#upliftPokesdown

First of all, let me thank   / tother_simon   for this fantastic effort as part of our #upliftPokesdown campaign. We give you The Pokesdown Station Song.


OK, I am from Southbourne and do my fair share of posting about the area on Social Media, but I now feel I want to spread that around and more so now that one of my businesses has an office in Pokesdown. We all rise together.
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Residents, councillors, Boscombe Forum and the Pokesdown Community Forum have been campaigning for years pushing for lifts to be installed at Pokesdown Station.

We just wanted to add another voice and to throw a bit of supportive humour into the mix, just to keep the train operators true and let them know we are still watching and waiting.

I am happy to use that station but my wife isn't and I have to go to Christchurch to pick her up. Use it or lose it always applies.

Community campaigns started in 2011 and as part of the agreement to award the franchise to South Western Railway in March 2017 it was required to have the new lifts in place by December 31, 2019.

That has been and gone with no change. Then there was mention of September 2020 as an indicative date. Now there is talk of it taking longer.

As these posts are about sharing information, so if you want to support and get involved then you can connect with the Pokesdown Community Forum Facebook page or via the Ward Councillors below.


  / pokesdowncommunityforum  


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