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. See also the item below on our Treegate Campaign in 2018.
Treegate Achieved - revised vegetation plans in implementation
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 will continue 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 will continue 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
The vegetation work and replanting schemes are being managed for the community by the HWA. You can read the latest update here
The vegetation work and replanting schemes are being managed for the community by the HWA. You can read the latest update here
Full "Metro" Service of 4 trains per hour: Committed and in progress
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. The problems with the initial implementation of their ambitious timetable across GTR’s network in May 2018 are well-known and the intended services are now being phased in, along with the new Class 717 trains on the Moorgate route. Hadley Wood began to benefit from 4 tph weekday services in December 2018 and implementation updates will be posted on the Service page
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. The problems with the initial implementation of their ambitious timetable across GTR’s network in May 2018 are well-known and the intended services are now being phased in, along with the new Class 717 trains on the Moorgate route. Hadley Wood began to benefit from 4 tph weekday services in December 2018 and implementation updates will be posted on the Service page
Step-Free Access: Achieved!
HWRUG was initially established to campaign for an accessible entrance to the northbound platform. 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 step-free King’s Cross. The Council has installed a disabled parking bay in Crescent West.
HWRUG was initially established to campaign for an accessible entrance to the northbound platform. 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 step-free King’s Cross. The Council has installed a disabled parking bay in Crescent West.
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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Station Enhancements: Ongoing
HWRUG continues to engage with GTR and Network Rail to achieve enhancements to our station. Notable results to date include new waiting facilities on the northbound platform, and the transformation of the station forecourt with a Welcome sign, a departures screen, cycle racks and a flower trough kindly maintained by The Little Flower House.
HWRUG also commissioned the plaque to world-famous locomotive designer Sir Nigel Gresley at the main entrance. The ticket office is now open 24/7 as a waiting room with extended customer information services whenever the station is staffed. The overbridge has been brightened up with a History Gallery and the platforms by HWRUG noticeboards. And we’re working on improved lighting in the lane to the step free entrance and the move of the station bin to a new and much more discreet home!
HWRUG continues to engage with GTR and Network Rail to achieve enhancements to our station. Notable results to date include new waiting facilities on the northbound platform, and the transformation of the station forecourt with a Welcome sign, a departures screen, cycle racks and a flower trough kindly maintained by The Little Flower House.
HWRUG also commissioned the plaque to world-famous locomotive designer Sir Nigel Gresley at the main entrance. The ticket office is now open 24/7 as a waiting room with extended customer information services whenever the station is staffed. The overbridge has been brightened up with a History Gallery and the platforms by HWRUG noticeboards. And we’re working on improved lighting in the lane to the step free entrance and the move of the station bin to a new and much more discreet home!