SWT/Cycle survey

Ianmel <[email hidden]>typed

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If you are in the South West Trains region, keep an eye
out at your railway station for a leaflet with a survey in
it. SWT want to hear your views on taking bikes on their
services. Tell them how you feel!

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The leaflet only contains a postcard you return to them so
they can put you on their database. The whole premise of
this phoney 'consultation' seems wrong, IMHO.

SWT want to increase rush hour restrictions on cyclists.
They seem to wish to reduce cycle capacity all in all.

I went to Weymouth from London earlier this week (without a
bicycle). The whole of the centre coach was taken up by the
buffet car, yet the buffet closed at Brockenhurst, after
which almost half the journey (in time, at least) was
without any use for that central car. This trip was on a
weekday afternoon.

We broke our return journey, to visit David's father in
Christchurch. On one train there were no catering
facilities, so the central car was unused, on one there was
only a trolley, so again the centre car was unused and it
was only on our final train that the buffet car was in use
for the whole trip.

If they think the cyclists' use of space is uneconomical, I
think they should review the catering. Decent space that
wouldn't require the cyclist to hang bikes up could easily
be supplied...

They might even prevent some of us getting cars and never
using the railway again...

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden] Edgware.

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Ianmel <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

If you are in the South West Trains region, keep an eye
out at your railway station for a leaflet with a survey
in it. SWT want to hear your views on taking bikes on
their services. Tell them how you feel!

Quoted message said:

--

The leaflet only contains a postcard you return to them so
they can put you on their database. The whole premise of
this phoney 'consultation' seems wrong, IMHO.

SWT want to increase rush hour restrictions on cyclists.
They seem to wish to reduce cycle capacity all in all.

Exactly.

Firstly Get hold of some of the postcards from the CTC and
hand them out to fellow train using cyclists.

Secondly when travelling try and take note how many other
passengers are on the train. Some journeys I have made with
bike (off-peak) I've made up 50% of the train's custom. Let
the SRA know how much you use the trains and also what
percentage of the passenger numbers are cyclists.

John B