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« Reply #90 on: May 19, 2013, 23:50:04 » |
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Well thats the issue for Maidenhead, lack of car park spaces. What is true is that theres limited space for cars at the station, thats until Crossrail build the multi storey car park, whenever that may be. To be honest the whole thing is a complete mess. Maybe better to use a taxi or bus to get to the station, although for people it may be too much to ask!
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« Reply #91 on: May 20, 2013, 22:08:30 » |
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Indeed.. I chose to walk generally.. Only as the bus service is far from regular also...
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« Reply #92 on: May 21, 2013, 08:34:21 » |
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I strongly suspect that the majority of those parking at Maidenhead station live well beyond walking distance and off of the bus routes. Lets face it, no one pays ^5.20 per day (so thats >^1000 per year) for fun.
It has to be remembered that Maidenhead is a commuter hub for a huge area. Anyone west of Taplow, south of High Wycombe and east of Reading will see Maidenhead as their fastest route to London.
You won't convince these people to carshare, or get the bus. The carparking debacle will get worse.
Personally I'd get the bus if the bus cost a reasonable amount of money, ran more often than once every 30mins, was coordinated with the train timetable, and ran past 8pm....
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« Reply #93 on: May 21, 2013, 23:40:52 » |
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Wow. every 30 minutes.. We only have an hourly service from my part of Maidenhead (apart from on Sundays that is when we have nothing at all)...  |
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« Reply #94 on: August 24, 2013, 23:25:20 » |
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Just had a look into a old thread, and i agree with jo and NickB that the bus service around Maidenhead is shocking. I did email Courtney Buses, to find out if a later bus could run between Maidenhead and Woodlands Park after 830pm, which is when the last bus is... However they say that due to lack of demand (not surprising since they like to speed everywhere) they cannot afford to run a later service as it would damage the commercial operation of route 7. Come On i remember in 2003 when First Beeline (yes another First Group operator...) operated the routes 56 and 57 and ran until 1100 pm at night. So what's so different now? Well maybe theres one thing, the decline of Maidenhead Town Centre in general.... but still there's people who do want a bus service at the time. I for one, if i ever did go to london would never take a taxi back home due to the high cost. Might as well walk  |
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« Reply #95 on: August 24, 2013, 23:47:21 » |
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Something more relevant to this thread.
Apparently Crossrail will be constructing a bigger Car Park on the Shoppenhangers Road side of the Station, however i don't know how they will build two or three levels in such a small area.
Also with Maidenhead Station (Shoppenhangers Road entrance) the entrance will come out a bit further with the bus stop being removed to a different location (maybe as far as the Desborough School Bus Stop).
At the front a bigger two level Maidenhead Station on Station Approach will be built, however the crossing to get to the Maidenhead Town Centre from the Station will be interesting. The A308 can be a dangerous road at times....
Although due to limited space there's only so much you can do, and the council have a habit of preventing positive things such as constructing better footway facilities, and would rather redo the pavement at a cost of ^400,000...
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« Reply #96 on: April 30, 2014, 07:22:15 » |
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Just passed an HST▸ at a standstill on the UM on the Thames Bridge east of Maidemhead. Realtime Trains suggests it's the 0447 BRI» -PAD» . A couple of people were examining the lower front of the leading power car. Obviously all Up trains are currently having to use the UR in the area so some disruption this morning.
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« Reply #97 on: April 30, 2014, 07:35:49 » |
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It was indeed the 0447 off BRI» .
Unsolicited brake application brought the set to a stand. Parking brake has had to be manually wound off.
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« Reply #98 on: April 30, 2014, 09:49:48 » |
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Parking brake has had to be manually wound off.
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« Reply #99 on: April 30, 2014, 10:07:36 » |
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I was on the 7.08 from Maidenhead this morning and it only ended up being delayed by about 10 minutes due to this broken down train so I was quite lucky.. I imagine the passengers on the broken train were not best pleased at the delay especially with the tube strike to contend with when they finally made it to Paddington..
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« Reply #100 on: April 30, 2014, 10:54:04 » |
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It finally arrived in Paddington at 08:09 - 1 hour and 45 minutes late.
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« Reply #101 on: June 29, 2014, 11:42:36 » |
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There is a sign up at Maidenhead station (in the front car park) to say that there will be 50 (I think) less spaces available there from July 5th but there will be some additional ones made available in Silco Drive.. I failed to note how long this would be for but I can try and find out later  |
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« Reply #102 on: October 17, 2014, 21:11:27 » |
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Oh joy. Due to planned engineering works (I assume), Maidenhead (as I am sure other stations have too) has lost half it's Saturday service tomorrow which is already busy when it's running as planned (four trains an hour usually).. I can hardly wait..  |
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« Reply #103 on: October 18, 2014, 09:31:00 » |
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Does anyone know how long these trains are today? I am hoping 5 or 6 carriages.. Otherwise I am very tempted to drive..
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« Reply #104 on: October 18, 2014, 11:29:13 » |
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12:44 and 14:20 departures to London are 3-car, but practically everything else is either 5 or 6 cars.
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