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Title: New station between Wokingham and Bracknell? Post by: stuving on March 13, 2014, 11:13:44 Here's an item I missed last month in the Wokingham Times. (http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/new-train-station-could-added-6729962)
It's another example of politicians and/or journalists talking nonsense, of course, in particular this bit: Quote Councillor David Lee, leader of the council, said: ^It would make quite a difference. There is a portion of that site which is in effect open ground for the potential of a railway halt. ^We don^t know how far it is off, but if the government or Network Rail decide to electrify the line it could be much closer to reality.^ This is a bit scary, too: Quote Cllr Sleight believes the halt could cost ^50 million if it was designed for 12 carriages. And of course (as was pointed out in several comments online) every extra station slows down the trains - while: Quote Cllr Lee believes the majority of passengers would like to see faster trips to London and more trains at rush hour as a priority. So what happened when Airtrack was offering more trains, to more places, and faster? The council objected to it. Not a case of "we welcome this improved service, which is inline with council policy, but will need to find extra funding to replace the level crossing(s)", just a flat refusal. Title: Re: New station between Wokingham and Bracknell? Post by: Lee on March 13, 2014, 11:27:54 Ah, reminds me of the good old days when you could just get the A Team in to knock one up in that part of the world for you... - http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/photos/southern_winnersh_triangle_station.jpg
Title: Re: New station between Wokingham and Bracknell? Post by: Ollie on March 13, 2014, 16:44:43 Here's an item I missed last month in the Wokingham Times. (http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/new-train-station-could-added-6729962) It's another example of politicians and/or journalists talking nonsense, of course, in particular this bit: Quote Councillor David Lee, leader of the council, said: ^It would make quite a difference. There is a portion of that site which is in effect open ground for the potential of a railway halt. ^We don^t know how far it is off, but if the government or Network Rail decide to electrify the line it could be much closer to reality.^ Yep! Lets electrify a line that is already electrified :) 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 |