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ASLEF DELAY IN PENSIONS TALKS WILL MEAN “MORE UNNECESSARY DISRUPTION FOR PASSENGERS” Saturday, 5 May 2012 · East Midlands Trains "disappointed" at no union talks until after further strike · Revised timetable for 8 and 10 May, with more trains than previous strike days · Full and normal service to run on 9 and 11 May · Detailed service information for passengers at www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk Local routes · Rail replacement road services will be provided on a number of local routes including Nottingham to Lincoln, Nottingham to Mansfield Woodhouse, Derby to Matlock, Derby to Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham to Boston, Nottingham to Sleaford and Lincoln to Sleaford. · *New* An additional bus service will operate between Leicester and Loughborough (the Ivanhoe line) · *New* An additional bus service will operate between Spalding and Sleaford · In addition, East Midlands Trains tickets will be accepted on a number of Stagecoach Bus services, including Corby to Kettering (X4 service), Lincoln to Grimsby (Interconnect 3), Boston to Skegness (Interconnect 7), Skegness to Lincoln (Interconnect 6) and Spalding to Peterborough (Service 37). · Other train operators will be accepting East Midlands Trains tickets and a full list of alternative routes can be found at on the website. East Midlands Trains has also issued advice for passengers already holding a ticket to travel on Tuesday 8 or Thursday 10 May: · Passengers with advance tickets pre-booked for a service which will not be running can use their ticket to travel on an alternative train or bus service provided by East Midlands Trains. This should be as close as possible to the original time booked. · Alternatively, passengers who hold a ticket for travel on one of the affected days can travel on East Midlands Trains services the day before or the day after their existing ticket is valid. · Customers who decide not to travel can receive a full refund on their ticket. Passengers are advised to check before travel. A copy of the timetable in place and advice on alternative routes can be found at www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk. Industrial Action timetables for May 1 and 3 Tuesday, 1 May 2012 Peterborough-Ely-Norwich Rail Users As you probably know, there will be no Liverpool-Norwich trains on 1,3, 8, 10, 15 or 17 May. The hourly expresses from Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Peterborough and Sheffield. The dispute is about contributions to the final salary pension scheme. We are unclear as to whether negotiations with the trade union are possible or whether recommendations on pension contributions are binding. Further information about EMT trains routes will follow..... SPALDING STATION ADOPTION To gauge opinion about the Forum re-adopting the Flower Beds and some of the station we are asking you to contact us. Discussions with EMT will take place later on this month on what we would like to do and we need people with an interest to come forward. There can be some perks if you wish to join this group but it will need some commitment to actually helping in show what a lovely Victorian station can look like.. So if you are interested contact us or Tulip Radio and make yourself known. Thanks. Membership Monday, 30 April 2012 Want to join the forum? Want to have a say in local transport issues? Well join the Forum today for £6 per year. We hold 4 public meetings a year and have many different guest speakers on issues you raise with us. Your membership helps us keep in touch with the community through our website and members receive a newsletter four times a year. AGM Thursday, 19 April 2012 The 9th AGM of the Forum will be held this Saturday 12.00 -2.30pm at the SHDC offices.
Podcast You can now listen to a recording made by the Chairman on Radio Tulip (in March) if you go to their website and click on Podcasts.
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