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Title: Severnside - an audit of services and aspirations Post by: grahame on July 23, 2022, 09:22:51 Following up from last Saturday's Railfuture (Severnside) meeting that preceded the national AGM - I am doing myself an audit / checkpoint to remind myself of what should be on the agenda of the branch. The branch area is defines as Somerset, Wiltshire (but not south of Salisbury Plain), Gloucestershire and the West of England Combined Authority.
Comments / inputs welcome - what have I missed or included that really should not be there? Reminder of tag line - "Railfuture – Campaigning for better services over a bigger railway - run by volunteers to benefit rail users" The following train services connect our area to other areas London to Bristol and onwards via Bath main line London to South Wales main line Cardiff to Portsmouth Plymouth and Bristol to Birmingham and beyond (+) London to the South West via Westbury semifast (*) London to the South West via Taunton express London to Cheltenham Spa Worcester and Great Malvern to Weymouth via Bristol (*) Cardiff to Taunton and beyond via Weston-super-mare London to Yeovil Junction via Westbury The following touch briefly onto one of our counties London to Worcester and Hereford via Evesham London to Exeter via Yeovil Junction London to Salisbury local (+) London to Bedwyn (+) The following services are contained within our area Local services in the Bristol Area (*) Severn Beach Line (*) Swindon to Westbury (*) How do we make it a better railway? + - needs to be restored to pre-covid levels at least * - seeking significant frequency increase The following stations are on our radar for service improvement Pilning Dilton Marsh The following stations are on our radar for infrastructure improvement Trowbridge The following service on existing passenger lines is missing Frome to Taunton Severnside to south coast / Brighton (+) Severnside to London Waterloo(+) Connections need improving at Castle Cary Salisbury Westbury New Stations on existing lines Portway Parkway Devizes Gateway Corsham Saltford St Annes Park Langport Stroudwater Ashton Down Long Ashton Coalpit Heath Lockleaze White House Business Park Royal Wootton Bassett Staverton Junction Bathampton Charfield Wellington Wilton Sparcells Porton New services on lines not in current regular passenger service west of Swindon to Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge Bristol to Portishead Henbury Loop Thornbury Taunton to Bishops Lydeard / Minehead Frome to Radstock Witham to Shepton Mallet Andover to Ludgershall Kemble to Cirencester Journeys / destinations to be considered from across our region To Birmingham and The North To the south coast, including Isle of Wight To airports - Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted To the northern Home Counties and East Anglia Other Issues Reliabilty of services and connections Integration with bus services for "final mile" Integration with bus services for places not served by train Integrated bus and train ticketing and interchangability Information systems including someone to actually ask Fares and ticketing - complexity/system and levels Freight on rail Environment and climate issues Age and comfort of stock Customer voice and inputs Mass transit projects that are not national rail Bath and Bristol tram propsals MetroBus / guided busways Title: Re: Severnside - an audit of services and aspirations Post by: Mark A on July 23, 2022, 10:06:42 That's quite a catalogue. But it's right that it is as it's dealing with a not inconsiderable slice of the UK and, concerning rail, increasingly poorly connected.
An aside, perhaps 'Kemble to Cirencester' is best not included in the 'not in regular passenger use' category. Mark Title: Re: Severnside - an audit of services and aspirations Post by: grahame on July 23, 2022, 11:49:03 That's quite a catalogue. But it's right that it is as it's dealing with a not inconsiderable slice of the UK and, concerning rail, increasingly poorly connected. An aside, perhaps 'Kemble to Cirencester' is best not included in the 'not in regular passenger use' category. Mark I was thinking of a separate "and some / all needs new build" category: Cirencester Portishead Shepton Mallet Radstock but every darned one is a special case? Title: Re: Severnside - an audit of services and aspirations Post by: johnneyw on July 24, 2022, 17:14:40 Would AZTEC West fit in there somewhere?
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