Please encourage all interested to get writing:
a. MK Council and Olney Town Council stating the benefits of a railway and that a route for rebuilding needs identifying and protecting not scuppering.
b. Traffic through Olney is appalling - needs another crossing and a bypass!
c. call for more studies in support of the railway, including the Bletchley-Bedford-Northampton loop off the WCML to make more capacity for non-time-critical train movements on lines with capacity for example - enables more to service MK Central.
Floods at Olney, they are working in a quagmire currently!
Now Bedford-Cambridge is being progressed, could a direct link be designed passively to arc directly for a new MML-Northampton direct link catering for freight and more cross-country rail services eg. Birmingham-South Midlands-Cambridge-Stansted or Norwich for example? B'ham-Leicester-Peterborough is a great way round currently. Ask East-West Rail Company Ltd to consider passive design with a phase 3 build following on from Bedford-Cambridge?
May I encourage people to pre-book for our conference - a good networking opportunity, ask a salient question of our speakers and help us help fulfill our mission more please. The sponsors have been good to us and we want to have a good turn-out as it bodes well for the future. Please encourage others. We have options on our website conference page: https://www.ertarail.
Northampton Forum this Saturday - open to all/all welcome: Northampton Forum: Saturday 22 February 2.00-4.00pm Northampton Quaker Meeting House, Wellington Street, Northampton NN1 3AS. See website: https://ertarail.com/events Contact Mr Simon Barber T. 0208 940 4399, E. simon4barber@gmail.com Book stall available.
Below: Olney A509 Warrington Road Area - circa 2015 Now we have a Sainsbury's and other development being expanded both sides of Lavendon Road with little real additional infrastructure beit a A509 town bypass or a rail link or both. Where there's an engineering problem, there is likely an engineering solution! Make your voice heard and join ERTA and help us take the rail idea forward.
Our people are active - can you be too please?
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing in regard to the plan for retirement flats and bungalows at the corner of Lavendon Road and Warrington Road,Olney following the developer's appeal against the Council's recent decision.
The reason for writing is that "I am a member of the English Regional Transport Association(ERTA),which is a voluntary membership-based, pro-public transport improvement association which started in Bedfordshire but its remit has since increased since several of its projects have a nation-wide positive benefit and impact.
It is endeavouring to re-open the Bedford - Northampton railway which once had served Olney,and the old track-bed survives in several places along the route,although some parts have already been built on.The old route therefore needs to be protected and any new deviation needs to be identified, not destroyed since the railway would bring several benefits to the town.In fact the land which the flats and bungalows would be built could compromise the trackbed(or any new deviation required). More studies are needed in support of the railway.
The re-opened railway would connect Olney to the national rail network and demand would increase with the town's rapidly growing population;it would also connect Olney with London.Many commuters to London from Olney and around drive to either Bedford or Milton Keynes Central to catch their trains and the car parks at both those stations are congested,so are the roads into these towns during the week-day peak-hours.A Bletchley-Bedford-Northampton loop service would also bring more capacity to the West Coast Main Line enabling more train services to Milton Keynes Central.The rail link will also increase footfall to Olney High Street.In fact the land earmarked for the flats and bungalows could be a potential site for a station car park.
Furthermore,the traffic through Olney is appalling and a bypass is needed."
Yours faithfully,
Simon Barber
Email address: simon4barber@gmail.com
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