Reference
PCArlesey32/11
Title
Correspondence concerning Arlesey railway station, the campaign to reopen it and improve it once it had been reopened, (correspondence with Network South East prior to 1995 then with West Anglia & Great Northern Railway) including, amongst other things:
- photograph and card of Trevor Garrod, Honorary Secretary of East Anglian Branch of Railway Development Society [1985];
- Arlesey District Railway Action Group Newsletter No.1 [1985];
- numbers potentially using the reopened station [1985];
- Arlesey Town Council contribution of 5,000 to reopening costs [1985];
- Bedfordshire County Council approval for and contribution towards reopening scheme [1986];
- refusal of other parish councils and Mid Bedfordshire District Council to contribute financially to reopening costs [1986-1987];
- proposed waiting restrictions in the area of the station resulting in County of Bedfordshire (Arlesey Railway Station Area) (Prohibition and Restriction of Waiting) Order 1988 and opposition of Parochial Church Council [1988];
- menu of Arlesey Opening Special Luncheon provided by Newtork South East [1988];
- improvements requested [1988-2000];
- British Telecom payphone at station [1989];
- request for access to Henlow side of the station [1989];
- rumours at closure of stations on Sundays [1990-1995];
- vandalism [1990-1993];
- desire for stair climber for disabled people to cross footbridge at station [1995];
- revised car park charges [1995];
- possible reduction in train services [1995];
- takeover of WAGN by Prism Plc [1997];
- complaint about various aspects of journey from Arlesey to Kings Cross along with other complaints about facilities at the station [2000]
Date free text
1985-2000
Production date
From: 1985 To: 2000
Level of description
item