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Archive => Archived Boards => Local Issues => Topic started by: FoRHS on December 07, 2010, 04:34:10 PM
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Friends of Rose Hill Station invite you the station on Monday 13th December 2010 at 10:30am to celebrate the additional train service to Manchester Piccadilly, setting off at 10:51am.
Cake, mince pies and mulled wine will be served accompanied by local dignitaries and Rose Hill School choir.
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We now have some photos of this event in the Virtual Tour, thanks to Arthur Procter and Terry Wood.
http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=103
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Seems I managed to hide the images in this new album but they're revealed now :-[
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For those of you who were working on Monday - like myself - there is a good chance I will be knocking back a few tins of special brew on the way into town this weekend, if you fancy sharing a celebratory / festive swig, just ask!
On a serious note, its been a long time coming. The accessability of the station is not to be underestimated, for those in wheelchairs or the fairer sex who like to wear silly shoes.
Well done team.
(are we expecting a late night return service - say 11pm ish any time soon?)
Andy
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While there's a nice party going on at Rose Hill, maybe we should hold a wake at Marple station ;) Because those additional Rose Hill trains are not actually additional at all - they have simply been switched from Marple. Marple station has a huge amount more car parking than Rose Hill and is used by far more people. And as one of those people, I can tell you that the ridiculous little two-carriage trains serving Marple are now even more overcrowded than ever. Was this really such a good idea..... ???
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While there's a nice party going on at Rose Hill, maybe we should hold a wake at Marple station ;) Because those additional Rose Hill trains are not actually additional at all - they have simply been switched from Marple. Marple station has a huge amount more car parking than Rose Hill and is used by far more people. And as one of those people, I can tell you that the ridiculous little two-carriage trains serving Marple are now even more overcrowded than ever. Was this really such a good idea..... ???
I have to agree with you, I think Marple would benefit from a cable car connection from Rose Hill to Marple st & Stockport. Reckon it would remove traffic and Rose hill could be closed. It wouldn't cost much to do.
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I think Marple would benefit from a cable car connection from Rose Hill to Marple st & Stockport.
Cable Car? ??? You mean like in 'Where Eagles Dare'! With Clint Eastwood clinging to the roof??
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A Cable Car like they have in San Francisco ???
It could be quite a tourist attraction too.
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I think Marple would benefit from a cable car connection from Rose Hill to Marple st & Stockport.
Cable Car? ??? You mean like in 'Where Eagles Dare'! With Clint Eastwood clinging to the roof??
Exactly, although I thought it was Richard Burton?
I was thinking more Alton towers, travelling at around 10-15 MPH, that would beat the rush hour traffic. Link up to Stockport railway station, charge £2 a trip. I wonder how much it costs to keep Rose Hill open?
It may atttract tourists, an MP3 guide could point out attractions like that fella off 4 in a bed's B&B and the B&B off of 4 in a bed.
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Cable Car? ??? You mean like in 'Where Eagles Dare'! With Clint Eastwood clinging to the roof??
Exactly, although I thought it was Richard Burton?
They were both in it, along with loads of other good actors - Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, and a gorgeous blonde whose name escapes me. Great music too: Durrr Durrr Durrr Durrr, Dur Dur Dur Dur Dur Durrr Du-du-du, Dur Dur Dur Durrr Du-du-du. (Getting a bit off-topic here ;D)
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Cable Car? ??? You mean like in 'Where Eagles Dare'! With Clint Eastwood clinging to the roof??
Exactly, although I thought it was Richard Burton?
They were both in it, along with loads of other good actors - Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, and a gorgeous blonde whose name escapes me. Great music too: Durrr Durrr Durrr Durrr, Dur Dur Dur Dur Dur Durrr Du-du-du, Dur Dur Dur Durrr Du-du-du. (Getting a bit off-topic here ;D)
First film I ever went to. My brother took me, I was only 4 or 5 but remember the Gorman's motorbike just makng it accross the mined bridge and bursting into flames.
