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MP lodges petition against Crossrail
21 September 2005

This week local MP Theresa May formally petitioned against the Crossrail Bill, arguing that substantial improvements should be made to the scheme.

Theresa May explained; “Crossrail has the potential to offer substantial benefits to Maidenhead, allowing commuters to travel directly into the West End of City without changing onto the Underground. However as it is currently conceived it will actually increase the journey time from Maidenhead into Paddington! This is completely unacceptable.

“The construction of Crossrail will cause a huge amount of disruption, particularly in Guards Club Park and on Guards Club Island. The electrification of Brunel’s historic bridge will forever alter our stretch of the Thames. The re-development of maidenhead station will reduce the number of car-parking spaces and the construction process itself will cause great disruption for commuters.

“For such disruption and such a cost to be justifiable Crossrail needs to demonstrate that they offer substantial benefits to commuters from Maidenhead. As it stands Crossrail will increase the journey time from Maidenhead to Paddington and reduce the level of service from Twyford. This is entirely unacceptable.

“In lodging this formal petition I have argued that Crossrail should be modified to run fast and semi-fast trains from Reading into Paddington. I am delighted that our local councillors in Oldfield, Derek Wilson, Dorothy Kemp and Gillian Moore are also campaigning actively on this issue.”



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