Lostwithiel - footbridge, services and sidings (merged topic)

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[Richard Fairhurst]

No experience but aware of another case. Surely you read The Scunthorpe Telegraph 

I like the quote that "the feedback we get from customers is they would use the station if there was access".

I think something else would help attract passengers to the station...

(To be fair, there are a few trains on Saturdays.)

[Andy]

I'd have thought that if Camborne, with its level crossing and footbridge without lifts, is compliant, then the same reasoning should apply to Lostwithiel.  

[Kernow Otter]

And with that premis, then Truro as well?  But they have the benefit of having their original footbridges, and are not having to put a replacement, and hence new bridge back in.  Rumours persist that the original footbridge survives in preservation but further details escape me.

[Kernow Otter]

One and All

Please see the attached, which I have permission from Cornwall Council to share.

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AsqRsk9ojkQag7VMbT6HEsF6NGWbgg?e=zkRAlT

[LiskeardRich]

Councillor Colin Martin has today announced via his Facebook that funding is secured. However his political rival says it’s not quite accurate.

“It's official: Lostwithiel is getting a BRAND NEW FOOTBRIDGE!! “

Local election rival Tim Hughes puts some facts into perspective

“For anyone who is interested, this is the latest briefing document from the partnership hoping to deliver a footbridge at Lostwithiel Station.  In the interests of accuracy,  the sentence used is 'Network Rail are committed to finding the full funding for the scheme'.  In the real world, there is a huge gap between finding the full funding and getting the cheque book out.  With the design yet to be finalised, it is impossible to put a price to the contract.  Having been with this project from it's inception 8 years ago, I am confident that it will go ahead, but would hate for people to gain the impression that the Magic Money tree is bearing fruit in the run up to local Council elections.”

Posts are in Facebook group Lost voice: community notice board & discussion group for Lostwithiel area

https://www.facebook.com/groups/lostvoice/?ref=share

[Kernow Otter]

I shall unmask myself.  I am Tim Hughes, current Mayor of Lostwitihel, campaigner for a replacement footbridge for the last 8 years, and otherwise strong supporter of Lostwithiel Station.

Have built relationships with CC and the industry and we have seen some great minor investments at the station which have made the traveling experience significantly better.  We were the only station in the Devon and Cornwall area to secure access for all funding to aid access to platform two when the bridge is installed, and thanks are owed to Sheryll Murray MP^▸ (Member of Parliament) for helping make this happen.

The officers and staff at CC have been really good throughout this, but now Councillor Martin has hijacked this project and is trying to claim the credit for it.  Anyone would have thought there are Cornwall Council elections brewing..... And yes, I am a candidate in these elections !


https://www.facebook.com/groups/lostvoice/permalink/1095836927522372/

[Lee]

I shall unmask myself.  I am Tim Hughes, current Mayor of Lostwitihel, campaigner for a replacement footbridge for the last 8 years, and otherwise strong supporter of Lostwithiel Station.

Have built relationships with CC and the industry and we have seen some great minor investments at the station which have made the traveling experience significantly better.  We were the only station in the Devon and Cornwall area to secure access for all funding to aid access to platform two when the bridge is installed, and thanks are owed to Sheryll Murray MP^▸ (Member of Parliament) for helping make this happen.

The officers and staff at CC have been really good throughout this, but now Councillor Martin has hijacked this project and is trying to claim the credit for it.  Anyone would have thought there are Cornwall Council elections brewing..... And yes, I am a candidate in these elections !


https://www.facebook.com/groups/lostvoice/permalink/1095836927522372/

Citizens of Earley take note - That's how you take control of the news agenda with a footbridge story on a slow news day!

[LiskeardRich]

I shall unmask myself.  I am Tim Hughes, current Mayor of Lostwitihel, campaigner for a replacement footbridge for the last 8 years, and otherwise strong supporter of Lostwithiel Station.

Have built relationships with CC and the industry and we have seen some great minor investments at the station which have made the traveling experience significantly better.  We were the only station in the Devon and Cornwall area to secure access for all funding to aid access to platform two when the bridge is installed, and thanks are owed to Sheryll Murray MP^▸ (Member of Parliament) for helping make this happen.

The officers and staff at CC have been really good throughout this, but now Councillor Martin has hijacked this project and is trying to claim the credit for it.  Anyone would have thought there are Cornwall Council elections brewing..... And yes, I am a candidate in these elections !


https://www.facebook.com/groups/lostvoice/permalink/1095836927522372/

I don’t trust Mr Martin to be honest. I encountered him when he stood to be MP and in a 5 min conversation he contradicted himself and forgot what he’d said earlier in the same conversation

[Andy]

I hope that the installation of a footbridge won't mean that the bay platform is lost; it might be little more than a pipe dream but removal of the bay would make it harder for trains to Fowey to operate again one day.

[RailCornwall]

I know that mention is made in the 'Trewoon' thread of this work, but I feel linking out to the Cornwall Railway Society warrants a separate one. There's an article together with an impressive drone photograph of the worksite dated today (13 Mar 2021) featured here .....

http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/latest-input--news--old-pictures-etc/archives/03-2021

[RailCornwall]

Check NRW^» (Network Rail Western - about)'s Twitter for a series of photos from this weekend.

https://twitter.com/networkrailwest/status/1370785537980829696

https://twitter.com/networkrailwest/status/1371102255764676611

[ellendune]

The 'old' bridge doesn't look that old?

[Kernow Otter]

40 years old.  The one adjacent to it is approx 140 years old, and just getting a coat of paint.....

[LiskeardRich]

NRW^» (Network Rail Western - about) Twitter says trains running weekdays. There are a few slots in the day where buses do replace trains

Edit - fixed caps - grahame

[bobm]

A rail defect on the down line (the only one in use at present) led to the service being suspended and all services being replaced by buses this afternoon.