The AGM of the RAIL USER GROUP for Rail Passenger services between Birmingham and Stratford upon Avon and Leamington Spa and Stratford upon Avon will take place on WEDNESDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2024 AT SHIRLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH HALL, GREEN LANE, SHIRLEY, SOLIHULL B90 1AA COMMENCING AT 19.30 HRS Come and meet Committee members and see presentations […]
The looming new housing targets, set by the incoming Labour government, are poised to significantly impact our shire districts. The new method for new housing allocation, applied to the number of new homes in local plans, is a pressing issue. In most cases, rural areas will have to absorb significant additional numbers, leading to severe […]
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We invite everyone to come along and see unique and evocative scenes from yesteryear in classic paintings, some of which feature the local area. Stratford upon Avon will host an exhibition of Railway Paintings by John Austin in May this year. John, a Fellow of the Guild of Railway Artists, is well known in railway […]
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There were angry scenes at Stratford upon Avon Railway Station on Sunday, 11 February 2024, as visitors were trying to go home after a weekend break, and residents were left without any train services to Birmingham for hours. With the station booking office closed and the station facilities such as toilets also locked, there was […]
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Peter Morris, the Chair of Shakespeare Line Rail User Group (SLRUG) has written to West Midlands Railway (22 January 2024) concerning what he has described as the intolerable unreliability experienced by customers trying to use the railway over the past three months. We recently consulted users of the line who are members of SLRUG. The […]
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A local rail user group that represents passengers and visitors that use train services between Birmingham and Stratford upon Avon and Leamington Spa and Stratford upon Avon welcomed the announcement made earlier today by Mark Harper, Secretary of State for Transport, that the recent proposals to close ticket offices at most of the UK’s railway […]
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Members of the public are being encouraged to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Shakespeare Line Rail User Group (SLRUG) that is due to take place on Wednesday, 20 September 2023. While the AGM takes every year for group members, it is always open for the public to attend. This year, the group is […]
As a Rail User Group, we have exercised considerable patience over the past four years in response to West Midlands Trains Ltd plans and promises to address the shortfall in train crew resources. Regrettably, we feel our tolerance has been misplaced given the persistent and unacceptable level of unreliability faced by passengers, many who rely […]
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