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MANEA MATTERS
MANEA MATTERS
10 YEARS

OF STATION

ADOPTION

round 10 years ago there were 4 trains stopping at Manea Station each day. When Greater
Anglia won the Franchise, they vowed to increase this to 22 stops a day but they wanted
Asupport from the community in the form of Station Adopters to be “the ears and the eyes
of the company”. Four of us originally agreed to look after Manea and Whittlesea stations with
responsibilities ranging from daily health and safety checks, reporting faults, sweeping platforms,
emptying litter bins through to looking after noticeboards and plant pots. When we signed up, we
asked for improvements and agreed a list with 15 targets – some we have seen achieved, whilst
others we still wait for? This is our list in three categories: Peter Townrow, Station Adopter

Achieved: Not yet achieved but
in sight?
• Sunday service
• Ticket machine • Platform extensions
• Seating and leaflet racks • A car park large enough
to support travellers from
in the waiting shed Chatteris, Christchurch etc
• Platform seating who all used to park in the
A Summer Tub
• Community noticeboards - planted by the This way into road until their cars were
Manea
• New plant pots Adopters damaged a few years back
• Water tap
Still remaining from
• Signage to village Fastest time Manea to that original list ten
• A full bus replacement Cambridge 29 minutes years ago:
service (Slowest 48 minutes)
• Live Indicator boards Fastest time Manea to • Footbridge. Well, we
thought that was unlikely!
• Replacement picket Peterborough 25 minutes • Hourly service - we still
(Slowest 30 minutes)
fencing press for this

The Waiting Shed

Noticeboard Ticket Machine Covered Waiting Area

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