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December 09, 2009 - 03:21 PM
George Scott
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The latest news for our area that a new Freight Rail Hub is being looked at in the Spalding area.It could take a considerable amount of lorries off the road,but the local coucillors are not sure they can find a site or rationalise the implications before March. Again too much too late.
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October 26, 2009 - 12:14 PM
Alan Herringshaw
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A moan about the fare "adjustment" on the Market Harborough / London service that means now a journey on the 08h16 train from Market Harborough costs more than £80 compared to earlier this year £37.50! This is scandalous!!.
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September 04, 2009 - 07:57 AM
Mark Stevens
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Thanks to Stephen Abbott for his response. But again any pressure group which is even considering wanting to re-route Nottingham to London Trains via Corby permanently should not be taken seriously! The time penalty with the reversal at Leicester doesn't bear thinking about.
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August 29, 2009 - 03:20 PM
Stephen Abbott
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In response to Mark Stevens, each year there are periods (the next is mid Sep - mid Dec) when trains late on Saturday and on Sunday are diverted between Kettering and Leicester via Corby. This is to allow engineering work on the normal route via Market Harborough which has only two tracks.
Corby will be served by stops on the diverted trains, there not being enough line capacity to run the normal Kettering-Corby service. Corby will therefore (fortuitously) enjoy through trains to Nottingham and Sheffield.
Diversion of weekday Nottingham trains via Corby would incur a severe time penalty, and I see no risk to the twice hourly direct service to London. A regular train service north of Corby would need to stand on its own merit.
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August 18, 2009 - 03:20 PM
Mark Stevens
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I read in a Northampton paper that trains are currently travelling via Corby enroute to Nottingham (at weekends?) from London. Some ill informed so called pressure groups are wanting to make this permanent.
Hands off the Nottingham service! We do not want slower trains. Many of us remember the disquiet when a few years ago, Nottingham lost it's semi-fast London trains when they were diverted to Manchester. Not again thank you.
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June 29, 2009 - 10:11 AM
Robert Mason
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It does seem that the Tories haven't changed. Still anti public transport ie penny pinching on the Nottingham Tram extention, but still not batting an eye lid on expensive road schemes - which also DO/WILL NOT benefit the whole of Nottinghamshire. Two faced or not.
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June 17, 2009 - 11:32 AM
Mike Fisher
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Will the possible Tram cuts be Tory cuts or Kay Cutts?
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June 06, 2009 - 09:20 AM
John Knighton
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According to Kay Cutts the leader of the new Notts Tory Council, the Tram is too expensive and disruptive to build. Does she really think that road building is not also disruptive and is equally - if not more costly. Come on putting all our eggs in the road building basket will just build on transport chaos we are so used to. The Tram is a something Nottingham is rightly proud of and it works.
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June 05, 2009 - 06:02 PM
Thomas Carr
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Regarding "Liverpool-Norwich" MR March '09 by Stephen Abbott the overcrowding would be reduced if the service was speeded up with perhaps every second train not calling at Widnes, Manchester Oxford Road, Stockport, Sheffield,Alfreton and Ely. Leaving out the doubling back at Ely and Sheffield could save 30 minutes.
The strong flow of students is a mixed blessing. Their boisterous amiability is fine if you/they have only 30 mins. on the train between Nottingham and Sheffield but the school 'bus atmosphere on a long distance train is tedious for the long distance traveller and the refreshment dross unwelcome companions for the rest of the trip.
It's time that the franchise terms were changed and a long distance route provided long distance comfort and service.
May be local transport authorities' revenue support is calling the tune in Cheshire, Derbyshire and S.Yorks. The result is one service trying to meet 2 markets and achieving both local congestion and extended journey tim...
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May 06, 2009 - 01:20 PM
John Knighton
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The Tories say they will scrap the Tram extension if elected in Beeston. Among other things they say it is not cost effective.
Well I suppose we could continue to build more roads (some are justified) but do they think that roads are free? Do the sums. The proposed fourth River Trent crossing (supported by Tories) could cost as much as the Tram extension. Furthermore, such a road crossing would be entirely funded out of taxation, whilst a considerable part of the Tram extension would be privately funded. (Oh didn’t The Tories mention that). The Tram will benefit more people than a fourth Trent crossing. Where does the extra traffic generated by the new bridge go? I guess the Taxpayer will just have to fund yet more roads to cope.
