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Timetable changes
effective from Issued |
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Liverpool-Norwich
stakeholder manager John Hillman addressed a public meeting in John started by mentioning
the stakeholder board and then moved on to the kind of passenger who uses the
route. The main feature is the use by students all year round although no
universities feature in the stakeholder board. Off peak leisure accounts for
many other passengers. There is not too much commuting (except in the Overcrowding is a major
problem with capacity at 150% on most trains at some point. The train company
receives four times as many complaints about Norwich-Liverpool than any other
service. The DfT has no schemes to improve capacity
although the new Nottingham-Leeds service should help. There is no need to
promote the service. Over the next 10 years 75,000 more homes will spring up
at Thetford, 158s are undergoing a Ł10m refurbishment – 10 weeks per unit. It is hoped to increase the use of 4-car services from seven to 15 by Dec 2011 but platform lengths is a problem. Seating capacity goes up from 138 to 157 with fewer tables and thinner seats. Refurbishment due to be completed by April 2010. There is hope that some
150s might become available from London Midland and London Overground in 2010 at the earliest. Their use on local
services would enable more 158s to be released for our route. Aspirations
include the 1352 from Overall impression – quietly positive without the spin, being open about the obstacles. Issued 4 October 2008 |
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A letter we recently had published in the “Fenland Citizen”: “Dear Keith, A rumour is circulating
in March that the town is to lose the services provided by one of its
franchised train operators. The truth is that, from now till 13 December, the
normal daily through trains to and from Also from December the
last four evening trains from March to March is generally well
served by its railway, with up to 27 daily trains into Yours sincerely,
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Members of Peterborough-Ely-Norwich Rail Users, Travel Watch East Midlands and Travel Watch North West (together with staff from Passenger Focus) did a Liverpool-Norwich line survey in the week starting 18 August, enabling the concerns and experiences of passengers to be fed into a formal development bid for the route. Peterborough-Ely-Norwich
Rail Users has also written to the Office of Rail Regulation urging approval
of a scheme to change the layout of tracks at Issued 31 August 2008 |
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Over 50 painted
elephants grace the streets of Issued |
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Journeys between
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New guidelines have
produced a dramatic reduction in Liverpool-Norwich cancellations east of Ely
and west of Issued |
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The Liverpool-Norwich service development stakeholder board held its first meeting on 1 July, bringing together representatives from Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire passenger transport executives, Liverpool, Nottingham and Peterborough City Councils, Derbyshire, Norfolk and Nottinghamshire County Councils, East Midlands development agency and regional assembly, Network Rail, Passenger Focus, the train operator, Travel Watch East Midlands and Peterborough-Ely-Norwich Rail Users. There were presentations from the train operator, TWEM and from Christopher Irwin, who initiated the campaign to develop the Cardiff-Portsmouth route. Objectives are:
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