Title: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Lee on November 28, 2007, 09:58:55 There is a notice at Tiverton Parkway station which apologises to passengers having problems finding a parking space. It blames this on an increased number of trains calling there plus the rising demand for rail travel. As a result , FGW plan to extend parking capacity to 512 spaces.
Isnt it ironic that FGW are using the above excuses , when their original draft December 2006 timetable would have seen the number of calls made at Tiverton Parkway significantly cut? Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: TJ on December 03, 2007, 22:20:15 I went to Tiverton Pway station last week and was staggered to see that the Car Park was solidly full and that the approach road had vehicles parked on either side for some distance away from the station. I used the station car park back in the mid eighties and at that time could usually park in one of the first three rows nearest the station buildings, with the rest of the parking area being empty.
It is great to see the growth in traffic and that an additional 212 (I think) car spaces are in the process of being provided. TJ Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Btline on January 10, 2008, 19:52:02 I am surprised FGW have not decided to axe the no of services, to "relieve" pressure on the car park!
It is the type of thing they/department for tarmac do! I am not surprised the nos have gone up, T P'way is a railhead for much of Somerset. Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: smokey on January 10, 2008, 20:05:18 Now isn't that Interesting!
Increase the Number of Trains and Passenger Numbers go up. Take notice please Dept for Tarmac and FGW, and now Just think what might Happen IF Newquay (Cornwall) got a 1/2 DECENT service with trains at Peak Hours, good connections and a couple of through trains to/from London Paddington everyday all year round! Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Shazz on January 10, 2008, 21:16:06 Take notice please Dept for Tarmac and FGW, and now Just think what might Happen IF Newquay (Cornwall) got a 1/2 DECENT service with trains at Peak Hours, good connections and a couple of through trains to/from London Paddington everyday all year round! Will you be funding the new rolling stock for this to happen? After all you do seem to know almost everything about every route fgw runs, especially the ones that arnt financially viable to run other services on for the time being, so don't warrant the investment ::) Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: devon_metro on January 11, 2008, 09:14:47 So thats Totnes and Tiverton that you have now compared to Newquay.
Reality check: To stop at Totnes, you need to switch onto the passing loop, at Tiveton this is not even needed. In eccense they are both on the mainline. Newquay on the other hand is a branch line that ends in Par. What is actually in Par? Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: vacman on January 11, 2008, 11:41:16 So thats Totnes and Tiverton that you have now compared to Newquay. a pub and a massage parlour!!! (and I aint joking!)Reality check: To stop at Totnes, you need to switch onto the passing loop, at Tiveton this is not even needed. In eccense they are both on the mainline. Newquay on the other hand is a branch line that ends in Par. What is actually in Par? Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: devon_metro on January 11, 2008, 14:02:00 Well if you put it that way, i'm surprised that passenger numbers from Newquay aren't higher ;)
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: smokey on January 11, 2008, 17:06:01 Last Beer I had in the Pub wasn't anything to write home about, had quite a few mind, as I had almost 3 hour wait for Newquay train.
I thought the other entertainment had shut down! Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: vacman on January 11, 2008, 17:10:44 Last Beer I had in the Pub wasn't anything to write home about, had quite a few mind, as I had almost 3 hour wait for Newquay train. Well, apparently, the building that is currently the "massage parlour" is going to be the traincrew managers office, and i'm been 100% serious!!!!I thought the other entertainment had shut down! Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: devon_metro on January 11, 2008, 17:31:34 :D
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: signalandtelegraph on January 18, 2008, 09:15:41 The 'new' car park at Tiverton Parkway is being offered by the landowner to interested parties. Hopefully someone other than FGW will take it on and perhaps we could have some price competition. It's cheaper to park at Exeter St Davids than Tiverton. ???
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Lee on February 29, 2008, 22:27:02 The new car park at Tiverton Parkway station opens on 3 March 2008 (link below.)
http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=2280 Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: devon_metro on March 01, 2008, 11:58:57 Blimey, they built that quickly since I was last there!
