“Transport role for Colne Valley MP”

Posted on June 13, 2013 by admin

[from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 13th June 2013]

COLNE Valley MP Jason McCartney has a new Government post.

He has been chosen to join the Transport Select Committee.

Mr McCartney said he was “delighted” to have been appointed to the committee.

The MPs are charged by the House of Commons with the scrutiny of the Department for Transport.

Its formal remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies.

The Colne Valley MP has a strong record on transport issues.

As vice-chairman of the All Party Rail in the North Group he campaigned for the Northern Hub Rail investment, he’s questioning the ongoing M62 roadworks, he takes a close interest in HS2 and he regularly meets local bus companies regarding local services.

He will start work with the Committee later this week.

Read more: Examiner http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2013/06/13/transport-role-for-colne-valley-mp-86081-33465753/#ixzz2W5o6CLxQ

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“Arial”,”sans-serif”;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN’>The Colne Valley MP has
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<p style=’background:white’><span lang=EN style=’font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
“Arial”,”sans-serif”;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN’>As vice-chairman of the
All Party Rail in the North Group he campaigned for the Northern Hub Rail
investment, he’s questioning the ongoing M62 roadworks, he takes a close
interest in HS2 and he regularly meets local bus companies regarding local
services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=’background:white’><span lang=EN style=’font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
“Arial”,”sans-serif”;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN’>He will start work with
the Committee later this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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“That’s PURRRFECT! – New addition to ticket barriers especially for Huddersfield Railway Station’s cat Felix”

Posted on June 13, 2013 by admin

As promised, something which has nothing at all to do with the ale trail.

“They wanted to stop people managing to complete train journeys without buying tickets.”

Here’s SMART’s dangerous and radical idea, to stop people completing train journeys without buying tickets. How about issuing the conductors with ticket machines? The conductors can then travel through the train, selling tickets to passengers.

Apparently this idea has been tried out in other parts of the country, and it seems to work.

[from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 13th June 2013]

FELIX the cat has got station staff in a right flap.

The moggy, who has been adopted as the official Huddersfield railway station cat, has been awarded a special treat by leading train operator First TransPennine Express.

She has her very own personalised cat flap to allow easy access through the newly-installed platform ticket barriers.

Felix has been the Huddersfield station cat for nearly two years and is a much-loved member of the team who is also popular with commuters.

A company spokesman said: “After spotting Felix ‘having kittens’ about alterations to her ‘platform catwalk’, we are hoping to make life easier by installing a bespoke cat flap which sits within the gate’s barriers.”

Paul Jackson, station manager at Huddersfield, said:

“Customers and staff hold Felix in great affection and she’s very much part of daily life here at the station.

“We strive to offer the best service possible to both passengers and their four-legged friends and we know Felix is certainly the cat that got the cream with her very own VIP entrance and exit.”

The new ticket barriers came into use earlier this month and govern passengers heading in and out of the main station concourse.

After seeing the prototype undergo testing, one regular commuter added:

“I’ve heard that every dog has its day but Felix must be smiling like the Cheshire Cat at the sight of this.

Rail bosses applied to bring in automatic ticket barriers at the station last year.

They wanted to stop people managing to complete train journeys without buying tickets.

The seven gates have been installed inside the newly-revamped main entrance of the station, meaning passengers will have to have tickets before getting on to the platforms.

Those getting off trains at Huddersfield will also need tickets to exit the station.

Read more: Examiner http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2013/06/13/that-s-purrrfect-new-addition-to-ticket-barriers-especially-for-huddersfield-railway-staion-s-cat-felix-86081-33466258/#ixzz2W5hAdL7r

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Change of Subject

Posted on June 8, 2013 by admin

We’ll post something on here soon which isn’t about the ale trail.

Honest.

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“Ale Trail back on track?”

Posted on June 8, 2013 by admin

[Editorial in the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 7th June 2013]

IT started out as one of those inspired ideas which sought to combine some of the best things on offer for those wanting a day out with a difference.

The Ale Trail was meant to give visitors to the Colne Valley a chance to sample the dramatic landscape, the delights of train travel plus the pleasure of a pint or two of real ale.

And that is exactly where the problems kicked in. For the real intent of the Ale Trail has been hijacked by stag, hen and other large parties.

Instead of bringing more people into the Colne Valley villages simply to enjoy what they have to offer, the trail has inadvertently created huge levels of anti-social behaviour.

Those resident must then have been pleased to hear the comments yesterday from West Yorkshire’s top police officer, Mark Gilmore, who visited Marsden and pledged more resources to tackle the problems.

Few would want to see what could be a real tourist magnet for the area curtailed.

What they surely want instead is for the trail to deliver what was originally intended – for people to come to the Colne Valley, enjoy what it has to offer without being rowdy, destructive or offensive.

With the backing of the police, hopefully that message will now get across to those who have abused the area’s hospitality.

If they can’t behave, we just don’t want them.

 

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