Hadley Wood Rail User Group is a campaigning organisation and won three national Railfuture awards in 2017: Commendation for Best New Group, Silver Award for Best Campaign and the Clara Zilahi Award for Best Campaigner.
Full "Metro" Service of 4 trains per hour: Committed but withdrawn owing to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic
Our second campaign began in Autumn 2016 on a critical issue for Hadley Wood and we raised 3,500 signatures to Save Our Trains in response to the cuts in service put forward in GTR's initial 2018 Timetable Proposal. We were delighted by the promise of 4 tph every day all week, twice the original proposal, but the introduction of the new timetable was botched and the pandemic that followed had a drastic impact on rail travel. However, HWRUG continues to press GTR for better services.
Our second campaign began in Autumn 2016 on a critical issue for Hadley Wood and we raised 3,500 signatures to Save Our Trains in response to the cuts in service put forward in GTR's initial 2018 Timetable Proposal. We were delighted by the promise of 4 tph every day all week, twice the original proposal, but the introduction of the new timetable was botched and the pandemic that followed had a drastic impact on rail travel. However, HWRUG continues to press GTR for better services.
Treegate Achieved
HWRUG and the Hadley Wood Association launched the “Treegate Campaign” in Spring 2018 to fight the unexpected and extreme tree felling and fencing work begun alongside the trackside by Network Rail. HWRUG played a pivotal role in establishing this third campaign and engaging expert support from the Tree Council. It resulted in an agreed Action Plan with Network Rail and HWRUG continues to manage all its station–related elements, including improved lighting in the lane to the step free entrance and geotechnical concerns in the cuttings.
HWRUG and the Hadley Wood Association launched the “Treegate Campaign” in Spring 2018 to fight the unexpected and extreme tree felling and fencing work begun alongside the trackside by Network Rail. HWRUG played a pivotal role in establishing this third campaign and engaging expert support from the Tree Council. It resulted in an agreed Action Plan with Network Rail and HWRUG continues to manage all its station–related elements, including improved lighting in the lane to the step free entrance and geotechnical concerns in the cuttings.
Antony Perret (RSSB), Sara Lom (Tree Council), Rossa O'Donovan (Network Rail), John Varley, Andrew Jones MP (Rail Minister), Robert Wilson (HWA), Francesca Caine (HWRUG)
Both organisations were invited to participate in the Varley Review commissioned by the Rail Minister into all aspects of Network Rail’s approach to vegetation management.
We were delighted to welcome both the Minister and John Varley to launch the Review at our station on 28th November 2018 during National Tree Week.
The ongoing vegetation work and replanting schemes are being managed for the community by the HWA.
We were delighted to welcome both the Minister and John Varley to launch the Review at our station on 28th November 2018 during National Tree Week.
The ongoing vegetation work and replanting schemes are being managed for the community by the HWA.
Step-Free Access: Achieved!
HWRUG was initially established to campaign for an accessible entrance to the northbound platform where the lie of the land presented the opportunity for a simple ramp. The official opening by disability campaigner Will Pike took place in May 2017, only 18 months after we presented GTR with our petition. The new entrance allows everyone arriving from the south to exit the station without climbing the 34 stairs. Passengers needing step-free facilities to go southbound from Hadley Wood towards London are authorised to travel without additional fare via step-free Potters Bar on to the fast southbound line to Finsbury Park, where there is a lift service down to London Underground, and to step-free King’s Cross. NB Installation of direct step free facilities on the southbound side at Hadley Wood, where the terrain presents much greater challenges and capital expenditure, are not in prospect. HWRUG campaigning has also resulted in supporting enhancements such as a disabled parking bay close to the main station entrance in Crescent West and the installation of lighting in the lane.
HWRUG was initially established to campaign for an accessible entrance to the northbound platform where the lie of the land presented the opportunity for a simple ramp. The official opening by disability campaigner Will Pike took place in May 2017, only 18 months after we presented GTR with our petition. The new entrance allows everyone arriving from the south to exit the station without climbing the 34 stairs. Passengers needing step-free facilities to go southbound from Hadley Wood towards London are authorised to travel without additional fare via step-free Potters Bar on to the fast southbound line to Finsbury Park, where there is a lift service down to London Underground, and to step-free King’s Cross. NB Installation of direct step free facilities on the southbound side at Hadley Wood, where the terrain presents much greater challenges and capital expenditure, are not in prospect. HWRUG campaigning has also resulted in supporting enhancements such as a disabled parking bay close to the main station entrance in Crescent West and the installation of lighting in the lane.
Presenting Petition for Step-Free Access to GTR on 4th December 2015
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Official opening by Will Pike 26th May 2017
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