History of RAGES – 2000

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Date	Event	Further information
February 2000	East Lothian Rail Study published	Report in The Rages Rag issue 5
February 2000	GNER's 2020 vision	Report in The Rages Rag issue 5
10 May 2000	RAGES first AGM	Report in The Rages Rag issue 6
29 May 2000	Extra services at 16:00 and 23:00 from Edinburgh to Dunbar start
June 2000	Virgin's 2020 vision	Report in The Rages Rag issue 6
June 2000	North Berwick goes to a half-hourly service on Saturdays and hourly on Sundays
June 2000	RAGES meets with ScotRail MD to discuss poor North Berwick service	Report in The Rages Rag issue 6
22 August 2000	RAGES Reston representative interviewed on Border TV about the poor rail links in the Borders area	Report in The Rages Rag issue 7
October 2000	The Rages Rag attacks ScotRail on its North Berwick service	Report in The Rages Rag issue 7
24 October 2000	Scottish Borders Council agrees to include Reston station in their Local Transport Strategy Document
27 October 2000	RAGES meets with Berwickshire MSP to discuss the status of Reston station	Report in The Rages Rag issue 7
December 2000	Grant received from Awards for All to help with display facilities and cost of hiring halls and speakers	This will allow us to go round the counties with our aims to gain support

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