PETERBOROUGH-ELY-NORWICH RAIL USERS
March, Brandon, Thetford, Attleborough and Wymondham are our principal
intermediate stations.
Contact John Saunders: penrugjohn@gmail.com 01953
607805
WE WANT TO KEEP
·
Hourly
express trains from Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield to Norwich with journey
times between Nottingham and Norwich of 160 minutes or less
·
The
opportunity for passengers boarding at unstaffed platforms to pay the full
range of fares on the train
WE WANT TO SEE
·
Trains
running on Sundays in university terms
·
Step free
access to westbound trains at Wymondham
·
A more
direct step-free route between Station Road and Platform 1 at Thetford.
·
Improvements
at Brandon, including covered and secure cycle parking
·
Scheduled
trains all running and specified station facilities all provided
·
Workable
and consistent polices for carrying non-folding cycles
WE DO NOT WANT
·
Passengers
standing for more than 20 minutes
·
People
having to negotiate a ticket barrier without having the chance to pay a person
for their journey or having to queue to exit their destination
NEWS
First Class will be removed from our Birmingham-Cambridge trains from 15
December. The present First Class seats will initially be available to all
passengers before being replaced with Standard seats as part of the forthcoming
Turbostar re-fit.
Seat reservations will be removed from
our Birmingham-Cambridge trains from 10 November. Passengers will still be able
to book Advance fares and reserve the wheelchair space.
Issued 30 October 2024
We have
responded to Norfolk County Council's consultation on its 2024 Rail Prospectus.
We particularly welcomed the priority given to securing step-free access to
westbound trains at Wymondham station.
Issued 25 September 2024
The 0515 Cambridge to
Birmingham (March 0548) and
1652 Birmingham to
Cambridge (March 1916)
WILL NOT RUN
from Saturday 10 August to Saturday 9 November.
This will allow the train operator to clear a backlog of mandatory
driver training which built up during the various stages of the COVID 19
pandemic and the industrial action.
You should find advice on what to do if you had already booked a journey
on one of these trains at www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Issued 29 July 2024
Officers of some
voluntary sector groups have met planners from the company that operates our
Liverpool-Norwich service to discuss aspirations for future timetables so we
have sent our comments.
Summary of Asks
1. Keep Liverpool-Norwich
2. Fewer cancellations
0648 to run from
Liverpool more often
Trains to run
on Sundays in university terms
Review
provision for Ely and Thetford during blockades
3. Extend 1252 from Liverpool to reach
Norwich
Daytrip
opportunities from March
Possible evaluation
of potential from Wymondham, subject to access
4. WiFi.
Please contact penrugjohn@gmail.com for supporting text.
Issued 8 July 2024
OUR VISION
We try to work
constructively with opinion-formers, official bodies, and the rail industry to
deliver our vison of
·
reliable,
clean and comfortable trains with high levels of passenger service
·
accurate
real time information for passengers at all times
·
accessible
welcoming stations approached by attractive secure cycling, walking and
wheelchair routes
·
a safe
and well-maintained railway with timely track renewals and rapid responses to
incidents
·
fares,
parking and management structures to develop our services
·
full
hourly service seven days a week between Birmingham and Stansted Airport,
Cambridge and Norwich, Liverpool and Norwich
PETERBOROUGH-ELY-NORWICH
RAIL USERS is a member of the HEREWARD community rail partnership, which has
developed master-plans for the three stations in Fenland district. Many of the
improvements at March are now in use.
YOUR JOURNEY
To keep us informed, we need to know about your journeys – good or bad, long or
short, occasional or everyday – on:
·
Birmingham-Stansted Airport trains
·
Stansted Airport/Cambridge-Norwich trains
·
Liverpool-Norwich trains
·
any train serving March
Please send your experiences and questions to markcrosskill@gmail.com
We look forward to hearing from you.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership of Peterborough-Ely-Norwich Rail Users costs £4 from now until the
end of 2025. Cheques should be made payable to "PETERBOROUGH-ELY-NORWICH
RAIL USERS" and sent to: PENRUG, Thistledew, Fen Street, Old Buckenham,
Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1NW. Please include your
postal and email addresses. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
FORM
HAVE A LOOK AT OUR OTHER PAGES
ATTLEBOROUGH
TRAINS
BRANDON TRAINS
ATTLEBOROUGH STATION HISTORY – compiled in 1994
CALLING AT ALL STATIONS - some facts about our line
DISCOVER
THE TOWNS BETWEEN CAMBRIDGE AND NORWICH
MAKE
FOR A MARKET TOWN FROM PETERBOROUGH
WHITE'S
HISTORY, GAZETTER AND DIRECTORY OF NORFOLK - excerpts from the 1845 issue
OTHER SITES
For fares, station facilities or train times, please visit www.nationalrail.co.uk
For information on the Hereward rail partnership or
Fenland stations, please visit www.herewardcrp.org