Zone 6 - time will tell.

Are they saying there are many now driving the M25 that will transgfer to Crossrail? If not, why the projected increase & where is it now?
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« Reply #99 on: October 31, 2015, 20:14:23 »

There has been quite a lot of correspondance about parking in Maidenhead in general recently ...

Thought for Moderators should we have a Dedicated Crossrail thread for issues like this?

Thanks for your comments, eightf48544.  Wink

Dealing with your first point first, so to speak, I've just merged a couple of topics here now, in the interests of continuity and ease of reference.

As to creating a new and separate 'Crossrail' board, I'll discuss that with the other members of our Coffee Shop admin team, before taking any action.  Lips sealed
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« Reply #100 on: September 22, 2016, 12:28:16 »

Silco drive car park has now been relocated. I was amused to see they've even relocated the broken ticket machine (the only one) into the new car park complete with cover and original sign telling people they have to buy tickets another way because the machine is broken  Huh Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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« Reply #101 on: September 22, 2016, 16:30:03 »

Great news - so that is 100 spaces at Maidenhead that we didn't have last week(??). That will help alleviate the pressure on shoppenhangers, particularly since a lot of heavy plant units are being stored there overnight at the moment.
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« Reply #102 on: September 22, 2016, 19:44:52 »

I think it was there last week too but I've been ill so may have missed when the new Silco drive opened. It's bigger than it's predecessor but not sure it will take the extra cars that won't fit in Shoppenhangers anymore.. It was full up when I picked my car up before the rush hour had started today anyway.
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« Reply #103 on: September 22, 2016, 21:58:00 »

Hope you're feeling better Jo.
Well shoppenhangers is full by 7.15 everyday so any extra capacity will be much appreciated. Even a small increase would enable me to get a slightly later, less overcrowded, train. At present train choices are controlled by the car park which is an odd state of affairs.
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« Reply #104 on: September 23, 2016, 07:37:01 »

Thanks NickB.. I think Silco drive won't be full before 8 or later (depending on the day of the week). When I parked about 7am yesterday there was only a handful of cars in there.. Depending on what time you travel I've discovered the 7.13 (as long as it's it's usual 5 car length) has lots of seat choices at Maidenhead, fills up at Slough but generally everyone has a seat from there too, and gets into Paddington (platform 1) very shortly after the non-stop 7.17 departure.
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