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August 04, 2008 - 04:33 PM
Terry Kirby
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I agree with most of the previous comments about fares on Cross Country services, electrification, etc. But a major bugbear for me is the ridiculously short and overcrowded trains we have to put up with, as well as the often extortionate fares.
A major issue is the way the railways are structured in this country, plus the constant meddling and micromanagement from the nonentities at the DfT, most of whom probably have no concept of what trains are like in 'the real world' (i.e. outside London), and, probably, no real interest either.
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July 24, 2008 - 03:15 PM
Karen Bayliss
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Work on widening the A453 into Nottingham due to start in 2010. The Nottinghamshire coroner Nigel Chapman is reported to have said that an estimated 10 to 20 people could die on the A453 in the next five years - and its upgrading would improve safety on the "dangerous" road.
But surely to invest in the railways in the area would save even more lives. Besides where does the extra road traffic generated by this scheme go to when it gets to Nottingham? Surely this will mean more congestion and road casualties in Nottingham it self?
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June 27, 2008 - 09:51 AM
Jim Thompson
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Glad to see that we may get high speed rail. Don’t hold your breath though! Although energy costs will increase with increased speed, if it gets people off internal air flights, then over all it will reduce green house gases.
However for serious rail electrification in the UK we need to sort out our electricity generation. Nuclear power is the only reliable option to meets the needs, although in reality this can only borrow us time.
Wind power is a good option too but expensive and not suitable for base loading. It also provides relatively little power
We also need to look at the "live simply" option and reduce our consumption.
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June 11, 2008 - 01:34 PM
Grobbendonk
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I'm hearing rumours about cuts to the EMT services to Wellingborough and Kettering next year. EMT haven't responded when I asked, so I'm wondering if anyone else has any ideas about what the plans are?
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June 05, 2008 - 04:37 PM
Christopher Thomas
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Beware simplification of train tickets scam - In the 6 months Since Arriva Cross Country have taken over, Fares went up in january 2008 and Burton on Trent (east midlands trains run the station) car park charges have gone up to £4.50. But worst of all on top of this you can no longer use Cheap day returns before 09:30 (was 09:00) and between 15:30 and 18:15 (there used to be no restriction). This applies is any journey where cross country set the fare such as derby - Nottingham, Burton - Nottingham etc. This means for example we have to buy the peak ticket at £11.90 instead of £7.80 if I if I want to have a day in Birmingham and not wait untill 18:30 to return. This is a massive fare increase!.
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May 15, 2008 - 12:01 PM
Simon Coxon
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Yes overcrowding is an issue north/west of Nottingham on the Norwich-Liverpool run.
It may be better to split the service at Nottingham and run different stock on the two legs. Starting from Leicester via Nottingham would be very useful and running via Kilamarsh would eliminate the reversal at Sheffield. This would also free some paths around Sheffield.
Eventually Kilamarsh could be included as a stop?
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April 25, 2008 - 07:51 PM
Paul Burrows
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I think Mike Sweeney below makes a very valid suggestion regarding the Liverpool service.
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April 18, 2008 - 01:25 PM
Steve Phillips
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East Midlands Trains are literally taking us for a ride. Season ticket holders have lost out big time since the take over from MML. Not only have we suffered the highest increase in season ticket cost, we have lost:
Seat Reservations
Complimentary hot drinks
Free travel using season ticket at weekends.
Discount when purchasing tickets for accompanying passengers.
There are also restrictions on taking cycles on the train, that previously didn't apply.
Nothing good has come from EMT!
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March 27, 2008 - 09:27 AM
Mike Sweeney
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With the severe overcrowding often experienced on the Norwich-Liverpool service, particularly north of Nottingham, whilst at the same time fresh air being carried around particularly east of Ely, wouldn’t it have been more sensible to split this service at Nottingham? There is a definite need for a good service from Leicester to Manchester. It would strike me as sensible to run a Leicester- Liverpool service via Nottingham with longer trains – even using Inter-City type stock. This would then replace the Nottingham – Liverpool part of the Norwich service. It would probably help with reliability too.
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March 13, 2008 - 09:24 AM
Nick Burton
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No new rail investment in the Budget I note. Wasn’t very green was it.
As regards higher taxes for gas guzzling cars, many of these (not all it is true) are in company fleets for such people e.g. as sales reps. Surely companies will just pass on the extra costs to the rest of us and such vehicles will continue to pollute and congest our roads? I can’t see the typical sales rep worrying about the pollution his/her company is paying for. After all, the company car is a status symbol for these people and the type of car is seen very much as part of their employment package.