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: signalandtelegraph on March 13, 2008, 07:11:59 Just a bit of info for anyone parking at Tiverton Parkway. The new car park is up and running and the cost is ^4 weekdays but only ^2 on Sat & Sun (^4 all times in the main car park). However the new car park has no security cameras or the like, OK during the day but maybe a bit dodgy if you are leaving a vehicle overnight. :-\
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Super Guard on April 28, 2008, 15:42:47 You may be interested to hear that the "Free" ( ;)) parking at Tiverton Parking is in danger of coming to an end.
The service road that runs up to TVP has notices from Devon County Council announcing that they are planning to introduce a "no stopping" zone as they are worried about the number 1 bus that travels down that road. So to all those who enjoy free parking down this road, get your complaints into the council because your days are numbered.... Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: signalandtelegraph on June 16, 2008, 07:12:00 They've started to apply double yellow lines on the approach road at Tiverton Parkway thus forcing eveyone to pay whatever FGW/APCOA think they can get away with for car parking. Unfortunately due to the fact that there were about 30 cars parked along one side on Saturday morning the lining is still incomplete. :D
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Super Guard on June 16, 2008, 12:28:28 Bugger that was quick :(
I see that there were signs not to park down there Saturday, so glad someone used some sense and moved them ;D Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 16, 2008, 22:37:15 Oh, just park in the side streets - that's what people do at Nailsea and Backwell!
No, sorry, that wasn't a serious suggestion - but it's what people will do, as soon as car parking is made expensive / impossible? >:( Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Super Guard on June 17, 2008, 00:37:11 I take it you haven't been to TVP then? ;) ;D
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 17, 2008, 01:02:28 No, I haven't. Sorry, but could I ask you to elaborate? :-[
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: TerminalJunkie on June 17, 2008, 07:48:33 Tiverton Parkway in June 2006: they were already using the side street! (http://ndrailusers.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/TVP.jpg) Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: devon_metro on June 17, 2008, 09:11:08 Loads of space in the car park last Saturday at 2035 ;)
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Super Guard on June 17, 2008, 10:22:40 ;D
In that photo, the field at the top, across the road from the 'parked cars' is now a new FGW car park. Yellow lines down where those cars are parked, so everyone has to pay ^4 a day now (^2 at weekends in the new car park). :o Be interesting to see whether some will seek alternative transport/stations now, as an extra ^20 per working week is not a small amount of money to pay. We weren't doing anyone any harm were we? ::) Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: signalandtelegraph on June 18, 2008, 18:56:30 ;D Be interesting to see whether some will seek alternative transport/stations now, as an extra ^20 per working week is not a small amount of money to pay. A bus back to Tiverton after 1900 would be a good start to encourage people to leave their cars at home! First trains, Stagecoach buses I wonder if that might be the reason? Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 18, 2008, 21:47:08 Be interesting to see whether some will seek alternative transport/stations now, as an extra ^20 per working week is not a small amount of money to pay. We weren't doing anyone any harm were we? ::) Good points, SDA! Firstly, parking at Nailsea & Backwell is still free - provided you park within the marked bays: otherwise, it's ^70 per day. ::) Secondly, parking on the double yellow lines at Nailsea & Backwell is apparently still free: by the way, that's where the police personnel carrier parks. :P ::) Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Super Guard on June 19, 2008, 11:14:58 A bus back to Tiverton after 1900 would be a good start to encourage people to leave their cars at home! First trains, Stagecoach buses I wonder if that might be the reason? I quite agree, and i'm sure Stagecoach would be oh so helpful :D Having said that, First Buses run the 92 Exeter-Taunton Service via the M5/Cullompton, and just manages to bypass TVP, so they could run a shuttle either to Tivvy or even Cullompton to link up with the 1 bus if they were that bothered. On stagecoach you'd probably be looking at ^4 return which then defeats the purpose, and the weekly rider is now ^22. I should add, that if you park in the 'new' car park after 11am M-F, then it is 'only' ^2 for the rest of the day. I can report as of 2200 when I got off at TVP, that the only part of the road that hasn't been double yellowed is the main part of where everyone parks ;D The Tivvy SDA told me the other day 'they'll do it, when there aren't any cars there'. Could be interesting considering there are cars parked 24/7 ;) Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: signalandtelegraph on July 03, 2008, 06:17:30 From the Mid Devon Gazette
