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AGM in April Sunday, 31 January 2010 Because our invited Guest Speaker is now not available we are pursuing other lines of inquiry and will let you know what date in April it will be held when the programme is confirmed. We are hoping it will be on a Saturday afternoon to get a positive attendance form local people. Depending on numbers it may be restricted to Members only for the buffet, but you can join on line. Members wish to attend please notify us by April.
FUTURE OF LlITTLEWORTH STATION Monday, 25 January 2010 Well it is crunch time for the project to re-open Littleworth Station. We still need to raise around £5000 to get the feasibility off the ground. Unfortunately EMDA have turned us down because they only finance large regional projects. Reply from EMDA. Quote: “At the strategic, regional level we often play an active role in helping fund with partners, or commissioning direct ourselves, technical assessments and feasibility studies to help influence and inform the investment decisions taken by Network Rail and others. We prioritise how we use our limited funding to focus on the key strategic rail and other transport priorities for the Peterborough City Council has also declined because of the lack of funds available. We have as you know approached SHDC & LCC for funding but you guessed it. ‘No funds available.’ So you see unless funding is available from other sources the project will shortly have to come to a close. The downturn to this is of course there will be no improvement in commuting is the local area even when the 2400 homes are built in WE should be looking at 20 to30 years down the line as to what our future needs are going to be, not rushing at the last minute to provide a much needed resource at an inflated cost. The meeting on Thursday will bring up some of these questions and we hope many people will turn up to air their views. Hope to see you there. (details of the meeting are on our home page) BBC Footage Friday, 22 January 2010 You may have been confused with a piece of footage shown on BBC Look North last night. Although it showed EMT trains in the piece the additional services from Lincoln to Kings Cross are actually going to be provided by East Coast. We are not sure of the exact route these trains will take as EMT arrives at a different London Station from East Coast Timetable Consultation Update New East Coast Standard Pattern Timetable for May 2011A new timetable is being developed which will improve rail services on the East Coast Main Line. The new timetable will deliver 25 extra East Coast services, thousands more seats, and faster journeys. It will also improve connections, make better use of the existing track space and introduce a new direct link between Lincoln and London Kings Cross for the first time in years. The new timetable will be implemented in May 2011. Before finalising the details of the new timetable, East Coast is seeking views from passengers and other stakeholders on the emerging proposals. East Coast will publish a full version of the proposed timetable on 1 February 2010 and consultation will continue throughout February. In addition to the information published on the East Coast website, consultation events are being arranged along the line of route to allow passengers to put their views directly to East Coasts managers. The final detailed timetable will be developed by Network Rail is also subject to the Office of Rail Regulation approving Access Rights. Key features of the proposed timetable are: A standard service pattern for most of the day where trains will run at the same times in each hour, with some 2-hourly variations where necessary to match demand. One fast train per hour between Kings Cross and Edinburgh, with a standard journey time of 4 hours 20 minutes. A second train between Kings Cross and Two trains per hour between Leeds and A new service between London and York in alternate hours, calling at most intermediate stations and providing good connections at York. A new service between The timetable will also include through trains to the following locations: Inverness: 1 train per day to/from Skipton: 1 train per day to/from Harrogate: 1 train per day to Dundee: 4trains per day to Most of East Coasts current services between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh will be replaced by Cross-country services. Most passengers between The following standard service pattern is proposed: Northbound Southbound This pattern of services will operate on a 2-hourly cycle for most of the day. During the morning and evening peak periods at Kings Cross, the service pattern will be amended to include some additional services and to vary calling patterns to match demand. The total number of peak services proposed is:   *One morning peak service from **One service in each direction between Edinburgh and Kings Cross will call at The following first and last trains are proposed:   ***Later departures from Proposals for weekend services are still being developed. Initial thinking is that the levels of service should be: Saturday 2 trains per hour between Kings Cross and Edinburgh, calling at 1 train per hour between Kings Cross and Leeds, calling at Stevenage, 1 train per 2 hours between Kings Cross and Lincoln, calling at Finish of service around 1 hour later than at present. Sunday Saturday level of service up to around 16:00 Full weekday service level of 5 trains per hour with peak enhancements from around 16:00 Start of service around 1 hour earlier than at present. Next Steps Passengers and other stakeholders are invited to submit their comments on the new timetable proposal to East Coast. ORR is expected to publish its Directions in February 2010 East Coast will continue to develop the new timetable with Network Rail, the Department for Transport and other industry partners. Further details of the proposed timetable will be published on 1 February 2010. Consultation will continue throughout February and comments received will be taken into account in further refinement of the proposed timetable. Other train operators will carry out consultation on proposed changes to their services. Network Rail will produce a consolidated timetable for all train operators later in 2010. The final timetable will be published in Spring 2011, leading up to implementation in May 2011 The Forum will be making representations on the changes as they are not very favourable for Peterborough Station passengers. Forum represented at meeting. Thursday, 14 January 2010 The Conservative Approach to the Railways Theresa Villiers MP Wednesday 13th January 6.30pm In the run up to the next general election, the future of transport has become particularly important to the voters. Whatever the mode – air, road, rail – there are problems of reliability, cost and the implications for our environment. Already, Politeia's On Track series has heard from the industry's leaders on the issues at the heart of the debate about present arrangements such as:
On January 13th 2010, Theresa Villiers MP, Shadow Transport Secretary, discussed The Conservative Approach to the Railways in Politeia's Winter Address. She set out Conservative thinking on the future of the railways as the country prepares for the general election. * Theresa Villiers MP is Shadow Secretary of State for Transport. She has served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party in the European Parliament. Bus Route 37 Thursday, 7 January 2010 I am pleased to inform you that an agreement as been reached between East Midlands Trains and Stagecoach buses (route 37), between Spalding and January Meeting Tuesday, 5 January 2010 There was a mistake of the date in the Xmas Newsletter which stated the next meeting was on the 25th January it should read 28th January.
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Address took place at 6.30pm on Wednesday 13th January 2010.
