Wokingham Borough Council believes in promoting alternatives to car travel wherever possible. The Council notes the successes of previous administrations in creating sustainable and active travel alternatives, such as greenways and footpaths, as well as working with bus companies to provide bus services across the Borough.
The rail service between from Earley to London Waterloo, including Winnersh, Winnersh Triangle and Wokingham, is ridiculously slow. The journey usually takes one hour and ten minutes to cover a distance of 36 miles to London. Some years ago, a scheme was proposed for trains on this line to not stop at intermediate stations between Twickenham and Waterloo, reducing journey times down by 15 minutes.
This Council calls on South Western Railway to implement measures to speed up journey times and make their service more competitive.
Minutes:
Council considered the following Motion proposed by Charles Margetts and seconded by Paul Fishwick.
Wokingham Borough Council believes in promoting alternatives to car travel wherever possible. The Council notes the successes of previous administrations in creating sustainable and active travel alternatives, such as greenways and footpaths, as well as working with bus companies to provide bus services across the Borough.
The rail service between from Earley to London Waterloo, including Winnersh, Winnersh Triangle and Wokingham, is ridiculously slow. The journey usually takes one hour and ten minutes to cover a distance of 36 miles to London. Some years ago, a scheme was proposed for trains on this line to not stop at intermediate stations between Twickenham and Waterloo, reducing journey times down by 15 minutes.
This Council calls on South Western Railway to implement measures to speed up journey times and make their service more competitive.
It was proposed by Charles Margetts and seconded by Paul Fishwick, that the Motion be amended as follows:
Wokingham Borough Council believes in promoting
alternatives to car travel wherever possible. The Council notes
the successes of previous administrations in creating sustainable
and active travel alternatives, such as greenways and footpaths, as
well as working with bus companies to provide bus services across
the Borough. The Council has supported sustainable
transport in the past and will continue to do so in future.
The rail service between from Earley to London Waterloo, including Winnersh, Winnersh Triangle and Wokingham, is ridiculously slow. The journey usually takes one hour and ten minutes to cover a distance of 36 miles to London. Some years ago, a scheme was proposed for trains on this line to not stop at intermediate stations between Twickenham and Waterloo, reducing journey times down by 15 minutes.
This Council calls on South
Western Railway to implement measures to speed up improve journey times from the Wokingham Borough
stations to London Waterloo and
to make their these
services more competitive.
Charles Margetts stated that the current journey time from Wokingham to London Waterloo was 1 hour 11 minutes. In 1975 the same journey took 45 minutes on the fast train. It was important to speed up the journey time for a number of reasons. A quicker journey would reduce the number of travellers currently driving to other stations to catch a quicker train. It would open the potential for significant economic benefits to the area. It would encourage more visitors to our leisure and retail facilities. Most importantly, it would reduce pollution from excess car journeys as passengers tried to find quicker routes.
Upon being put to the vote, the proposed amendments were approved.
Council then voted on the substantive Motion.
Upon being put to the vote, it was
RESOLVED That:
Wokingham Borough Council believes in promoting alternatives to car travel wherever possible. The Council has supported sustainable transport in the past and will continue to do so in future.
The rail service between from Earley to London Waterloo, including Winnersh, Winnersh Triangle and Wokingham, is ridiculously slow. The journey usually takes one hour and ten minutes to cover a distance of 36 miles to London. Some years ago, a scheme was proposed for trains on this line to not stop at intermediate stations between Twickenham and Waterloo, reducing journey times down by 15 minutes.
This Council calls on South Western Railway to implement measures to improve journey times from the Wokingham Borough stations to London Waterloo and to make these services more competitive.