PETERBOROUGH-ELY-NORWICH RAIL USERS

March, Brandon, Thetford, Attleborough and Wymondham are our principal intermediate stations.

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NEWS

As we feared, the Franchising Director has decided to withdraw the hourly express trains from Liverpool, Manchester and probably Sheffield to Norwich from December 2021. Replacement services will link Nottingham, Peterborough, Ely, Thetford and Norwich. Most of their passengers will probably be students, migrant workers, day-trippers and people visiting friends and relatives. But they should be capable of attracting business and professional travel if they are highly reliable and if journey times stay below 160 minutes. The specification seems to rule out any nasty service gaps at the normal conference, interview and meeting times.

Issued 7 June 2018

NEWS ARCHIVE

COME IN

Help us to work constructively with opinion-formers, official bodies and the rail industry to deliver our vision of:

• reliable, clean and comfortable trains with high levels of customer service.
• accurate real time information for passengers at all times
• welcoming stations, where facilities meet or exceed all government targets for their size, approached by attractive, secure cycling, walking and wheelchair routes.
• 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. 

ADVICE AND TICKETING

ENHANCING NORWICH-CAMBRIDGE

DEVELOPING LIVERPOOL-NORWICH

BIRMINGHAM-MARCH-STANSTED AIRPORT

TRAINS AND CYCLES

YOUR TRIP

To keep us informed, we need to know about your journeys - good or bad, long or short, occasional or every day - on:

• Birmingham-Stansted Airport trains
• Cambridge-Norwich trains
• Liverpool-Norwich trains
• any train serving March

Please send your experiences and questions to penrugjohn@gmail.com

GOING ALL THE WAY

Our April newsletter looks at problems faced by people with mental health issues when using the train and at some reduced capacity on a key service. Trevor pays his first visit to Buxton and David makes use of the improved waiting shelter at Attleborough while John heads for Nottingham after the fire.

Membership of Peterborough-Ely-Norwich Rail Users costs £3 from now until the end of 2019. 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

RESIGNALLING

DISCOVER THE TOWNS BETWEEN CAMBRIDGE AND NORWICH

TAKE A TRAIN FROM MARCH

TAKE A TRAIN FROM THETFORD

MAKE FOR A MARKET TOWN FROM PETERBOROUGH

A brief HISTORICAL BACKGROUND of our line

CALLING AT ALL STATIONS Some facts about our line

Excerpts from the 1845 issue of WHITE'S HISTORY, GAZETTER AND DIRECTORY OF NORFOLK

Our line's TWO DECADES OF PROGRESS

OTHER SITES

For fares, station facilities or train times, please visit www.nationalrail.co.uk

THANK YOU 

penrugjohn@gmail.com looks forward to hearing from you.