Considering the amount of ‘debate’ about Whittlesea Railway Station/Trains etc is going on elsewhere!!!
– only myself and Cllr Alan Bristow were present from Whittlesey at last nights meeting of the Community Rail Partnership.
I have attended most of these meetings for well over 5 years and unfortunately not a lot of progress has been made
(until now that is)
The ready good news is – that after a sustained campaign by many, new LED lighting is to be installed in the near future.
The second piece of good news, being that the funding for ‘Option 1’ – Station Platform and Footbridge has been secured via the Combined Authority for £9:2 Million (Includes both Manea and Whittlesey)
Third piece of good news – the Birmingham to Norwich route is to remain for the time being, this is good news for those who use this train for Stanstead Airport.
Both Cllr Bristow and myself were vocal in regards to the forever poor state of the Railway Station and the surrounding area’s – not a pretty site and not very welcoming to would be tourists.
The none engagement of Network Rail is always a challenge and has been since the beginings….
Oh – why do we have to change a corporate identity from 
Hereward Community Rail Partership – to a new – what-ever-the name maybe…..new logo, new letterheads, new i.d.
and it all costs someone (you and I) money.
Next planned public meeting 06th March 2019
Hopefully by that time someone at the meeting will be able to explain what things like ‘Grip 4’ not only means but can explain its context in simple terms – we simple people can understand.
Will we have the LED lighting in place by them – we shall wait and see.
