Llandudno railway station

[Bri Roberts]

wrex, have you tried speaking to any of the staff at the railway station about the issue because there are signs that matters are finally starting to move forward?

The staff say they have been taken to be restored. Also a temporary bus stop has appeared alongside the Nevill so perhaps things are beginning to move.

[SDQ]

In my experience the railway staff are usually last to know!

[wrex]

Cheers Bri,but it would be nice for Cll P Evans just for once to come to us and say this is were we are at the moment instead of keeping us in the dark,thats what he is paid to do,call Judith and say delay or date.

[SDQ]

Am I being cynical by thinking the interest earned on such a large sum of money by any delay to the scheme would be kept seperate from the original sum and find it's way into another fund?

[Jack]

According to Chris Dearden's twitter feed who was at today's Council Cabinet meeting:

"Leader of Conwy council says "small number of complicated issues" remain before refurbishment of Llandudno station can begin."
 "Conwy council told much hard work has been done to move refurbishment of Llandudno station on but remaining issues will need Welsh Govt help"

[DaveR]

Imagine how Conwy Council would get on if they had a large project to carry out... 

Seriously, it's pathetic, this has been going on for donkey's years and still no end in sight.

[Merddin Emrys]

I bet this didn't happen in Victorian times, back then they just got on with it and built quality buildings, which if maintained correctly last for hundreds of years. As a bonus they usually look great too!

[Ian]

and still no end in sight.

Not much of a beginning, either...

[wrex]

Having just seen the new Kings Cross station,which has cost over 500 million it is no surprise that networkrail are so slow to fork out a meagre couple of million on our little scheme.

[wrex]

Just had a look at the cabinet meeting minutes from yesterday and i can see no mention of the station,alot of projects and figures including Colwyn prom but no mention of the funding for station,worrying.

[mull]

Going back to the article in "Rail" on Network Rail Wales, Llandudno station is not listed.
I think the project has been dropped . All the money has been spent in South Wales. :twoface: :twoface:

[Bri Roberts]

You could be right, mull.

Llandudno is low priority.

14 March 2012

The former Fishguard & Goodwick station is on track to reopen as work progresses to rebuild the station.

Pembrokeshire County Council has cleared the site and demolished the former station buildings while Network Rail have completed an operation to realign the track to bring it into gauge with the platform. 

Located in the centre of Goodwick, the former station was closed almost 50 years ago.  Council officers have now finalised designs for car parking at the rear of the old station together with nearby bus stops.

Councillor Jamie Adams, SWWITCH Voting Member and Deputy Leader for Pembrokeshire County Council said improvements to rail services west of Swansea were not only a priority for Pembrokeshire but for the South West region as a whole.

"The re-opening of the station will be a positive step for the communities of Fishguard and Goodwick and help attract passengers onto the new enhanced rail services," he said.

Funding from the Welsh Government has provided five additional trains a day to and from Fishguard from Mondays and Saturdays, which are in addition to the two current services that connect with the ferries to Ireland.

Estimated to open for train services in May 2012, the new station at Goodwick will provide a more convenient location for people wishing to use the new services when arriving by car, bus, bicycle or on foot.

[wrex]

Lets try and guess what is going on here as no Clls have bothered to explain.The latest we know is that there are some minor,but complicated delays,my guess is they have overspent on Colwyn Bays waterfront and new arena

[DaveR]

Perhaps it's all been spent on school transport and cigarettes for Joan Vaughan?  :twoface:

[Bri Roberts]

Upgrade at Chester has now been completed.

16 March 2012

The 14 month project to refurbish parts of Chester station has been completed. 
 
Funded by the Department for Transport National Stations Improvement Programme (NSIP), the North West Development Agency, Merseytravel and the Railway Heritage Trust, the £2m project has seen extensive refurbishment of the Grade II listed building.
 
Designed by architects BDP, the improvements include

a new lift lobby
an increased number of waiting rooms
a new travel centre
new café area
refurbished stairwell access

Network Rail also undertook a major renewal project to replace the station canopy, which spans all 7 platforms.