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What Does Bracknell Think? Dr Phillip Lee's railway campaign

By Jennie Slevin
March 13, 2013

Last week we reported that Bracknell Forest MP Dr Phillip Lee is campaigning for a better rail service for the town.

He wants to see more carriages on commuter trains and hopes to link the borough to Crossrail.

We asked our panel what they thought about his ideas.

Kelly Knight, a test coordinator at Gillette: “I don’t see any problems with the rail service. I think other services in Bracknell need more of Dr Lee’s focus – more doctors’ surgeries, road resurfacing, perhaps lowering rail fares.

“If Dr Lee is running out of obscure ideas to spend the taxpayers’ money on, perhaps we could have a survey to all the residents where we can all give suggestions on what affects each of us, then he can go with the majority?”

Peter Smith, of The Better Business Alliance: “The campaign for a link to Crossrail and for more carriages on the trains from Bracknell to London is a very important one.

“It would be very helpful to get progress on this.

“If you can sit, then you can work, read, listen to music or do something equally useful in reasonable comfort.

“Well done Dr Lee and good luck with the campaigning for more comfortable travelling into London; you have my support.”

Janet Curley Cannon artist at Gallery@49 in Broadway: “It would be wonderful to have a better service – it might then justify how expensive it’s getting!

“Having the train take more than an hour into Waterloo is terrible and the rush hour trains are so overcrowded it’s ridiculous and very unsafe.

“Why can’t we get a service that doesn’t stop on average every 10 minutes, especially at stations like Longcross that virtually no one uses?

“Anything a politician could do to help make the journey easier, quicker, and more reliable would be welcome!”

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Well, if you're unlucky enough to be stood next to some old pervert a stroke is the least of your worries!

Winstanley, Bracknell
13/03/2013 at 18:30

I don't use the train service very often, but yesterday I and a friend went out for the day. The tickets were £70. The train service is impossible, I could not believe how many more people they kept stuffing into an over packed train at every station ... and this was at 7pm in London! I feel really sorry for people who have to endure this every working day.

Surely it should be illegal to cram people into a small space like this. It is really hard to get off the train at your stop, I cannot imagine the devastation a fire would cause. This must be sorted! I'm surprised there are not more heart attacks and strokes.

About time we had holding areas at stations to stop too many people getting on the platform if it is packed.

Time4tea
13/03/2013 at 18:16

Is it a campaign though, or more thinking out loud from the estimable member for Bisham?

Winstanley, Bracknell
13/03/2013 at 15:51

i realise that the Standard has their regular panel who they put these queries to but think it may have served a better purpose had your reporter travelled into London and back during the rush hour and spoken to the commuters who have to travel this route every day. There are rules laid down regarding the space allowed for moving animals and they are more generous than commuters suffer.

timespassing
13/03/2013 at 15:33

Why was Kelly Knight's response printed? It's not even slightly relevant! Also, isn't P&G based in Reading? I think the majority of complaints about the rail service come from those London bound, the service in the Reading direction is not a problem.

I've already given my 2c on the service - after having spent many years going in both directions, the Waterloo service need fixing. Something needs to happen.