History of RAGES – 2007

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Date	Event	Further information
January 2007	RAGES announced that due to increased production costs, the annual subscription for ordinary members would increase to £4. It had been £3 since 1999.
14 January 2007	First ScotRail advised that discounted tickets would not be available on-train where ‘ticket purchasing facilities’ were provided at stations.	Report in The Rages Rag issue 32
January 2007	RAGES alerts First ScotRail to the ticket machines not dealing with local council travel cards
February 2007	RAGES responds to Inter City East Coast consultation document
February 2007	Class 322 North Berwick units complete their refurbishment
February 2007	RAGES reports members’ problems with ticket machines to GNER and First ScotRail
14 February 2007	RAGES attended a Transport Security Conference	Report in The Rages Rag issue 33
26 February 2007	RAGES gave a presentation to Dunbar Rotary	Report in The Rages Rag issue 33
7 March 2007	RAGES gave a presentation to the Haddington and District Amenity Society	Report in The Rages Rag issue 33
28 March 2007	RAGES gave a presentation to East Lothian Community Councils	Report in The Rages Rag issue 33
May 2007	Extra evening train to and from North Berwick and RAGES continues dialogue with First ScotRail re difficulties with ticket machines and on-train ticketing
28 May 2007	New MSP for East Lothian, Iain Gray, attends RAGES committee meeting to hear our aims and concerns
26 June 2007	ECML Route Utilisation Strategy published
2 July 2007	RAGES meets with Transport Portfolio holder for East Lothian Council, Paul McLennan
10 July 2007	New Cross Country franchise awarded to Arriva Trains	Report in The Rages Rag issue 34
18 July 2007	RAGES attends ECML RUS briefing meeting	Report in The Rages Rag issue 34
24 July 2007	RAGES meets with SEStran, our two MSPs and councillors from the two areas
14 August 2007	ECML franchise awarded to NXEC Trains Limited	Report in The Rages Rag issue 35
12 September 2007	RAGES 8^th AGM held in Dunbar and confirmation of the trial Dunbar services continuing for another year	Report in The Rages Rag issue 35
26 September 2007	First ScotRail Forum at Seabird Centre in North Berwick	Report in The Rages Rag issue 35
27 September 2007	John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire pursues STAG 2 progress	Report in The Rages Rag issue 35
1 October 2007	RAGES attended a seminar organised by Arriva Trains to discuss their forthcoming franchise	Report in The Rages Rag issue 35
22 October 2007	RAGES meets with Iain Gray to brief him on his forthcoming meeting with the Minister for Transport
23 October 2007	Iain Gray and John Lamont meet with the Minister for Transport and receive a good response with the news that he would like to meet with RAGES
11 November 2007	Arriva takes over the CrossCountry franchise
13 November 2007	RAGES gives a presentation to Haddington Rotary Club
15 November 2007	RAGES responds to Arriva’s CrossCountry Draft Timetable for 2009
1 December 2007	RAGES asks GNER to re-consider the cancelling of the Christmas Eve 07:14 hrs/07:38 hrs train from Berwick/Dunbar
4 December 2007	RAGES meets with East Lothian Councillers and MSP to discuss rail in East Lothian
10 December 2007	National Express takes over the ECML franschise
18 December 2007	After additional lobbying from Passenger Focus, National Express re-instate the Christmas Eve (and 27th and 28^th) train.

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