http://www.tivertongazette.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=239575&command=displayContent&sourceNode=241152&home=yes&more_nodeId1=239583&contentPK=20983788 (http://www.tivertongazette.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=239575&command=displayContent&sourceNode=241152&home=yes&more_nodeId1=239583&contentPK=20983788) Common sense prevails, six objections was all it took, I'm amazed. The quote from the police made me smile about parking on the road at 'your own risk'. If you read the APCOA small print, your pretty much in the same position in their car park as well but it's cost you ^4! Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Super Guard on July 15, 2008, 18:49:26 Happy days ;D
I wonder if they'll get rid of the yellow lines they've already painted so far... ??? ::) Quote A spokesman for First Great Western said: "Tiverton Parkway is one of our busy stations so there is a high demand for parking. We try to keep our prices in line with council car parks." Imagine how busy TVP would actually be if FGW bothered to stop there more often ??? Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: devon_metro on July 18, 2008, 08:11:08 Happy days ;D I wonder if they'll get rid of the yellow lines they've already painted so far... ??? ::) Quote A spokesman for First Great Western said: "Tiverton Parkway is one of our busy stations so there is a high demand for parking. We try to keep our prices in line with council car parks." Imagine how busy TVP would actually be if FGW bothered to stop there more often ??? I'm sorry what? It gets a pretty much hourly service with 2tph in the peak... Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Super Guard on July 18, 2008, 11:26:48 It's the radom 2hour gaps that bug me between 0700-0900 and 1300-1500.
The only time FGW have 2 stops per hour is between 0600-0700 and 2000-2100. Every XC Monday-Friday stops there though. Of course i'm just talking about personal inconvenience and having to rely on XC ;) Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: woody on June 30, 2011, 01:49:22 Judging from the regularly full main and overflow car parks at Tiverton Parkway further parking will soon be needed to cope with growing demand there.Door to door for many its now quicker to drive directly to Tiverton Parkway instead of catching the train from say Barnstaple,Exeter and even Plymouth to London.Are there any plans to add more car parking space at Tiverton Parkway.
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: ChrisB on June 30, 2011, 05:19:30 Possibly something for the new frsnchise
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Super Guard on June 30, 2011, 21:35:03 The overflow car park is only about 2 years old I think, so good to see that needing expanding too!
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on July 01, 2011, 19:53:15 are there any figures available as to where users of tivvy pw travel from?
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: smokey on July 09, 2011, 10:26:02 are there any figures available as to where users of tivvy pw travel from? Tivvy PW! ;D ;D ;D Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on July 11, 2011, 22:46:28 lol im missing something here.........
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Chris from Nailsea on July 12, 2011, 21:32:43 I rather think relex109's question was seeking information as to where people travel from (by road) to reach Tiverton Parkway - where they then switch to a train for their onward journey. ::)
A fair point, too: with its easy access from the motorway, Tiverton Parkway must attract travellers from communities a fair distance around, surely? Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: woody on July 13, 2011, 11:14:25 Was told that some people now buy their train tickets at Barnstaple and drive to Tivvy as the booking office there is not always available instead of taking the train to Exeter.Also I think a survey of Tivvy users was done a while back which showed their were many users were driving via the A30/M5 from parts of cornwall at least.Is there official up to date information on the origin of Tivvy users.
