Tag: Improvements to lines

  • Win a pair of First Class tickets to London

    Win a pair of First Class tickets to London

    First Great Western are offering the chance to win a pair of First Class return tickets to London in celebration of the more frequent train service between Newton Abbot, Torre, Torquay and Paignton.

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    The improved timetable – which started on Monday 9th December – means that there are now 35 round trips between Newton Abbot and Paignton each weekday. For your chance to win the tickets, enter using the form below (or email your answers to info@citizensrail.org) by midday on Friday 20th December 2013.


    [box close=”false” color=”#d42053″ icon=”” ]Competition now closed – thanks for all your entries. The winner has been notified by telephone. Commiserations if you weren’t in luck this time.[/box]



    Terms and conditions

    1. All entries must be received by midday on Friday 20 December 2013.

    2. To enter, entrants must fully complete and return their entry form, including the correct answer to the competition question.

    3. The prize is two First Class Return First Great Western train tickets, to be used on First Great Western services only.

    4. The Free Prize Draw is only open to those who are 18 years or over and who are residents of the UK. Employees and immediate families of First Great Western Ltd, their agents and anyone professionally connected with the prize draw are not eligible to take part.

    5. The prize must be accepted as awarded and is non-transferable. There is no cash alternative. If, due to circumstances beyond First Great Western’s control, First Great Western are unable to provide the stated prize, they reserve the right to award a substitute prize of equal or greater value.

    6. Any extra costs incurred are not included within the prize.

    7. No liability or responsibility will be accepted for ensuring submitted entries are received by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership.

    8. Neither First Great Western nor the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership will be held responsible for any elements of the prize.

    9. First Great Western reserves the right to check the validity of any entry. Entries failing to comply with these rules will not be accepted.

    10. The prize will be won by the entrant whose name is drawn first on the afternoon of 20 December 2013. This draw will be supervised by an independent adjudicator. The winner will be notified by email or telephone no later than 24 December 2013. To request the name and county of the winner, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership, School of Geography, Plymouth University, Plymouth, PL4 8AA after 17 January 2014.

    11. Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership will use its discretion to draw a replacement winner in the event of the prize remaining unclaimed two weeks after notification is sent to the email address provided by the original entrant.

    12. No purchase is necessary to enter.

    13. Entry implies acceptance of these rules.

    14. Only one entry is permitted per person.

    15. The prize is brought to you by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership, School of Geography, Plymouth University, Plymouth, PL4 8AA and First Great Western Ltd, Milford House, 1 Milford Street, Swindon SN1 1HL. Registered number: 05113733.

  • Passenger surveys on the Riviera Line

    Passenger surveys on the Riviera Line

    If you’re travelling on the Riviera Line in Torbay this week (18-22 November 2013), look out for the passenger survey being circulated by our friendly team – your chance to help us prioritise improvements for the future.

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    The survey (available here as a PDF) gives passengers the chance to tell Citizens’ Rail about their journey and to give us your views about the stations and services on the Riviera Line (Exeter to Paignton).

    It will be followed next week with a passenger count to establish baseline statistics for how many people are currently using the line, before the improved services begin on 9th December.

    [icon size=”14px” color=”#d42053″ background=”#ffffff” radius=”0px” type=”icon-circle-arrow-right” spacing=”0px” /] Find out more about our Devon project.

  • Burnley: Work begins on community station building

    Burnley: Work begins on community station building

    Construction has begun on the state-of-the-art redevelopment of Burnley Manchester Road station, part funded by Citizens’ Rail.

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    The new station building is scheduled to be completed in May 2014, and will provide improved facilities for passengers and a hub for the area’s Community Ambassadors, employed by Northern Rail with support from Citizens’ Rail, who engage hard-to-reach groups with their local rail services.

    The revamp is planned to coincide with the start of a new direct service to Manchester later in 2014, anticipated to significantly increase use of the station.

    Burnley Council Leader, Councillor Julie Cooper, said:

    “For some passengers, the train station can be the first impression they get of a town, and with the transformations underway in Burnley, with new schools, college and universities, it is important that visitors arriving, or passing through see the ‘new’ modern, changing Burnley.

    This is a vitally important project for Burnley’s future economic growth.”

    [icon size=”14px” color=”#d42053″ background=”#ffffff” radius=”0px” type=”icon-circle-arrow-right” spacing=”0px” /] Visit our Lancashire project page or read the Burnley Council press release (PDF) to find out more.

    (Photo: Andy Ford)