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Re: Pilning Station - services, footbridge, issues and campaigns: ongoing discussion

« Reply #60 on: February 09, 2026, 18:31:34 »

I have written up my promised article at https://grahamellis.uk/blog1866.html
Section headers:

* Old History
* Recent History
* The Station today
* Local use of the station
* National what the future many bring
* So what the future may bring for Pilning
* Opinion

The opinion piece is a personal one - and some may disagree with me ...


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Re: Pilning Station - services, footbridge, issues and campaigns: ongoing discussion

« Reply #61 on: September 27, 2026, 11:19:42 »

Quote from: grahame on February 09, 2026, 18:31:34

I have received in the post the October issue of RailWatch - the magazine of RailFuture - which includes a whole page article on Pilning. I have blurred the text here so that I'm bringing up the station again and helping keep it on the radar, but yet not crossing any Railfuture copyright lines.

Network Rail and (First) Great Western had a problem when electrifying the line. But some of the things done (and not done) by them to this day remain, in my opinion, very poor practise, leaving a bad taste and getting away with things they should not. At the same time, the local communities around the area were seeking outcomes which were unsustainable, and options which would have included a forward looking stations - bringing a much improved service and helping raise (for example) house values for current residents - were opposed in anticipation of potential negative side effects, even where those could have been mitigated.


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Re: Pilning Station - services, footbridge, issues and campaigns: ongoing discussion

« Reply #62 on: September 27, 2026, 17:22:06 »

I think the authopr is a member here? Good man is Graham!


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Re: Pilning Station - services, footbridge, issues and campaigns: ongoing discussion

« Reply #63 on: September 27, 2026, 18:01:56 »

Quote from: ChrisB on September 27, 2026, 17:22:06

I think the authopr is a member here? Good man is Graham!

You are welcome to think (most of use do, much of the time) but it is entirely up to a member whether or not they confirm identities. The name of the author of this article is familiar to me, but my memory often fails to put a name into the context in which I have come across it.


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