But on message, yes a cable car like where eagles deare and at Alton towers to replace the expensive Rose hill station.
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But on message, yes a cable car like where eagles deare and at Alton towers to replace the expensive Rose hill station.
What expensive Rose Hill Station?
The costs associated with Rose Hill are bourne by the private company which tenders to run it, and makes a profit out of it.
As a customer I expect to see the station staffed, cleaned etc etc. My ticket gets me from Rose Hill to Manchester, why should I expect differing levels of service at either end of the line?
Andy
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What expensive Rose Hill Station?
The costs associated with Rose Hill are bourne by the private company which tenders to run it, and makes a profit out of it.
As a customer I expect to see the station staffed, cleaned etc etc. My ticket gets me from Rose Hill to Manchester, why should I expect differing levels of service at either end of the line?
Andy
Apart from the massive subsidies that these private companies get from the government which are OUR taxes.
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I had to chuckle at the report in last week's Stockport Times which said that due to the changes at Rose Hill, Marple now had four trains an hour. We always did! Ah well, we shall just have to see how it all works out in the long run. :)
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Ah well, we shall just have to see how it all works out in the long run. :)
Never mind the long run, Barbara - it's not working very well in the short run! The trains from Piccadilly to Marple now run at at 03 and 45 minutes past the hour - a gap of nearly 3/4 of an hour! ::)
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Makes you wonder why the powers that be are about to start spending £?????s updating Marple Station and installing lifts when they have moved a third of the service.
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Makes you wonder why the powers that be are about to start spending £?????s updating Marple Station and installing lifts when they have moved a third of the service.
I suppose it's to do with accessability rights for those who have difficuly getting up the steps. A lift is possibly as cheap as installing a ramp
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But on message, yes a cable car like where eagles deare and at Alton towers to replace the expensive Rose hill station.
What expensive Rose Hill Station?
The costs associated with Rose Hill are bourne by the private company which tenders to run it, and makes a profit out of it.
As a customer I expect to see the station staffed, cleaned etc etc. My ticket gets me from Rose Hill to Manchester, why should I expect differing levels of service at either end of the line?
Andy
Subsidies have already mentioned but furthermore, Marple is already served by the normal station and Rose hill is just a branch off the same Sheff Manc line, If it was me owning (yes I know the operator doesn’t own the line & station) & operating a train service, I’d just like to run my trains to one station. The answer is to close Rose hill, sell off the land to developers, station buildings would make a nice little pad.
Then, improving the service, I’d have a cable car running to Stockport Station from Marple Station via Rose Hill & stops on the way. This would give everyone a better service plus a better link to Stockport station for mainline services.
It will also take traffic off Dan bank giving a greener solution all round. The cost would be negligible, no need to staff a station or keep it up to date and the sale of the land would cover the building costs.
You see, if I’d been in charge of that silly TIF thing that Richard Leese tried to foist on us with a congestion charge, I’d have come up with far cheaper, workable, effective & cost effective solutions.
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Makes you wonder why the powers that be are about to start spending £?????s updating Marple Station and installing lifts when they have moved a third of the service.
Is The Bridge Being removed it was supposed to be going to Peak rail [.not the road bridge .]
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This is getting really wacky now! A cable car? From Marple to Stockport? At 'negligible cost'?? It's positively surreal!
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This is getting really wacky now! A cable car? From Marple to Stockport? At 'negligible cost'?? It's positively surreal!
If Alton towers can put one up for £100k, it's got to be a positive thing, that's the cost of one bus. As I say, the rail co can sell off all the land, it will raise a canny bit money from the whole of the land on the branch line.
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It's ironic that you mention Alton Towers..
- one of the the stops the cable car visits is the 'Cloud Cuckoo Land' station
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It's ironic that you mention Alton Towers..
- one of the the stops the cable car visits is the 'Cloud Cuckoo Land' station
Hey, I'm not Richard Leese this could be done and no need for back-handers.
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Tricky, you've said it :-)