I think this is the first week that I'm NOT training this year (!) ... so I'm at a rail conference organised by the Association of Community Rail Partnerships today and tomorrow, in Nottingham. A wonderful opportunity to network, to meet and talk with a wide range of our rail partners and also (during this afternoon) to hear from four groups taking "the Abellio" challenge all ofwhich makes me realise just how different our line / setup is - and indeed ho wall rail lines vary in their local metrics. Starting with "we live on passenger numbers" where others don't worry about that even to the extend of not knowing, though supporting stations which have fewer passengers per day than our smallest station has leaving / joining our single busiest train.
* How to make stations attractive through art
* How to make rail stations and travel feel safe
* How to encourage more young ladies into the rail industry
* How to involve difficult to reach groups such as mental health folks and benefit for all
I had serious questions on all of them ... but yet, not my issues to be actively concerned and it's good to be informed.
Another busy day tomorrow.
(written 2015-03-16, updated 2015-03-17)
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
Z406 - TransWilts Community Rail Partnership [3881] Wiltshire Public Transport User Group co-ordination - (2012-10-05)
[3986] Rail services in Wiltshire - up in the air? We need to say what is best required. - (2013-01-20)
[4142] Passenger survey at Chippenham - report and pictures - (2013-07-24)
[4148] Special General Meeting, Adoption of Constitution for TransWilts Community Rail Partnership - (2013-08-01)
[4160] Bank Holiday Monday - pictures of a great train trip to Weymouth - (2013-08-27)
[4163] TransWilts Community Rail Partnership - formally constituted - (2013-09-01)
[4191] Getting people to and from Melksham Station - not 20 but 700 times a day - (2013-10-12)
[4194] TransWilts Link - meeting notes from 19th October - (2013-10-20)
[4196] Official - Trowbridge and Melksham to London train improvements - (2013-10-22)
[4198] New trains for 2014 - Swindon to Westbury. Meetings Melksham, Swindon, Trowbridge, Chippenham and Westbury - (2013-10-24)
[4218] A THANK YOU to those who have brought the new train service to fruition - (2013-12-06)
[4219] TransWilts train services - up from 2 to 8 per day - (2013-12-09)
[4225] Melksham Resident? Commuter? Save yourself 2000 pounds and 100 hours in 2014, and have a better journey! - (2013-12-20)
[4229] Thin end of the wedge - plan to be thicker in 2014 - (2013-12-26)
[4243] Taking Greyhounds and Lurchers to London for the day - (2014-02-23)
[4284] Talk and walk to promote train service - Melksham Carnival - (2014-07-11)
[4287] TransWilts CRP - walking in Melksham Carnival - (2014-07-13)
[4288] Some questions on how our Community Rail Partnership works - (2014-07-13)
[4291] Train Online article - ACoRP / TransWilts introduction - (2014-07-25)
[4309] Even in the dark of night, the train comes bearing passengers - (2014-09-28)
[4313] Moving community rail support from amateur to professional - (2014-11-16)
[4328] Folk music train, Westbury to Swindon round trip, 14th December 2014 - (2014-11-24)
[4343] Politics and the railway the connects Wiltshire - (2014-12-06)
[4351] A little thing can make a big difference - (2014-12-13)
[4353] Celebration pictures, year 1 - (2014-12-15)
[4362] What a difference a year makes - (2014-12-23)
[4371] Why are people using the TransWilts? - (2014-12-29)
[4397] TransWilts / Press and Publicity report for AGM / 30th January 2015 - (2015-01-17)
[4424] Looking Forward - TransWilts Community Rail Partnership and TransWilts CIC - (2015-02-12)
[4435] Images of our rail promotion campaign - (2015-02-21)
[4467] Neighbourhood Plan - travel and transport thoughts - (2015-03-29)
[4494] Monday to Friday / TransWilts train times from 18 May to 11th December 2015 - (2015-05-17)
[4497] Around the world from Melksham - (2015-05-25)
[4500] The TransWilts Community Intergrated Transport Corridor - (2015-05-29)
[4510] Learning from the others - Community Rail - (2015-07-12)
[4512] The Weymouth Wizard - Saturdays in August from Wiltshire - (2015-07-31)
[4513] Yesterday, Weymouth - (2015-08-02)
[4568] Moderation - and the tendency to over-moderate - (2015-11-02)
[4601] Management view - TransWilts and transport at the end of 2015 - (2015-12-25)
[4612] TransWilts - robust these days - no longer the first service to be cancelled - (2016-01-03)
[4638] TransWilts Community Interest Company AGM - 13 Feb 2016, Swindon - (2016-02-05)
[4647] On the problems of a printed train timetable - (2016-02-15)
[4688] Melksham Station - as at May 2016 - Part 5 (services and prices) - (2016-05-30)
[4695] Melksham Rail Development Group becoming Melksham Rail Users Group - (2016-06-21)
[4704] Three months in community rail pictures - (2016-08-27)
[4706] Melksham trial train service is to be made permanent - (2016-10-02)
[4726] TransWilts Partner Update for Melksham Area Board - (2016-11-07)
[4739] A year of changes for Lisa and Graham Ellis, and Well House - (2017-05-27)
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