Yes I guess this is a step in the right direction for the non company car gas guzzing 4*4s etc
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February 29, 2008 - 08:54 PM
John Martin
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Network Rail fined! I would rather see the money invested in rail infrastructure. What a disincentive for Network Rail to improve the network. It looks like damned if you don’t and damned if you do!
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February 27, 2008 - 05:55 PM
David Barrett
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In Lincolnshire, Stagecoach are the principal bus operator. Could it be that their Lincolnshire train services will suffer as a result of this? Where were the Monopolies and Mergers Commission on this matter?
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February 23, 2008 - 10:08 AM
John Howard
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At least the Sunday service seems more reliable.
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February 23, 2008 - 10:07 AM
Susan Kelly
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It is still early days for EMT but things are not quite right. Perhaps people could write to the DFT or their MP to help EMT get back some of the newer rolling stock which used to be in the Nottingham area? The fact that EMT have older trains is NOT entirely their own fault.
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February 18, 2008 - 09:44 AM
Peter M
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I have concerns that EMT (Stagecoach) will concentrate on the London services where it can make money and will have a “sod everything else” attitude. The fares are ludicrously high now both on the former Central Trains parts and also on the former MML parts.
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February 16, 2008 - 11:21 PM
davis
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The new East Midland Trains company (Stagecoach) have taken the train service to an all time low.
The East Midlands has the oldest train stock in the entire country. We are seeing services with much fewer carriages on all the old Central Train services with considerably more overcrowding.
Their flag ship route (Norwich to Liverpool) often runs with only two carriages and always on Saturday Morning when the train is severely over crowded.
Even the Nottingham to Skegness service is run with one carriage on a busy Saturday afternoon, causing misery for the unfortunate passenger travelling on a crowded train.
In all the recent years I’ve travelled to Skegness I’ve never seen a single carriage used on that rout on a Saturday until now. How can that be right?.
Why do we have to put up with this retrograde service?. We were promised better service, better trains, Ect… but the reality is they delivered nothing but the opposite to what was promised.
Stagecoach are rubbish, and they should give up the franchise to a company that take their customers seriously and deliver a decent railway service.
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February 12, 2008 - 12:46 PM
David Barrett
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2008/9 Draft Timtable propopses a similar service between Newark/Lincoln and Grimsby/Cleethorpes to that which already exists ie. no early or late services on a Saturday, no trains beyond Grimsby Town on Saturdays (only the early and late trains do so and run Sats. excepted). The times at Lincoln are inconvenient for both work and leisure yet the route itself is the fastest in terms of line speeds and shortest link between much of Northern Lincolnshire and the Midlands/ South. Why do EMT, like the operator that they have taken over from seem to have not gasped this?
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February 06, 2008 - 03:01 PM
Mike Kent
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Is TWEM going to press to get some of the new carriages ordered by the DfT?
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January 21, 2008 - 05:08 PM
Placed by TW East Mids
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Trains on East Midlands Trains "Connect" services are in an appalling condition and whilst to be fair to EMT, they’re making the best of a bad job, that’s no consolation to passengers paying higher fares for an unacceptable service.
Government in the shape of DfT decided the split of the former Central Trains stock.... Turbostars going to CrossCountry or London Midland.... and EMT were left from day 1 with the residue, plus whatever they could bring in from around the country.
EMT say that they plan to thoroughly overhaul and refurbish all their Sprinter units (classes 153/156/158) commencing in March and until then are trying to get them working reasonably well. The parent Stagecoach Group has a good record for both rolling stock reliability and cleanliness, the South West Trains Class 158 units based at Salisbury are the most reliable diesel units in the country. The two borrowed South West trains, on the Norwich-Liverpool service demonstrate the standards we should expect, when the upgrade is done.
EMT must give the highest priority to overcoming these failings. For our part TravelWatch East Midlands is monitoring the situation and will continue to press for early delivery of the necessary improvements
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January 21, 2008 - 11:03 AM
John Clayton
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I think the comment below is perhaps a bit harsh. To some extent EMT have been forced to release the newer trains to other TOCs. However, I would agree that the East Midlands and particularly Nottingham has ended up with some of the oldest trains currently in service. BUT other parts of the Stagecoach group (who run EMT) do have some very nice stock. It is still early days, but I hope that organisations like TravelWatch and the Campaign for Better Transport (former T2000) will press for newer stock for EMT
On the positive side, Sunday services are much more reliable than they were under Central Trains.
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