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on July 13, 2011, 16:30:18 Was told that some people now buy their train tickets at Barnstaple and drive to Tivvy as the booking office there is not always available instead of taking the train to Exeter.Also I think a survey of Tivvy users was done a while back which showed their were many users were driving via the A30/M5 from parts of cornwall at least.Is there official up to date information on the origin of Tivvy users. possibly from bude direction then, on that subject,and i ask because unfortunatly i have not been in a long time due to my personal situation..... any news on okehampton to exeter? as for barnstaple i presume that they go to tiverton for an early train which the tarka line does not connect to? Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: devon_metro on July 13, 2011, 18:20:17 Similar situation, but I used to travel to Totnes if travelling further afield (from Paignton area), rather than getting the train from Paignton simply because it's far easier than changing trains at Newton Abbot - plus getting into Paignton town centre was always a nightmare.
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: smokey on July 18, 2011, 21:00:27 I rather think relex109's question was seeking information as to where people travel from (by road) to reach Tiverton Parkway - where they then switch to a train for their onward journey. ::) A fair point, too: with its easy access from the motorway, Tiverton Parkway must attract travellers from communities a fair distance around, surely? I did realise that Relax109's question meant where people drove from, to reach Tivvy P. Just couldn't help myself, Sorry Relex109 8) Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 25, 2013, 22:37:46 From thisisthewestcountry (http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/devon_news/10631794.Cheaper_parking_at_Tiverton_train_station/):
Quote Cheaper parking at Tiverton train station (http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/resources/images/2604552.jpg?type=articleLandscape) Day trippers hopping on the train at Tiverton can now park at the station for less than half price. First Great Western has cut the cost of parking at Tiverton Parkway from ^6.10 to ^3 until October. Station manager Tracy McCarthy said: ^As one of the UK^s leading transport providers First Great Western is committed to supporting the communities we serve. Ensuring that we continue to put our customers first and help communities prosper, we hope this reduction will help customers enjoy a day out or take that train journey they^ve always dreamed of.^ The offer applies to the overflow car park after 10am on weekdays and all day at weekends. The discount runs until Saturday, October 12, and you must pay through the APCOA Cashless Connect mobile system, not at the meter. Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Lee on August 26, 2013, 00:53:35 I await with great interest the publication of market research regarding the "dream train journeys" that budding Tiverton Parkway customers would previously have made, if only their car parking had been ^3.10 cheaper...
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Chris from Nailsea on February 21, 2014, 17:32:22 From ThisIsTheWestCountry (http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/devon_news/11024563.Temporary_parking_plans_Tiverton_Parkway/?ref=var_0):
Quote Temporary parking plans Tiverton Parkway Mid Devon District Council has announced plans to provide a temporary car and coach park at Tiverton Parkway Railway Station, after the recent severe weather has caused problems with the main line railway network. The Council has been contacted by First Great Western who wish to provide space for 12 coaches and 20 car parking spaces, to be built on land to the south of the existing overflow car park. The car parking spaces will be used by staff members to free up space in the existing car parks. Richard Chesterton, Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Regeneration said: ^We recognise the difficulties that the current extreme weather has been causing and the impact that this is having on the whole region. Through this measure we are seeking to respond actively to help efforts to ease the situation.^ Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Pb_devon on March 27, 2014, 12:31:34 Has anyone experience of parking at Tivvy P during the current 'Dawlish situation'? I am due in London (from PLY) next Wednesday (travelling pm Tuesday), and am considering the drive & park idea. Viewed from the train, the car park always appears full and I don't want hassle just before trying to catch the train. :(
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Puffing Billy on March 28, 2014, 15:47:43 Might be worth considering continuing to Taunton. The municipal car park next to the station is much cheaper than Tiverton or Taunton station car parks, only charges between 0800 and 1800, and any credit rolls on to the next day, so if you leave the car for 24 hours you just pay for one day (^5.10 at the moment, I think), whereas I think the station car parks charge a flat rate for each calendar day, so for the same period they would charge something like 2 x ^6.00. I stand to be corrected on this, as for years I have only used the municipal (Kilkenny) car park.
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: JayMac on March 28, 2014, 15:58:16 The major problem with continuing to Taunton is getting from either the M5 or A38 to the station and Kilkenny Car Park. Traffic through Taunton can be a nightmare at any time during the day.
