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  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis posted a topic in the forum Community Rail events:
    Wider community co-ordination - TravelWatch Southwest
    I learn so much from other CRPs - and indeed from bus groups, other line groups, specialist interest groups, rail industry and local and central government people.  TravelWatch SouthWest has been an enormous help to us at TransWilts - and to others...  moreI learn so much from other CRPs - and indeed from bus groups, other line groups, specialist interest groups, rail industry and local and central government people.  TravelWatch SouthWest has been an enormous help to us at TransWilts - and to others across the South West - right from the time that a decent service on our line was a pipe dream through to the current time where the pendulum has swung - we have many more trains and they're overcrowded to the extent of putting people off; marketing has to be very carefully tailored to where we have capacity that can cope.
    7th October 2017.   TravelWatch SouthWest general meeting - over 100 groups from across the South West are invited to Taunton to network and to catch up on what's happening from key industry players.   A useful day in its own right, made so much more valuable by contacts established.   New groups and individual parties welcome ... see Facebook  TWSW website or background to TWSW and the meeting...    less
    • August 17, 2017
  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis How well do YOU know the network?   I've put together a quiz using pictures I've taken in the last 5 years of my railway work, leisure and other business trips.   TransWilts is at the heart of the network, with travel opportunities in all directions...  moreHow well do YOU know the network?   I've put together a quiz using pictures I've taken in the last 5 years of my railway work, leisure and other business trips.   TransWilts is at the heart of the network, with travel opportunities in all directions and the quiz asks how many you can identify.


    They're asked in batches of 15 ... from a library or around 170.   Have a go and see how many community lines you can spot.  Please feel free to share, and come and visit us on the TransWilts ...  
    TransWilts, heart of the network
    TransWilts, heart of the network
    TransWilts, heart of the network
    • April 28, 2017
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  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis I have been shortlisted for "Melksham Person of the Year - 2016" for my rail work on the TransWilts. Improvements to the rail service have made a big difference to the town with recorded passenger journeys rising 6 fold in 3 years, and as I've been...  moreI have been shortlisted for "Melksham Person of the Year - 2016" for my rail work on the TransWilts. Improvements to the rail service have made a big difference to the town with recorded passenger journeys rising 6 fold in 3 years, and as I've been looking after the press and publicity it tends to have been my name out there.   I suspect the nonimation came from a rail contact judging by a comment made by the newspaper running the competition, but as nominations are anonymous I have no way to say "THANK YOU" to the person or people in public, which I'm doing through this and our more local forums.




    Putting on a good show in this vote will help remind our local paper of the importance of rail to communities - and help us gain further coverage.  So although I'm just one of the team, on this occassion I'm being somewhat naughy and canvassing for personal votes, in the interest of the team and common cause. Please vote for me! ... email news@melkshamnews.co.uk giving my name (Graham Ellis) and...    less
    • January 20, 2017
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    • Graham Ellis
      Tony Smale OK, done that! Good luck!
      • January 23, 2017
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    • Graham Ellis
      sue mitchell Very well done, Graham. Greatly deserved, I would think.
      • January 27, 2017
  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis commented on Brian Barnsley's photo: Love it ... and many thanks, Brian, for permission to reuse as a question in our advent quiz at http://twcrp.info/t17713 . Posted at 01:29 it took until 08:38 for someone to identify it!
    • December 11, 2016
  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis Yesterday marked the end of the trial service of extra trains on the TransWilts from Swindon to Westbury, supported under a Local Sustainable Transport Fund grant.  But the news is excellent as we now roll into the next phase, which is a permanent...  moreYesterday marked the end of the trial service of extra trains on the TransWilts from Swindon to Westbury, supported under a Local Sustainable Transport Fund grant.  But the news is excellent as we now roll into the next phase, which is a permanent service within the GWR franchise. We have learned over the three year trial where things needed tuning to make them work more effectively, and that tuning has happened during the trial - so the news for our passenger / customer base is that there is no news - no change in services, in pricing, in contacts.   But whilst in some ways this is an end, in other ways it's a beginning.  People in our area can now build there secure, long term plans on the basis of a train service that guaranteed (in so far as anything is guaranteed!) and we look forward to going forward from the new base that's been set over coming years.




    We've received a very great deal of help and advise over the years from many quarters - one of the big pleasures of doing the...    less
    • December 11, 2016
    • 5 people like this
    • Graham Ellis
      Brian Barnsley Excellent news Graham. And how three years fly by.
      • December 12, 2016
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  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis is now friends with sally buttifant.
    • December 3, 2016
  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis is now friends with Ian Davis.
    • November 21, 2016
  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis is now friends with Paul Webster.
    • November 20, 2016
  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis Wiltshire to Wilshire in 24 hours ... a viable community rail service is about bringing traffic to local lines - and isn't it great if that local traffic can feed into the national and international network too?  My personal journey - latest post on the...  moreWiltshire to Wilshire in 24 hours ... a viable community rail service is about bringing traffic to local lines - and isn't it great if that local traffic can feed into the national and international network too?  My personal journey - latest post on the TransWilts Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TransWilts/


