Simon Jenkins’ new book tells the history of Britain’s railways through the island’s 100 best stations. We pick 10 gems, from grand old York to a Highland outpost
October 13
Tony Smale
If anyone's writing up the 10 most naff railway stations, ours with its fabulous Clasp building should be in there with a chance.
Mike Parker-BrayPleased to be up at the Northern community rail conference today. Great presentations including on Bentham's Dementia Friendly project - hats off to Gerald Townson.
Richard LysonsGreat book : England's Cathedrals By Train ( Discover How the Normans and Victorians Helped to Shape Our Lives) by Murray Naylor. Published by Remember When/ Pen & Sword Books of Barnsley. Paperback version came out in April this year.
I learn so much from other CRPs - and indeed from bus groups, other line groups, specialist interest groups, rail industry and local and central government people. TravelWatch SouthWest has been an enormous help to us at TransWilts - and to others a... moreI learn so much from other CRPs - and indeed from bus groups, other line groups, specialist interest groups, rail industry and local and central government people. TravelWatch SouthWest has been an enormous help to us at TransWilts - and to others across the South West - right from the time that a decent service on our line was a pipe dream through to the current time where the pendulum has swung - we have many more trains and they're overcrowded to the extent of putting people off; marketing has to be very carefully tailored to where we have capacity that can cope.
7th October 2017. TravelWatch SouthWest general meeting - over 100 groups from across the South West are invited to Taunton to network and to catch up on what's happening from key industry players. A useful day in its own right, made so much more valuable by contacts established. New groups and individual parties welcome ... see Facebook TWSW website or background to TWSW and the meeting at the Cof... less
We have an office on Lowestoft station which I use to work out of my Council Office. It is managed by the East Suffolk Lines CRP on an "understanding" arrangement from Greater Anglia - it is all very informal and we have been advised that when the East Su... moreWe have an office on Lowestoft station which I use to work out of my Council Office. It is managed by the East Suffolk Lines CRP on an "understanding" arrangement from Greater Anglia - it is all very informal and we have been advised that when the East Suffolk & Wherry Lines take over tjhe old Parcels Office officially with a lease agreement from the TOC, (after it has been refurbished at cost to the CRP's) the TOC want to re-let the current office on commercial terms.
As for working, we pay for electricity through a meter but water is free. The office also serves at a Visitor Information Point since Waveney District Council closed all their TIC's due to finance cuts. We have inherited all the furniture and equipment from the old TIC and now help visitors arriving at the station.
What I find essential is access to my laptop FREE highspeed WiFi (courtesy of Greater Anglia free station wi fi) a good mobile phone signal and somewhere to make the essential tea/coffee.
Regarding working arrangements for CRP officers ... less
First ran the TankFest shuttle No 55 again in 2017 without subsidy, and they also ran it on two other event days. So the service now has wheels of its own!
See also my post on 11 Aug 2017 about keeping bus info shown on your Onward Travel Poster up to date. If station adoptors dont report errors, who will?
Hi Mike, Thanks. We are still struggling with Pagelines. Do any other CRPs have experience of them?
August 11
Tony SmaleContinuation of my previous post...
For most stations in Britain, it’s easy to check the poster for any particular station by viewing it online from the comfort of your own home: (1) Go to the National Rail website (2) Select your Station (3) Click on “G... moreContinuation of my previous post...
For most stations in Britain, it’s easy to check the poster for any particular station by viewing it online from the comfort of your own home: (1) Go to the National Rail website (2) Select your Station (3) Click on “Getting to and from the station” (4) Look down the list for “Onward travel information” - for most stations it will say “Information to plan your onward journey is available in a printable format here”. Remember that the version online may be more up to date than the version at the station – that, in itself, is worth reporting!
When the poster first appeared at Wool station about 6 years ago, John, a member of our Station Adoption group, was astonished to find that the doctors’ surgery was in his back garden – how was it he hadn’t noticed? … We got it moved! less
August 11
Tony SmaleYou may have had trouble reporting comments about the Onward Travel Poster at your station because the email address shown on the poster (comments@onwardstravelposters.com) was out of action. Well, I’m told by the production team based in Brighton that th... moreYou may have had trouble reporting comments about the Onward Travel Poster at your station because the email address shown on the poster (comments@onwardstravelposters.com) was out of action. Well, I’m told by the production team based in Brighton that the technical hitch has been fixed and the reporting email address is once again up and running (as is an alternative: comments@onwardtravelinfo.co.uk).
It’s important to check the information shown on the poster at your station from time to time. After all, if you don’t do it, who else will? I checked the one at Wool a few weeks ago because the Council were in the process of cutting some of our bus services. That’s when I found out that the email address didn’t work (I won’t tell you how many emails and phone calls it took to get it sorted!)
For most stations in Britain, it’s easy to check the poster for any particular station by viewing it online from the comfort of your own home: (1) Go to the National Rail website www.nationalrail.co.uk (2) Select your... less
Fiona ForsytheUploaded a photo in the profile for the first time. I am on the right. A jolly day with local history experts visiting Hexham and Haltwhistle. This is our Hexham station kiosk being manned by the retired CRP officer John Gillott on the 24th July 2017.
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