Thatcham Railway Crossing, £83k wasted! Options

[motormad]

http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2013/road-la...g-will-go-ahead

I agree with Mr Woodhams (surprisingly).

Mr Woodhams said that he believed the road changes would have little impact on congestion.

He said: “From the outset the Thatcham Conservative councillors have been wracking their brains to come up with a new idea to impress motorists and residents, to reduce queueing times at the Thatcham level crossing.

“They have wasted £83,000, and the provision for a right-hand turn lane into the Thatcham sorting office … will have little to no effect on reducing these queues.

This will not reduce congestion. If people want to go into the sorting office they either go around the one-way system and out infront of everyone or just drive down the wrong side of the road. (there's nothing coming anyway).

I used to live 2 minute walk from Thatcham train station. Infact I grew up there and would go into town on the train regularly before I had a car.

A bridge is the only solution and unless they do that, anything will be a waste of money.
The sheer amount of disruption during the roadworks will cause havoc as well.

[motormad]

It's not the love of internal combustion. It's the love of freedom of movement.
I want to go from Reading to Thatcham.

I can do that with about 5 different routes in a car, bicycle or motorcycle. I can go when I like at the speed (pretty much) that I like.
On a train all I can do is go from Thatcham TRAIN STATION to Reading TRAIN STATION, not any faster and much more uneconomically than if I were driving. I can only leave and arrive when planned and this is subject to other delays.


You cannot sit there and possibly defend it. Often and regularly trains are delayed due to a train further down the track being delayed.

Yeah, that's progress..

[dannyboy]

It's not the love of internal combustion. It's the love of freedom of movement.
I want to go from Reading to Thatcham.

I can do that with about 5 different routes in a car, bicycle or motorcycle. I can go when I like at the speed (pretty much) that I like.
On a train all I can do is go from Thatcham TRAIN STATION to Reading TRAIN STATION, not any faster and much more uneconomically than if I were driving. I can only leave and arrive when planned and this is subject to other delays.


You cannot sit there and possibly defend it. Often and regularly trains are delayed due to a train further down the track being delayed.

Yeah, that's progress..

You still don't get it do you.

Read this again & then have a think. If UK Govts had spent even a quarter of the cash they have spent over the decades on roads on rail travel, you'd be able to enjoy far better motoring.