Background 49 miles / two tracks
British Rail cost cutting 1985 / 28 miles singled
Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) system
Vision: nothing more than two-hourly service ever needed
Infrastructure now fits the vision (or lack thereof)
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Service not convenient / Push for an hourly service
2008 Feasibility Study
2010 Hourly service Southern half
2013 RETB radio licenses to permanently expire
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Beccles Loop opens December 2012
New signalling system commissioned at the same time
Growth since the Beccles Loop Promoting the Service
2012 Community Rail Officer hired
The CRP heavily promotes the new hourly service
Growth since the Beccles Loop Facilities Improvements
New Help Points at Halesworth and Melton
New CIS at Beccles, Oulton Broad So. and Westerfield
Car parks were more than doubled in size at Melton and Wickham Market
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2013 Southwold Bus Link
2013/2014 CRP Reorganisation
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2014/2015 Designated Service status
2015 Halesworth TVM with ACoRP / SCC funding
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2015 Major ACoRP grant Wickham Market Station canopy
2015 Lowestoft Arches co-funded with the Wherry Lines CRP
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2016 Free shuttle bus to Folk East
2016/2017 Walks Booklet and waymarked walks routes
Growth since the Beccles Loop Community Rail Partnership
2016 Queen’s Birthday
2016 CRP opens Visitor Information Point
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2017 New line guides and maps
2017 £100,000 major scheme at Lowestoft
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Better facilities at Derby Road and Felixstowe
More parking at Beccles, Darsham and Saxmundham
Pedestrian routes at Oulton Broad So. and Melton
Through ticketing from Saxmundham to Aldeburgh
Elimination of timetable gaps by reducing unused legacy freight paths to Sizewell A
Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with LAs, TOC, Network Rail, DfT
Board membership
Engage with the DfT and Network Rail
Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with ACoRP and the Railway
Heritage Trust Utilising resources, training and sharing best practice
Identifying historical station facilities that might qualify for funding
Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with our Neighbour CRPs
Sharing resources and coordinating events
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More attractive and viable for community business start-ups (who are members of our Line Groups)
Beccles Wickham Market
Trimley and Saxmundham next
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National Organisations
Local Organisations
Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with the Community
User Groups
Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with the Community
Businesses
Station Adopter groups and Individuals
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A team effort that produces results for rail passengers and the communities the railway runs through
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