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Title: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: grahame on June 16, 2012, 13:57:54 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/efnews/9764948.ONGAR__Railway_neighbours_to_launch_petition/?
Quote FAMILIES living with the downside of railway nostalgia as historical trains thunder past their gardens are demanding steps to make their lives more bearable. People living in Bowes Drive, Ongar say their weekends were ruined when smoke and diesel fumes from the newly-reopened Epping Ongar Railway line started pouring into their homes. They now plan to launch a petition to reduce the impact of the trains and have questioned whether the trains being used should be on the line. Hazel Simmons, 49, said: ^The residents aren^t anti-railway at all, but what^s happened is the size and the scale of the operation is far in excess of anything that^s suitable for the locality. ^Originally, there was a tiny little steam train that ran up and down the line a couple of times a day delivering milk. ^A preserved railway line should be preserving what the railway line has always been.^ It was 15 trains each way per day in 1910 ... mostly through steam trains from / to London It was a train each way every 45 minutes all day in the 1970s when I used the line Presumably both of those services were "unsuitable for the locality" ;) Title: Re: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: Southern Stag on June 16, 2012, 15:10:23 I'm not sure running a couple of milk trains along the line each day has much of an appeal, I can't see many tourists turning up to watch a milk train run up and down. Of course in recent history the line was electrified, but electrifying the line is very unlikely to be achieved.
Title: Re: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: John R on June 16, 2012, 15:15:11 At a recent event on the GWSR, I was told by one of the management that there are a couple of very influential (and rich) people who live close to the proposed extension to Broadway who are putting every obstacle they can in the way of the extension (as if the railway didn't have enough of its own given recent events). As well as objecting to any developments relating to the potential extension, regardless of proximity to their properties, they use barristers (which because of legal protocol means the railway has to do likewise at hige cost), and lobby extensively those making any decisions.
Title: Re: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: Btline on June 16, 2012, 15:24:14 Why not extend the Central line, taking pressure off car parking in Epping?
Title: Re: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: John R on June 16, 2012, 15:46:58 Maybe because the reason it closed back in 1994 (the only "very last train" I have been on) was because the number of passengers was paltry, and the branch was hopelessly uneconomic. An attempt to reinvigorate it by running services all day as opposed to peak only had not been successful. Also it had to run as a shuttle because the power supply couldn't take full length trains, so the introduction of the new Central line stock was the catalyst for closure.
Title: Re: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 17, 2012, 23:01:00 QED. :-X
Title: Re: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: Btline on June 18, 2012, 01:26:43 Also it had to run as a shuttle... That's why it closed then! ::) It's probably not worth the money upgrading as you'd only steal Epping passengers/overcrowd the trains even more. Title: Re: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: caliwag on June 18, 2012, 11:19:09 At a recent event on the GWSR, I was told by one of the management that there are a couple of very influential (and rich) people who live close to the proposed extension to Broadway who are putting every obstacle they can in the way of the extension (as if the railway didn't have enough of its own given recent events). As well as objecting to any developments relating to the potential extension, regardless of proximity to their properties, they use barristers (which because of legal protocol means the railway has to do likewise at hige cost), and lobby extensively those making any decisions. Interesting and sad. Rather than fight it though would there be a way forward in substantial tree planting, even containing and hiding a noise barrier, for example...try to get these sort of people on their side. I suppose for some it's just the principle of change. I wonder how the 'rich' neighbours get their fun...probably Formula One or Motor cycle scrambling or some such irritations! Edited to fix quote. bignosemac Title: Re: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: caliwag on June 26, 2012, 11:57:35 Good news at Ongar...
http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/story-16420279-detail/story.html From Newsnow rail site Title: Re: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: grahame on October 07, 2012, 18:49:27 And another heritage line upsets its neighbours:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/public_meeting_in_village_about_mid_norfolk_railway_concerns_1_1574268 Title: Re: Increased service leads to complaints from railway's neighbours Post by: eightf48544 on October 08, 2012, 10:12:54 I can understand the vilagers be concerned about the parking it's a problem with many peserved lins that they are not easily accessaible by public transport, often it's only by car.
The classic is the Churnet Valley line, we made the mistake of going to the opening of the Cauldon Lowe branch where they sold far too advanced many tickets. Froghall village was chock a block with cars parked every where. The only good way to get to that railway is by canal boat, good moorings at cheddleton, Consall and Froghall. Did it this year trouble free mooring. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |