Management view - TransWilts and transport at the end of 2015
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2015-12-25 09:49:50 - Graham Ellis
There are stories to tell of the tail of 2015. Of traffic levels well beyond target on the TransWilts. Of volunteer and professional help in nurturing and monitoring it. Of wider stratgies looking at upcoming opportunities via franchise changes and other means. Of learning meetings where we meet with people working in rough parallel elsewhere and learn the best practise, and of getting out and seeing public transport in a wider sense and learning what lessons there may be for us in Wiltshire and the wider South West and wedge-from-London areas. Less positive news, I fear, on buses; we lost a number of services in August - sevices such as the 07:20 Bowerhill to Melksham Station and the 18:35 Chippenham to Melksham and Trowbridge, both of which carried double figure passengers on a daily basis, and some indications are that could be just the start of a trend. Further writeups, and images, to come. Another selection follows.
And - in this post (and in alphabetic order by first name) my "Thank you" list for support beyond the call of dury from so many people, including but not limited to Bob Morrison, Chris Hankin, Chris Irwin, Chris Wilding, Claire Perry, Dan Okey, Daniel Pickford, David Phillips, Duncan Hames, Eddy Watts, The spirit of Gordon Dodge, Heather Blake, Horace Prickett, Jane Jones, John Glen, John Hamley, John Money, John Pickford, Lee Fletcher, Lisa Ellis, Margaret Blackburn, Marianne Hamley, Michelle Donelan, Miriam Zacarrelli, Moderators at the Coffee Shop, Natacha Tagholm, Nick Reid, Nigel Bray, Operational staff on our trains., Other CRP officers and their team, Other officers at Wiltshire Council, Pat Aves, Paul Johnson, Peter Blackburn, Phil Groocock, Phil McMullen, Phil Wakely, Richard Gamble, Robert Gordon, Roger Witt, Rolf Brindle, Rosemary Buchan, Terri Welch, Terry Chivers, The team at ACoRP, Tom Steward and Tony Smale.
