PETERBOROUGH-ELY-NORWICH RAIL USERS
March, Brandon, Thetford, Attleborough and Wymondham are our principal
intermediate stations.
Contact John Saunders: penrugjohn@gmail.com
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
Our 2025 Annual General
Meeting will be from 1030 to 1200 on Saturday 19 July in Thetford Methodist
Church, Tanner Street, Thetford. The room will be available from 1000 and
refreshments will be on sale in a nearby room.
Issued 11 June 2025
Senior conductors on the
route between Birmingham and Stansted Airport who are members of the RMT union
are not working on their rest days till 25 October. Passengers are warned of
possible cancellations..
Issued 11 June 2025
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