UPDATE: Strings attached after successful lobbying! See CORRESPONDENCE section below for news from Councillor Seán D T Woodward Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Environment at Hampshire County Council. On Tuesday, 4 November 2014, Hampshire County Council’s Economy, Transport and Environment committee will decide if they want to give £300,000 to South West Trains, who have already…
Tag: trains
Government, Public Transport, Space For Cycling
Fleet Station Costs Skyrocket and Cycle Provision Delayed Severely
by AndrewRH • • 2 Comments
Today marks the start of National Customer Service Week but you’d be forgiven for shaking your head at that after finding out how much South West Trains and Network Rail have let costs escalate and delays mount for their train station at Fleet, Hampshire. The cost to “revitalise” Fleet train station has mushroomed an incredible 48% to £8,871,000 from an original…
Critiques, Public Transport
Forecourt plans for Fleet train station revealed
by AndrewRH • • 2 Comments
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…
Miscellaneous
Heritage Motorways!
by AndrewRH • • 2 Comments
Copyright: Reproduced courtesy of The Railway Magazine (April 2014) — My thanks to its editor, Nick Pigott, for his kind permission to let me scan and reproduce the article here; and thanks also go of course to my favourite ticket clerk, Kev, for bringing the article to my attention in the first place! In lieu of…
Public Transport
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…