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2009 Aslockton passenger survey results
Here’s the (belated) results of a completely unscientific passenger-count, conducted on Thursday 9th July.
Total number of passengers: 51 (compared with 92 last year)
Number of services: 13 (21 last year)
Passengers per train: 3.92 (4.38 last year)
There is still a very strong trend of people travelling to/from Nottingham, rather to/from Grantham:
Nottingham Grantham
Arriving from 22 1
Departing for 27 1
Total 49 2
I understand it’s likely that East Midlands Trains will provide a commuter service for people working in Grantham, from December 2009. If that’s confirmed, then we should be able to muster more than one return journey per day in that direction!
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Jul 28th, 2009
A year since the Great Aslockton Passenger Count
It’s nearly a year since I spent the day counting people using trains to and from Aslockton station. So I’m doing it again, to get a very un-scientific view of the effects of the December 2008 service cuts.
It starts tomorrow morning at 05:28!
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Jul 8th, 2009
Survey / petition results
Let’s cut to the chase – the results of the survey and petition at Aslockton station on an ordinary wet Thursday in July:
- 21 trains were observed
- 92 people were counted (boarding and alighting)
- which means 4.3 people per train
- 74 people signed the petition, which will be sent to East Midlands Trains and the Department for Transport
4.3 people per train is slightly higher than I’d expected, given the official figures at the Office of Rail Regulation. This may be due to one or more of the following reasons:
- this is just one weekday, and the passenger numbers for weekends may be less – lowering the average (likely)
- guards on the trains are still lax in collecting fares, so some passengers aren’t counted in the official figures (likely)
- the upwards trend in passenger numbers is continuing, since the latest published figures from the ORR (possible)
- it might be “International Let’s Travel To Aslockton Day” and no-one’s told me (unlikely)
Finally, some trivia:
- I left the house this morning at 05:15
- today I met three people who are physically incapable of driving, all of whom would be severely inconvenienced if these cuts are made…
- … including one chaplain at HMP Whatton
- at least ten commuters, when describing the draft timetable, used language which would make the aforementioned chaplain blush
- one pristine Bic Biro was chewed by ‘passenger unknown’
- six pints of delicious Tim Taylor’s Golden Best were sunk (it’s been a long day – I’m allowed)
- I’m signing off at 22:59, tired to the point of delerium
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Jul 10th, 2008
Survey and petition – tomorrow
Tomorrow morning, I’ll be at Aslockton station before 5.30am, and will be there til the last train at 10.11pm – counting people and collecting signatures on a petition.
The Office of Rail Regulation says that there are “3 Aslockton passengers per train”, so I’d be happy to count 60 people and collect 30 signatures.
Now, 30 signatures doesn’t sound much, I grant you, but those 30 people will be putting around £100,000 into East Midlands Trains‘ coffers annually. So I don’t think we deserve to be treated with such contempt.
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Jul 9th, 2008
26 People
This morning, I watched as a total of 26 people made use of Aslockton railway station at 06:27, 07:27 and 08:17, most of whom I recognised as people who make return journeys every day. So that’s approximately 50 journeys.
50 journeys witnessed, 21 trains calling at Aslockton per day. I make that an average of 2.3 people per train, and that’s assuming that no-one uses any trains during the day. The true figure will certainly be more than 2.3.
“Less than 1.3″ my arse.
Makes me wonder what East Midland Trains base these assertions on. Surely it can’t be based on revenues, because their ability to collect fares isn’t great (but better than Central Trains before them). How often is my ticket checked? At most, 75% of the time.
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Jul 1st, 2008