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COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> 0117 942 8637 / 07791 867=20 51<o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Portishead<SPAN=20 class=3DGramE><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> and = Northern=20 Bristol Rail Campaign.<B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">FOSBR = will launch=20 the Portishead and Northern Bristol Rail = Campaign at=20 Temple Meads Station on Thursday 30 October.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> Supporters will be holding = maps of the=20 rail network and a large postcard addressed to West of England = Partnership. The=20 event will start at 11 am on Platform 1 and last about 15 minutes.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> <o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">The=20 aim is ensure that our local politicians include funding to open the = <SPAN=20 class=3DSpellE>Portishead and Henbury = loop=20 freight lines to passengers in the current round of = spending. This=20 will extend local rail in the Bristol area, increase demand, reduce road = congestion and deliver economic social and environmental benefits to the = city=20 and region as a whole. =20 <o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Rob=20 Dixon, a Bristol transport campaigner, says<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> <o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">"We=20 have chosen Thursday since we also want to take up the opportunity to = =93<SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: = Arial">Meet=20 the Manager=94 at Temple Meads and congratulate First Great = Western=20 and Bristol City Council for the 27% increase in passengers on the = Severn Beach=20 Line since May resulting from the more frequent and more reliable = service.=20 <o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">We=20 want our councillors to show that they really want to do something about = congestion and pollution and that they = understand that=20 buses aren't the only method of public transport.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> In other areas of the = country=20 councils have successfully invested in railways, to the benefit of local = people=20 who use them in great and increasing numbers. We would like our councils = to show=20 the same support for rail that they have in Leeds or Birmingham, rather = than=20 just think about cars and buses. = "<o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">FOSBR = have printed=20 3000 bright yellow post cards and 3000 explanatory leaflets using the = successful=20 strategy of the Half Hour Train Campaign in 2006 is=85.. We will deliver = them in=20 bulk to sympathetic workplaces, shops and community centres near the = line.=20 <o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">On=20 Friday 21 November FOSBR will ask the Western Of=20 England Parthership to respond to our request and then we will take it = forward=20 to the South West Regional Transport Forum which meets outside Taunton = on=20 Thursday 27 November.<o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Julie=20 Boston = Friends <SPAN=20 class=3DGramE>Of Suburban Bristol = Railways<o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></DIV></BODY></HT= ML>

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COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><A=20 href=3D"mailto:severnbeach@hotmail.co.uk">severnbeach@hotmail.co.uk</A><S= PAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> <A=20 href=3D"http://www.fosbr.org.uk/">http://www.fosbr.org.uk/</A><SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> 26 October=20 2008<o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> 0117 942 8637 / 07791 867=20 51<o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Portishead<SPAN=20 class=3DGramE><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> and = Northern=20 Bristol Rail Campaign.<B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">FOSBR = will launch=20 the Portishead and Northern Bristol Rail = Campaign at=20 Temple Meads Station on Thursday 30 October.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> Supporters will be holding = maps of the=20 rail network and a large postcard addressed to West of England = Partnership. The=20 event will start at 11 am on Platform 1 and last about 15 minutes.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> <o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">The=20 aim is ensure that our local politicians include funding to open the = <SPAN=20 class=3DSpellE>Portishead and Henbury = loop=20 freight lines to passengers in the current round of = spending. This=20 will extend local rail in the Bristol area, increase demand, reduce road = congestion and deliver economic social and environmental benefits to the = city=20 and region as a whole. =20 <o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Rob=20 Dixon, a Bristol transport campaigner, says<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> <o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">"We=20 have chosen Thursday since we also want to take up the opportunity to = =93<SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: = Arial">Meet=20 the Manager=94 at Temple Meads and congratulate First Great = Western=20 and Bristol City Council for the 27% increase in passengers on the = Severn Beach=20 Line since May resulting from the more frequent and more reliable = service.=20 <o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">We=20 want our councillors to show that they really want to do something about = congestion and pollution and that they = understand that=20 buses aren't the only method of public transport.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> In other areas of the = country=20 councils have successfully invested in railways, to the benefit of local = people=20 who use them in great and increasing numbers. We would like our councils = to show=20 the same support for rail that they have in Leeds or Birmingham, rather = than=20 just think about cars and buses. = "<o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">FOSBR = have printed=20 3000 bright yellow post cards and 3000 explanatory leaflets using the = successful=20 strategy of the Half Hour Train Campaign in 2006 is=85.. We will deliver = them in=20 bulk to sympathetic workplaces, shops and community centres near the = line.=20 <o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">On=20 Friday 21 November FOSBR will ask the Western Of=20 England Parthership to respond to our request and then we will take it = forward=20 to the South West Regional Transport Forum which meets outside Taunton = on=20 Thursday 27 November.<o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Julie=20 Boston = Friends <SPAN=20 class=3DGramE>Of Suburban Bristol = Railways<o:p></o:p> <B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></DIV></BODY></HT= ML>