Last week, the managing director of South West Trains told me that the plans for the forecourt of the Fleet, Hampshire train station were not yet finalised – see Reckless Cycling at Fleet Station. (UPDATE: front page of the Fleet News & Mail newspaper!) So, earlier this week I asked a construction site manager at the…
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Reckless Cycling at Fleet Station
by AndrewRH • • 9 Comments
UPDATE: Front page news in Fleet! See the updates section below. I queried South West trains again about various issues at their Fleet, Hampshire station as a follow-up to my posting a few months back: SouthWest Trains erects The Great Wall of Fleet. Unfortunately, the South West Trains customer service centre in Southampton did not…
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SouthWest Trains erects The Great Wall of Fleet
by AndrewRH • • 2 Comments
I call it The Great Wall of Fleet: the new decked car park being erected for SouthWest Trains at Fleet station by Network Rail. Even with just the skeleton nearing completion, it blocks the view of, and the view from, the beautiful Local Nature Reserve of Fleet Pond, which is listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The…