AbFly is very please to present to you the result of our crowd funded feasibility study investigating the construction options and cost estimations for the reintroduction of the passing loop at Bricket Wood. You can download the complete study or read the executive summary below.
Executive Summary
The report presents a number of options for the […]
In the 1950s, in response to the threat of Soviet aggression. Plans were prepared for the construction of twenty-five atom-bomb-proof control bunkers outside of expected target areas. Only five were completed and the one at Bricket Wood is situated in the trees between the station and Railway Cottages. It was built in about 1954 to […]
The shuttle bus which started last year has now been stopped. Originally this was funded by a £129k grant from the Department for Transport but on the 2 March 2018 this grant ran out and as such the Hertfordshire County Council have cancelled the service.
The trial highlighted some of the challenges between rail and […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) have recently conducted a consultation about Community Rail. We have been in contact with the DfT to give them our thoughts on how Community Rail could be improved – the questions from the DfT and our responses we share with you in this post.
What role can community rail play in […]
A copy of Hertfordshire’s Local Transport Plan has been published on the Hertfordshire County Council website, the consultation is open for one more week until 23rd January. Here are our thoughts on the plan and we encourage you to complete the consultation on the councils website so that the voice of the users of the […]
It has been a very busy few weeks while we have been working hard to get people to pledge to our Crowd Funding but we have succeeded in reaching the goal. Thank you to everyone who pledged, we really could not have done it without you!!
We will get the funds in the new year and […]
One of the reasons that we are championing our SpaceHive campaign is because we want to show that there are multiple options for the passing loop, each with different cost and operational implications.
What are the options we are talking about?
Platform on the loop
The main advantage of the platform on the loop is that both trains would […]
Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) have finally agreed to drop the idea of converting the Abbey Line into a guided busway following strenuous campaigning by ABFLY which saw over 500 people writing to the County Council in protest against the idea.
The County’s latest Local Transport Plan, upon which consultation starts in November, will include the following […]
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