Website updated 21st August
2008
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Welcome to our new website, Our Campaign was formed after a meeting of Caldicot Town Council on 25th October 2006 when a representative from First Western Railways was asked to attend it's meeting to address concerns about the new December timetable that would affect the commuters at Severn Tunnel Junction Station. The Regional Manager of first Great Western Mr. Andrew Griffiths gave a presentation to the Town Council with an estimated 150 members of the public present to hear him. It was clear from the meeting that FGW was withdrawing the morning and evening services that 200 commuters used to travel to work. To find out how are campaign won the FGW commuter services back please click on the archive link. |
· STAG teams up with First Great Western to deliver new leaflet!
· New leaflet promotes Severn Tunnel Junction Station
· Local MP and councillors help deliver the message to neighbouring towns and villages
STAG takes campaign to local streetsThe Severn Tunnel Action Group (STAG) has teamed-up with First Great Western trains to help promote Severn Tunnel Junction Station.
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Photo: Jessica Morden MP with members of STAG (Severn Tunnel Action Group) at Caldicot Library distributing Your Guide to Great Days Out leaflet produced by STAG in partnership with First Great Western
Working with STAG, the rail operator designed and printed the leaflets to promote the station to local residents, and the use of First Great Western trains for a great day out!
The agreement struck by STAG and First Great Western left STAG with the prospect of distributing ten thousand leaflets to homes and businesses in the South East Wales area.
With little in the way of financial or physical resources, STAG called on local politicians and councillors to help! The result was that members of all four political parties - Conservatives, Labour, Liberals and Plaid Cymru - helped in the distribution, with a leading role for Jessica Morden, MP for Newport East.
The area covered by the distribution has included Caldicot, Rogiet, Sudbrook, Portskewett, Undy and Magor. Copies are also available in Caldicot and Chepstow Libraries, Caerwent Post Office and from STAG's website at www.saveseverntunnel.co.uk.
The leaflet contains not only ideas for great places to visit by train, but also gives examples as to how low the prices of family days out can be! In addition the leaflet gives details about how to get to the station and the station facilities.
Commenting on the campaign, STAG's Promotions Officer, Colin James, said "We have been trying to encourage First Great Western to stop more trains at Severn Tunnel Station, and are very grateful to Anne-Marie Delrosa, Senior Marketing Manager at First Great Western, for her support in putting the leaflet together and for printing it!
"First Great Western needs more users catching the trains outside of core commuter times in order to fund the extra trains! Hopefully this will help encourage the public. It's a fantastic response!"
Jessica Morden MP continued "Well done to STAG and First Great Western in promoting Severn Tunnel Junction and to simultaneously deliver useful information to local people. Given all their hard work, I am very happy to support them by helping to delivery the leaflets."
*please click on the links below to access Responses to
Wales RUS Consultation in micosoft word format
*please click on the links below to access Responses to
Timetable Consultation in micosoft word format
Results from the latest wave of Passenger Focus’ National Passenger Survey (NPS) were released yesterday 12.07.08. Attached are summaries of the results of the three main operators serving Wales (ATW, FGW and Virgin),
*please click above links to download surveys in Microsoft Word format
Full survey results are available from the PF website at:
http://www.passengerfocus.org.uk/news-and-publications/press-release.asp?dsid=1761
STAG lobby Rail Minister at Westminster 30th June 2008
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photo: David Flint (Chair, STAG); Jessica Morden MP for Newport East; Jim Jenkins (Chair, Better trains for Chepstow) and Phil Inskip (Chair - Technical Committee, STAG).
Severn Tunnel Action Group this week took their campaign for better services and facilities at Severn Tunnel Junction Station directly to UK Rail Minister Tom Harris.
At the meeting in the Department for Transport organised by Newport East MP Jessica Morden STAG lobbied for better connecting services to be considered as part of future rail franchise agreements.
The Rail Minister also welcomed a presentation by the group on the need for improved services and the long term vision for a park and ride at Severn Tunnel Junction. Tom Harris praised the group for their campaign for better local rail services and for their commitment to developing an integrated transport system through better rail to rail connections.
Commenting on the visit David Flint, chair of STAG, said that the Group was working with three local MPS, the Welsh Assembly, Monmouthshire County Council, Dean Forest Council, the Rail operating companies and others. The aim is not only for a better station at Severn Tunnel, but also for better connections east to Bristol and Bath, and north to Chepstow, Lydney and Cheltenham.
At the end of the meeting STAG welcomed the helpful advice and support provided by the Minister and his advisers.
Jessica Morden MP for Newport East said “I’ve been raising questions for STAG in the House of Commons and as a result I’m delighted Tom Harris agreed to meet the group. Although many issues are devolved it was important to be able to press home that on a UK level the Government can do more to promote better connecting services which can only help stations like Severn Tunnel.”
Delegates in the STAG team that met with Tom Harris also included Phil Inskip, Chair of STAG’s Technical Committee, and Jim Jenkins who is also chair of Better Trains for Chepstow.
Following the meeting the team were pleased to briefly meet David Davies, MP for Monmouthshire.
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