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| At last ... a new bus bay for Hereford Station; April 2009. Read about it here | At last ... a pedestrian crossing for Hereford Station; April 2009. Read about it here | At last ... a bike shelter outside Hereford station; June 09. Read our response here |
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"I would like the Hereford to Ledbury line to be made twin-track or have passing loops introduced because improved capacity along this stretch of the rail line is crucial to Hereford's future growth. Substantial investment in rail in Herefordshire is liekly to be a key component of the longer term strategy for the county's growth." Cllr Wilcox, Cabinet Member for Transport, Hereford Journal, Sept 30 2009.
(Hereford to) Worcester to London Twin Tracking; the Office of Rail Regulation on June 5th 2008 sanctioned the funding needed for the partial redoubling of the Cotswold Line. The work began in July 2009 and will be finished September 2010. We now need to continue this through to Hereford. Rail for Herefordshire met the Route Utilisation Strategy team at Birmingham on January 26 2009, and were told that the RUS had identified a congestion problem on the Hereford-Ledbury stretch and it would now be investigated. The Council support this aim (see above) To learn more see Our Aims
The Local Development Framework: This is the plan for the county 2011 to 2026. Hereford has been selected as one of nine regional centres in the West Midlands for housing expansion. The Government wants 19,000 new houses to be built in Herefordshire. Herefordshire Council will not oppose this, it welcomes the developer levy each new house will bring and the extra money from Government it will be given. The new houses could either bring better public transport or more roads. If we are going to reduce carbon emissions and protect our countryside, the only responsible way to accommodate the new housing is to invest in buses, walking and cycling, plus to twin track the Hereford-Worcester line. This will allow more commuters to use the railway and possibly provide a park and ride at Withington (3 miles east of Hereford) and/or Moreton (3 miles north of Hereford). We also propose re-opening a railway line (such as Leominster-Kington) as a development link. Our response to the LDF is here. To learn more about twin tracking click here. The Regional Spatial Strategy, similar to the LDF, but for the whole of the West Midlands. Click here
'Edgar Street Grid' This is the name for the proposed re-development of the area of Hereford north of the ring road (which is on the line of the old city wall) surrounding the Cattle Market up to the football ground and east to the Station. We oppose this development because it will cut the railway station off from the rest of the town. To learn more click here.
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Rail for Herefordshire is an active rail pressure group. It is expanding its influence with local and regional government and transport authorities. However its voice will only be heard when it can claim to represent a large proportion of the county’s rail users. So please support us by joining the group. How You Can Help The group is consulted on by local and regional government on a range of planning and transport issues. We are looking for people able and willing to help with this work and also to propose imaginative alternative solutions to the current road based planning policy. We have received a grant to produce quarterly newsletters on Herefordshire’s rail. Writers, designers and illustrators are therefore particularly welcome. We also appreciate help with letter writing and other activities concerning rail issues |
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Meetings are held the second Thursday in every month, 7.30 to 8.30 p.m. in All Saints Church, Broad Street, Hereford. Meetings for 2008 are: Jan 8 Feb 11, AGM Ian East; comparative costs of rail and road March 11 April 8 Ben Davies, Regional Manager and Michael Vaughan, Head of Franchise and Stakeholder Management, Arriva Trains Wales May 13: June 10: July 8: Aug: NO MEETING Sept 9 Oct 14: Nov 11: Dec 9 |
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Twin-tracking the Hereford-Malvern line to improve reliability and increase train frequency. Train services between Hereford going east to Worcester, Birmingham, Oxford and London are restricted due a single line section between Hereford and Malvern. With the additional population planned for Herefordshire 2011-2026 (19,000 extra houses), the situation will get much worse. The single line goes from Hereford for 11 miles to Ledbury station and tunnel. From Ledbury there is another 4 mile single section which includes Ledbury and Colwall tunnel. After Colwall tunnel the track is double until Worcester. Doubling the Ledbury-Hereford section would solve the congestion problem, it is 11 miles of doubling. Educated guess by railway engineer cost of twin tracking; £50 million. From Worcester, with the Cotswold line re-doubling, there will be a double track the whole way to London (148 miles) bar 20 miles. We think the twin track is essential for a good rail service for Hereford, it should be done in the next five years, if we are to keep to our Climate Change and Car Congestion targets. See position statement, press release, letters, poster, see Cotswold work details
A station at Pontrilas. Pontrilas is 12 miles south west of Hereford, it is equidistant between Abergavenny and Hereford. There was a station here until 1958. It is the gateway to the border country, going towards Ewyas Harold and Hay on Wye. A station here would mean a 2 minute additional stop on the Cardiff-Manchester line. For Herefordshire it would provide a convenient public transport link for everyone living in this part of the county, and a potential Park and Ride access point. Educated guess by railway engineer cost of Pontrilas Station; £5 million Station improvements at Hereford, to include pedestrianisation, signing and planting schemes. The setting of Hereford station is a public disgrace, the Grade II listed building, has an ugly forecourt of short term parking and blocked passenger entrance, no safe way for pedestrians to walk to the town, poor signage, no clear information point about buses or Hereford city. It is currently subject to planning blight due to the proposed make-over of Hereford, including a link road in front of the station (called Edgar Street Grid). Estimated cost of station improvements; £1 million
Funding for a feasibility study to look at opening new lines and stations. See the Kington Line More space for bikes on trains; Herefordshire encourages green tourism, if people want to visit the county by public transport they need to be able to continue their journey by bus or bike. At the moment it is difficult to get more than two bikes per journey on a train. This is woefully inadequate. Better connexions at Hereford between the ATW's Cardiff-Hereford-Manchester and LM's Hereford-Birmingham Better bus services and bus train connections. A bus group, part of Rail for Herefordshire, has recently (March 2009) formed, if you would like to get involved please contact Nancy Morgan nancymorgan@idnet.com Go to Buses |
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