THE CAMPAIGN

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Roy Perry presenting the "Save our Bus
Petition" to Cllr Ken Thornber - Leader HCC

Roy Perry who represents Romsey Extra on HCC received the Petition from the Save Our Bus Campaigners during the Council meeting on 22.11 handed over the petition to Ken Thornber- Leader of HCC on Friday morning 23.11.07.

Roy Perry who represents the Romsey Extra Division is a keen supporter of the "Save our Bus" campaign

Roy said "The rail bus link between Winchester and Romsey is especially helpful to people in the rural area around Romsey. In the town they may have the option of taking a train to Southampton- but outside the town the rail link to Southampton is no use- it is the bus link along the A3090 that really helps. Once you have got your car out it is pointless to drive to Romsey or Parkway so you will inevitably clog the roads and increase your carbon footprint by heading directly to Winchester to take the train there. I urge SouthWest Trains to think again on this one. This Rail Bus Link really works and deserves to be kept going"

The decision to shut the Winchester/Romsey rail-link will effectively sever one of the main transportation arteries to romsey and there are currently no plans to replace it, forcing existing passengers to use their cars or alternative services, dramatically increasing travel times, traffic pollution and congestion. South West Trains and Hampshire County Council tried to conceal this decision in an attempt to reduce opposition to their decision.

At the recent Public Meeting, organised by the Save Our Bus Campaign, South West Trains offered to fund 3 additional routes to the X66 Stagecoach service, in the mornings and evenings until the end of July 2008 as an interim offer.

The Save Our Bus Campaign is asking that ALL the rail-link bus services between Romsey and Winchester are reinstated with immediate effect so that during the stay of execution all parties can get a true and accurate record of usage of the service and not a record of a reduced service that has already axed some of the most popular route times.

Thursday 22nd November 2007 - Petition delivered to 10 Downing Street

Thursday 22nd November 2007 - Petition delivered to Hampshire County Council Full Council Meeting

Saturday 17th November 2007 - Winchester City Centre collecting more names for the petition.

Friday 16th November 2007 - First Meeting of Joint Working Party, SWT, HCC, StageCoach & Save Our Bus

Friday 9th November 2007 - Raising awareness at Winchester Railway Station.

Thursday 1st November 2007 - Public Meeting in Romsey, over 200 attended.

Saturday 20th October 2007 - Campaign officially launched in Romsey, collecting names for the petition

POSTERS
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PETITIONS
To keep the pressure on all parties in this campaign we are continuing to collect names for the petition until further notice.

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FACEBOOK
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