    As a general 'thing' ... think not only of your local journeys but all the connectional ones too which are enabled by the first or last leg of the journey on your community rail line!  less
    • November 18, 2016
    • 6 people like this
  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis BIG Thank You to all the ACoRP team and the extended team who helped in Southport on Thursday evening last.  What a fabulous evening. Do you recognise anyone in the photo?
    • October 5, 2016
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  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis Worse than a wedding!   Does anyone have any tips and guidance as to whom our young CRP should invite to the ACoRP awards in Southport?  So many volunteers, and paid partner members who go far and away beyond in what they do for us, and a number of...  moreWorse than a wedding!   Does anyone have any tips and guidance as to whom our young CRP should invite to the ACoRP awards in Southport?  So many volunteers, and paid partner members who go far and away beyond in what they do for us, and a number of people whom we should politically invite ...  
    • August 4, 2016
  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis posted a topic in the forum Other projects:
    Buses!
    Buses - you know - those strange things that look rather like a 153 with a cab at just one end and have rubber wheels
    But in all seriouseness, here in Wiltshire more journeys are made by bus each year than by train - although bus journeys are shorter,...  more
    Buses - you know - those strange things that look rather like a 153 with a cab at just one end and have rubber wheels
    But in all seriouseness, here in Wiltshire more journeys are made by bus each year than by train - although bus journeys are shorter, so there's a greater milage travelled in the county by train.
    Why am I posting about buses on a community RAIL board? Because 80% of the passengers on our Community Rail train transfer to another wheeled vehicle at one end (at least) of their journey - and we've seen number of up to 15% of passenger traffic at a station coming off the bus. We've also helped engineer an arrangement for train tickets to be accepted on the late bus after the last train has left ... alas, just to see the late bus withdrawn a few months later, and speaking with former passengers some have been lost to both train and bus as a result.
    In many parts of England, buses are supported / subsidised by local councils, who are economising and removing subsidies with dire results on...    less
    • February 23, 2016
    • Graham Ellis
      Peter Roberts Graham - alas a common tale about subsidies all around the country with the current round of LA cutbacks. The bus has key role to play in getting people to and from the railway station.Join our online group 'the bus that meets the train' . . .
      • February 24, 2016
  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis replied to a topic in the forum Other projects:
    Brief note to let you know that we're going for "designated service" for TransWilts ... consultation open until April - see https://www.gov.uk/government/news/community-rail-plan-for-line-between-swindon-and-westbury ... more comment in our annual...  moreBrief note to let you know that we're going for "designated service" for TransWilts ... consultation open until April - see https://www.gov.uk/government/news/community-rail-plan-for-line-between-swindon-and-westbury ... more comment in our annual report at http://www.twcrp.org.uk/twcicannualreport2015.pdf and in my report delivered at today's AGM at http://www.twcrp.org.uk/twcicagm2016.pdf
    = OK - seeing Simon Hankin's posted the designation stuff already - Thank You Simon - sorry about the double post!  less
    • February 13, 2016
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  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis posted a topic in the forum Other projects:
    Hereward Line gains designation
    Congratulations to the Hereward Community Rail Partnership on the designation of their service yesterday as a Communit Rail service.
    http://www.ely-news.co.uk/Hereward-Line-Ely-Peterborough-designated/story-28406724-detail/story.html?
    • December 22, 2015
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  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis replied to a topic in the forum Community Rail events:
    Not being one to miss an opportunity, Santa's nor helping us to advertise our new mini-guide and the holiday time trains - reminding people they can get to the sales at the Outlet Centre in Swindon by train right through from 27th December
     
    On the...  more
    Not being one to miss an opportunity, Santa's nor helping us to advertise our new mini-guide and the holiday time trains - reminding people they can get to the sales at the Outlet Centre in Swindon by train right through from 27th December
     