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Puffing Billy on March 28, 2014, 16:54:46 Good point - the rush-hour is grim. I have never found a problem at other times, but if "pm Tuesday" means between 4.30 and 6.00, then it might be a problem, although if you come from Silk Mills direction most of the traffic will be going the other way.
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Pb_devon on March 28, 2014, 18:24:33 Thanks both. The location of TIvvy P right next to the M5 is the big attraction, so I would not want to go into Taunton.
Still welcome input from someone who has experience. Of course, if my meeting was a week later.......... Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 15, 2014, 17:54:40 From the Mid Devon Gazette (http://www.middevongazette.co.uk/Rail-company-told-scrap-unused-temporary-coach/story-23074979-detail/story.html):
Quote Temporary coach park at Tiverton Parkway which has been unused for six months, must be scrapped rail bosses told (http://www.middevongazette.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276411/Article/images/23074979/7005361-large.jpg) Tiverton Parkway train station First Great Western have been told by district council planners to remove a temporary car and coach park installed at Tiverton Parkway to cope with increased passenger numbers following the damage to the London to Paddington mainline at Dawlish. An agricultural field on the approach road to the station around a mile outside the village of Sampford Peverell was converted to help transfer passengers from rail services onto replacement coach services until the breach in the line was fixed. The work was carried out without planning permission, but was allowed to go ahead by Mid Devon District Council given the extraordinary nature of the disruption to the mainline. Following repairs to the track at Dawlish the mainline reopened before Easter and six months later the coach and car parking area remains in place, although not used. In a report to Mid Devon District Council^s planning committee, enforcement officers said: ^Despite the assurances from the landowner and First Great Western that the coach park would be removed and the land reinstated to its former use and condition, as soon as the mainline was operational at Dawlish, the temporary coach park remains in place although not currently in use.^ The report states: ^It is considered ample time has been provided for the landowner and First Great Western to remove the coach park voluntarily as advised, unfortunately, this has not taken place.^ However, other parts of the report did not impress some councillors. Cllr Martin Binks said: ^The council^s letter to First Great Western said ^We are not of the opinion that there is a necessity for additional car and coach parking facilities to serve Tiverton Parkway station and would not support a planning application for its permanent retention^, but I don^t see any evidence to support that statement. When people give opinions, it is nice to see evidence to back them up.^ He said his own anecdotal experience was that the main car park and existing overflow car park at the station were already very busy at peak times. ^Whenever I go to Tiverton Parkway I can never find a space to park my car, on one occasion it wasn^t until after my intended train had actually gone that I was able to park.^ Dan Okie, regional manager for First Great Western told the committee: ^We are grateful to Mid Devon District Council for the support we received during the winter storms earlier this year. The works were funded by First Great Western at a cost of around ^1/4-million. Tiverton Parkway is a very important station fro the Mid Devon economy with 450,000 journeys taken from there per annum. It is a key joining point to the mainline rail network.^ He said the company believed the whole issue of parking to meet the growing needs of Tiverton Parkway users had to be examined, and ask the council to consider deferring enforcement action to allow a planning application for retention of the area to be considered. Mike Aspray, clerk to Sampford Peverell Parish Council also spoke at the meeting on Wednesday, October 8 to tell councillors that villagers felt retaining the area could provide a ^lit footpath running for part of the approach to the station^ which was currently narrow and poorly lit and thus did not encourage people to walk from the village to the station, further exacerbating traffic levels at the station. Councillors voted to approve the application to seek to take enforcement action but extended the time in which the landowner and rail company had to comply to three months. Purely in the interests of accuracy, it's actually Dan Okey, regional manager for First Great Western, rather than Dan Okie. Journalists, eh? ::) Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: JayMac on October 16, 2014, 03:58:14 Having met Dan a couple of days ago and seeing his name badge I can confirm CfN's clarification and correction addendum. ;D
Title: Re: Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic Post by: TaplowGreen on October 16, 2014, 08:12:48 Okey- doke, won't make that mistake again! ;D
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