Bus campaign will not stop here, vows Nadine - Romsey Advertiser

Campaigners have condemned South West Trains' decision to axe financial support for the X66 rail-bus link between Romsey and Winchester and have vowed to fight the decision. SWT, which pumped cash into providing seven extra services operated by Stagecoach after axing the dedicated Romsey to Winchester Rail-bus link last December, blamed poor usage of the route for not continuing the subsidy. To read the full article CLICK HERE

Bus Campaigners Say They Will Put People before Politics

Nadine Taylor of the Save Our Bus Campaign, today expressed disappointment on behalf of the people of Romsey after SWT announced their decision to slash the remaining rail-link buses on the X66 Route. "To claim that they have "been talking to user groups every step of the way" is an insult to the people of Romsey who have been treated with contempt by Stagecoach, HCC and SWT in this entire process.” she said. To read the full press release CLICK HERE

Save Our Bus Campaign Picks Up More Passengers As Further Cuts Planned

Campaigners in Romsey are moving their Save Our Bus Campaign into top gear as another bus service in the town comes under threat.

The 32/33 service that runs through Woodley and dovetails into the threatened X66 Romsey to Winchester service is now the subject of crisis talks.

Nadine Taylor, of the Save Our Bus Campaign, which was set up to fight the axing of the X66 rail-link service, exclusively told The Romsey Advertiser that her group was now expanding to include the 32/33 Service which faces cuts to its day time service. To read the full press release CLICK HERE

Stagecoach Hijacked Working Party To Pump Money Into Service
That Is NOT At Risk

The Hampshire based founder of Fathers 4 Justice and candidate in the London Mayoral Elections on May 1st today slammed Hampshire County Council for increasing pollution in Winchester and Romsey and of misleading the public over the cuts to the Romsey Rail Link bus service which is threatened with closure in July.

Matt O’Connor who lives in London during the week, but spends weekends with his family in Romsey and Winchester relies on the bus service to travel between the two. O‘Connor accused Cabinet Spokesman for the environment Mel Kendle of misrepresenting the facts about the axing of the rail link bus service.

‘Where most councils are trying to reduce carbon emissions, HCC seems to want Winchester to trade up from it’s notorious claim of being the City with the worst carbon footprint in Britain by reducing Winchester to gridlock, make the car parks unusable and blasting a hole in the ozone over Hampshire that should see us start to enjoy the sort of weather they have in the South of France.’
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Meeting with Department of Transport
On Monday of this week Nadine Taylor and Sandra Gidley MP met with Tom Harris, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport to challenge the government on how it expects to reduce carbon emissions when people are being forced back into their cars because of the closure of local bus service...Commenting on her meeting with Government over this issue Nadine said that “Every time we ask a question about this service we get a different answer and new information is reluctantly revealed.
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No Roadside Recovery for Rail-Link Service
Hampshire County Council’s decision to use thousands of pounds of taxpayers money to re-brand the old Romsey to Winchester rail-link bus service, that was used by regular daily commuters, as a ‘shopping trip’ bus to Winchester, demonstrates the contemptible way, South West Trains and Stagecoach have treated their passengers. Not only is the new advertising campaign a kick in the teeth to all those passengers who were using the service, the quality of the advertising is woefully inadequate and easily missed.
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Passengers Fight Back Over Rail Fare Rises
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Important changes to X66 Route in Jan 08 due to road works in Winchester
From the 7th January 2008 there will be road works taking place on the Romsey Road in Winchester. This will have a knock on effect on all transport coming in and out of Winchester using this road. The X66 Bus will be diverted via Chilbolton Avenue and Stockbridge Road and there will be a separate shuttle-bus service from Chilbolton Avenue to the Hospital. When there are road closures like this, the resulting congestion effects are very hard to predict but Stagecoach and HCC will be monitoring the situation to ensure the route continues to operate with the minimum of disruption.

Move to Silence Bus Campaign Backfires as Passengers Vote to Take The Campaign Bus to Europe
PRESS RELEASE - FRIDAY 21st DECEMBER 2007
In a move to silence the Save Our Bus Campaign, Stagecoach, SWT and HCC took the astonishing decision last week to set up a "new" Working Party made up of themselves, 2 Hursley Councillors and a Planning Officer from TVBC. Nadine Taylor from the Save Our Bus Campaign was invited to attend what she was lead to believe was a meeting with the main 3 transport bosses ahead of her next Working Party Meeting to try and iron out a few of the problems surrounding the new X66 route. She was though presented with a newly formed Working Party that was not a fair and proportionate representation of the bus route. Not only were there no representatives from Romsey, but the new working party slapped a list of conditions on Nadine's membership of the new group.
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Bus Campaigners Anger As Promised Bus Service Does Not Turn Up
PRESS RELEASE - WEDNESDAY 12th DECEMBER 2007
Romsey bus passsengers who were promised an interim bus service to replace the Romsey / Winchester Rail Link Bus were up in arms this morning after a 3rd day of disruption because the service has not turned up.
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Stagecoach MD Attacks Bus Campaigners Over Passenger Numbers Collapse
PRESS RELEASE - FRIDAY 7th DECEMBER 2007
Andrew Dyer, the Managing Director of Stagecoach, the company that ran the Romsey to Winchester rail link bus service launched an astonishing attack this week on campaigners for a ‘collapse’ in passenger numbers prior to the axing of the Romsey Rail Link bus service today Friday 7th December.
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DELIVERING THE PETITION TO DOWNING STREET

Nadine Taylor, Sandra Gidley MP, Caroline Nokes, Eleanor Bell, Mark Gilmour, Alan Bayley, John Wills

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Campaigners fight to reprieve bus service - Daily Echo - Saturday 10th November 2007
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