    On the parent permission, many thanks for the comments.  As pubclicly sold tickets, prior approval for groups is a bit tricky - for next year, I'll think ahead a bit better and make sure I ask a family or two.   Interesting to note that our local council found it difficult to get people on the train to take part in their publicity video ...  less
    • December 18, 2015
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  • Rebecca Catterall The Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership is holding its annual conference on community rail in Plymouth next Wednesday 7th September. We still have a few spaces left and were wondering if any members of the cafe would like to attend? Details of the conference can be found by following the link, and if you would like to attend please email me at rebecca.catterall@plymouth.ac.uk. http://www.dcrp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DCRP-conf-agenda-sept-2016.pdf
  • sally buttifant Hi Colleagues, I am interested to know whether there is a similar level of pay for community rail partnership officers? I am compiling the info from posts as they come up but would find out more if people are prepared to email me details of their pay. I'm thinking possibly that I should go through job evaluation to get a grade raise so need evidence. Thanks Sally
  • Hazel Bonner ATTENTION!! Unclaimed Raffle Prizes in Sealed Bid Auction - see ACoRP Facebook Page for full details of prizes and how to enter. If not on Facebook please email: events@acorp.uk.com for details  
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  • August 17, 2017 8:15 AM BST
    in the topic Wider community co-ordination - TravelWatch Southwest in the forum Community Rail events
    I learn so much from other CRPs - and indeed from bus groups, other line groups, specialist interest groups, rail industry and local and central government people.  TravelWatch SouthWest has been an enormous help to us at TransWilts - and to others across the South West - right from the time that a decent service on our line was a pipe dream through to the current time where the pendulum has swung - we have many more trains and they're overcrowded to the extent of putting people off; marketing has to be very carefully tailored to where we have capacity that can cope. 7th October 2017.   TravelWatch SouthWest general meeting - over 100 groups from across the South West are invited to Taunton to network and to catch up on what's happening from key industry players.   A useful day in its own right, made so much more valuable by contacts established.   New groups and individual parties welcome ... see Facebook  TWSW website or background to TWSW and the meeting at the Coffee Shop   A montage to help illustrate TWSW spheres of interest  
  • February 23, 2016 6:23 PM GMT
    in the topic Buses! in the forum Other projects
    Buses - you know - those strange things that look rather like a 153 with a cab at just one end and have rubber wheels But in all seriouseness, here in Wiltshire more journeys are made by bus each year than by train - although bus journeys are shorter, so there's a greater milage travelled in the county by train. Why am I posting about buses on a community RAIL board? Because 80% of the passengers on our Community Rail train transfer to another wheeled vehicle at one end (at least) of their journey - and we've seen number of up to 15% of passenger traffic at a station coming off the bus. We've also helped engineer an arrangement for train tickets to be accepted on the late bus after the last train has left ... alas, just to see the late bus withdrawn a few months later, and speaking with former passengers some have been lost to both train and bus as a result. In many parts of England, buses are supported / subsidised by local councils, who are economising and removing subsidies with dire results on services and the people carried on the buses. The whole system at times makes railways look easy - and the parts of the system that are complex and public facing come across as disjointed and unwelcoming - perhaps there's a need for community bus partnerships?? As for bus / rail linkage ... we could do so much better. I caught the bus from home into Bath this morning ... the bus went around the 'burbs of our town and then past Station Approach 5 minutes before the train was due ... didn't stop; there's no stop for about a quarter of a mile before that station and a few hundred yards beyond. I could see pedestrians walking down to the station and I'm thinking "if only ..." In Wiltshire, we've been fortunate in retaining many buses longer than most counties have - and that makes us doubly fortunate because it gives us an opportunity to look forward with experience, and with an eye to the new Bus Bill that's going before parlaiment, and asking "can we come up with a communitycentric / passengeraware integrated system"   Currently, a lot of funding flows - in effect - down the cravasse between commercial and supported services, and between bus and rail - when they should really be working so much better together.  That bu should run 5 minutes earlier (it's the first run of the day) and actually call at the station.  The evening bus should run 5 minutes later (at present, it goes past Station Approach as you walk up having got off the lsat train!).  And - well so much more I could go on and burst my post limit here! Do take a look at the community site we've put together on the buses -  - we've called in "option 247" because pubic transport should look at people's travel needs all day, every day (no, I do not advocate a 3 a.m. bus from Chitterne to Worton!) and listen to what bus users have to say  Thoughts / comments / experiences / encouragements welcome  This post was edited by Graham Ellis at February 23, 2016 6:23 PM GMT
  • February 13, 2016 10:12 PM GMT
    in the topic Hereward Line gains designation in the forum Other projects
    Brief note to let you know that we're going for "designated service" for TransWilts ... consultation open until April - see https://www.gov.uk/government/news/community-rail-plan-for-line-between-swindon-and-westbury ... more comment in our annual report at http://www.twcrp.org.uk/twcicannualreport2015.pdf and in my report delivered at today's AGM at http://www.twcrp.org.uk/twcicagm2016.pdf = OK - seeing Simon Hankin's posted the designation stuff already - Thank You Simon - sorry about the double post! This post was edited by Graham Ellis at February 13, 2016 10:12 PM GMT
  • December 22, 2015 12:15 PM GMT
    in the topic Hereward Line gains designation in the forum Other projects
    Congratulations to the Hereward Community Rail Partnership on the designation of their service yesterday as a Communit Rail service. http://www.ely-news.co.uk/Hereward-Line-Ely-Peterborough-designated/story-28406724-detail/story.html?
  • December 18, 2015 4:16 PM GMT
    in the topic Who's got Santa Claus visiting this year? in the forum Community Rail events
    Not being one to miss an opportunity, Santa's nor helping us to advertise our new mini-guide and the holiday time trains - reminding people they can get to the sales at the Outlet Centre in Swindon by train right through from 27th December   On the parent permission, many thanks for the comments.  As pubclicly sold tickets, prior approval for groups is a bit tricky - for next year, I'll think ahead a bit better and make sure I ask a family or two.   Interesting to note that our local council found it difficult to get people on the train to take part in their publicity video ...
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