Those reading this will think that I am anti-car. No, but the current system is not working, journey times are getting longer, busses are held up in traffic making them unattractive. …and so on. Time to be a bit cleverer and think outside the box.
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April 25, 2009 - 06:10 PM
Alasdair Young
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If you have 158s or even 156s you ar not the worst about a fortnight ago in Bristol I saw two 150s coupling up to form a Bristol to Weymouth train A two and a half hour journey.
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March 06, 2009 - 03:41 PM
Frank Turner
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Well, they gave us the oldest, smallest and most worn out trains in the UK, the least capacity in years on Norwich – Liverpool, two unjustified price rises, and now they announce 165 redundancies from their staff. And all that in just over a year, and we’ve seen no improvement at all. What should we expect next from this greedy, arrogant and useless company, we just take it and do nothing.
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March 05, 2009 - 06:06 PM
Christopher Blake
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I expect the figures for East Midlands Parkway are slightly inflated as it would be cheaper to book a ticket from there to London at the minute that it would be from Loughborough, Long Eaton, Derby or Leicester. In purchasing a ticket to London from East Midlands, but joining the service elsewhere on the network and buying an additional ticket to cover the rest of the journey (EG between Long Eaton and EMP) it would appear more are travelling than actually are!
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March 02, 2009 - 05:14 PM
Alasdair Young
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It was with sadness I read Stephen Abbott's Article in Modern Railways on the Norwich / Liverpool service I got to know that service about 10 years ago when visiting family near Mansfield 170 units were making their appearance and Central Trains seemed to be making a reasonably good job We used Alfreton station a lot (it seemed to have lost its parkway status by then) then bus. Comming from Scotland after the introduction of Voyager units we travelled to Edinburgh for a Virgin CC service to Chesterfield then a long wait fot the service to Alfreton Previously we had travelled by WCML to Preston to change for Manchester Once we had a disaster by changing stations a Warrington. However it was as a Leisure route we enjoyed the Central Trains services travelling from Alfreton both East and West.
158 units have never been a favourite of mine as I was in Glasgow Control when they were introduced, never a shift passed without a failure and 2 vehicles is utterly usless on interurban services....
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February 26, 2009 - 10:21 AM
Paul Clark
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East Midlands Parkway. 6 or 7 people per train and it is VERY early days. (and there are quite a few trains each day). Sounds good value to me when compared with the upgrading of the A453 which will cost many times what EMP cost and don’t forget that many cars only have one occupant! A costly scheme to get cars to the outskirts of Nottingham and then into the traffic jams quicker! Fantastic!!! Oh we can widen Clifton Bridge or another Trent Road bridge costing around £400m and so on! (Incidentally for comparison, the Trams cost £400m too for a whole system).
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February 19, 2009 - 07:47 PM
Tim Anderson
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4000 in 9 days ... thats 444 per day on average. There are around 70 trains per day so about 6 or 7 people per train on average? Is that up to expectations?
Tim
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February 12, 2009 - 07:48 PM
Stephen Abbott
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East Midlands Trains report 4000 journeys or bookings from East Midlands Parkway in the first nine days. The station is likely to be used by passengers finding it more convenient than Derby, Long Eaton, Loughborough or Nottingham; some from further afield accessing it via the motorway; and airport passengers and staff.
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February 03, 2009 - 08:33 PM
Tim Anderson
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Is anybody using the new EM Parkway station? I'm finding it hard to see who would want to; though I'd love it to be a success. Anybody know how it is going?
Tim
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January 27, 2009 - 03:20 PM
Simon Tomlin
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Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is outlining a package of government support for the UK car industry. Whilst it is important to keep jobs in the car industry, lets press for similar treatment for the rail industry. E.g build more carriages for East Midlands Trains, building of the East West Rail link, High Speed Rail and Electrification. And so on...
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January 12, 2009 - 02:56 PM
Peter Burton
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It is appalling that some train companies are now charging for “online” bookings. I remember the days of queuing for ages at ticket offices and then missing trains as a result. It is entirely logical that advance booking should be cheaper and everything should be done to encourage “online” bookings. Whilst of course walk on fares must be retained, it is an expensive luxury and maybe the train companies need to reduce their overheads (staff/equipment) on tickets sales. Charging for online sales reverses this by putting more pressure on ticket offices.
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