PETERBOROUGH-ELY-NORWICH RAIL USERS
March, Brandon, Thetford, Attleborough and Wymondham are our principal
intermediate stations.
Contact John Saunders: penrugjohn@gmail.com 01953
607805
WE WANT TO KEEP
·
Hourly
express trains from Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield to Norwich with journey
times between Nottingham and Norwich of 160 minutes or less
·
The
opportunity for passengers boarding at unstaffed platforms to pay the full
range of fares on the train
WE WANT TO SEE
·
Trains
running on Sundays in university terms
·
Step free
access to westbound trains at Wymondham
·
Improvements
at Brandon, including covered and secure cycle parking
·
Scheduled
trains all running and specified station facilities all provided
·
Workable
and consistent polices for carrying non-folding cycles
WE DO NOT WANT
·
Passengers
standing for more than 20 minutes
·
People
having to negotiate a ticket barrier without having the chance to pay a person
for their journey or having to queue to exit their destination
NEWS
COULD THIS BE YOU?
We at
PETERBOROUGH-ELY-NORWICH RAIL USERS are looking for a volunteer who shares our
vision and could give us some informed advice on the benefits and risks of
using social media as an addition or alternative to our website www.penrug.org.uk
To
exchange ideas, please contact penrugjohn@gmail.com or
come to our 2024 Annual General Meeting in Thetford Methodist Church at 1030 on
Saturday 11 May.
(non-members cannot vote at AGM but we can collect
subscriptions at the meeting.)
Issued 21 April 2024
OUR VISION
We try to work
constructively with opinion-formers, official bodies, and the rail industry to
deliver our vison of
·
reliable,
clean and comfortable trains with high levels of passenger service
·
accurate
real time information for passengers at all times
·
welcoming
stations approached by attractive secure cycling, walking and wheelchair routes
·
a safe
and well-maintained railway with timely track renewals and rapid responses to
incidents
·
fares,
parking and management structures to develop our services
·
full
hourly service seven days a week between Birmingham and Stansted Airport,
Cambridge and Norwich, Liverpool and Norwich
PETERBOROUGH-ELY-NORWICH
RAIL USERS is a member of the HEREWARD community rail partnership, which has
developed master-plans for the three stations in Fenland district. Many of the
improvements at March are now in use.
YOUR JOURNEY
To keep us informed, we need to know about your journeys – good or bad, long or
short, occasional or everyday – on:
·
Birmingham-Stansted Airport trains
·
Stansted Airport/Cambridge-Norwich trains
·
Liverpool-Norwich trains
·
any train serving March
Please send your experiences and questions to penrugjohn@gmail.com
We look forward to hearing from you.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership of Peterborough-Ely-Norwich Rail Users costs £4 from now until the
end of 2024. Cheques should be made payable to "PETERBOROUGH-ELY-NORWICH
RAIL USERS" and sent to: PENRUG, Thistledew, Fen Street, Old Buckenham,
Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1NW. Please include your
postal and email addresses. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
FORM
HAVE A LOOK AT OUR OTHER PAGES
ATTLEBOROUGH
TRAINS
BRANDON TRAINS
ATTLEBOROUGH STATION HISTORY – compiled in 1994
CALLING AT ALL STATIONS - some facts about our line
DISCOVER
THE TOWNS BETWEEN CAMBRIDGE AND NORWICH
MAKE
FOR A MARKET TOWN FROM PETERBOROUGH
WHITE'S
HISTORY, GAZETTER AND DIRECTORY OF NORFOLK - excerpts from the 1845 issue
OTHER SITES
For fares, station facilities or train times, please visit www.nationalrail.co.uk
For information on the Hereward rail partnership or
Fenland stations, please visit www.herewardcrp.org