Parking at Tiverton Parkway station - merged topic

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[Super Guard]

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....

[signalandtelegraph]

They've started to apply double yellow lines on the approach road at Tiverton Parkway thus forcing eveyone to pay whatever FGW^▸ (First Great Western)/APCOA^▸ (Car parking company used at GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) - controlled stations in the area) 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.   

[Super Guard]

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 

[Chris from Nailsea]

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?

 

[Super Guard]

I take it you haven't been to TVP then?   

[Chris from Nailsea]

No, I haven't.  Sorry, but could I ask you to elaborate? 

[TerminalJunkie]

Tiverton Parkway in June 2006: they were already using the side street!

[devon_metro]

Loads of space in the car park last Saturday at 2035

[Super Guard]

 

In that photo, the field at the top, across the road from the 'parked cars' is now a new FGW^▸ (First Great Western) 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).    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?   

[signalandtelegraph]

  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?

[Chris from Nailsea]

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. 

[Super Guard]

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   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    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 

[signalandtelegraph]

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

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^▸ (Car parking company used at GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) - controlled stations in the area) small print, your pretty much in the same position in their car park as well but it's cost you ^4!

[Super Guard]

Happy days 

I wonder if they'll get rid of the yellow lines they've already painted so far... 

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^▸ (First Great Western) bothered to stop there more often 

[devon_metro]

Happy days 

I wonder if they'll get rid of the yellow lines they've already painted so far... 

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^▸ (First Great Western) bothered to stop there more often 

I'm sorry what?

It gets a pretty much hourly service with 2tph in the peak...