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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:21 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Motorway service station planning rules may be eased | |||||||||
Motorway service station planning rules may be eased to encourage growth
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| Author: | pcernie [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Motorway service station planning rules may be eased |
'What's that smell? Oh, yeah, money!' |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Motorway service station planning rules may be eased |
My first thought was that some farmers are going to do very well selling the odd field or two to developers. |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Motorway service station planning rules may be eased |
Most busy motorways have enough already. I guess it's the quieter areas that will benifit. I know I'd have liked a shorter distance between service stations when I've been driving past the lake district at night on the M6. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:41 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Motorway service station planning rules may be eased | |||||||||
There are some areas with few services. Like around the M25. |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Motorway service station planning rules may be eased |
That's true, I'd forgotten about the M25. There's not a single one between the M1 and Heathrow. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:53 pm ] | |||||||||
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The only one I know of is in Kent between the M23 and the Dartford tunnel. |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Motorway service station planning rules may be eased |
Is it the M40 that has no services anywhere along it's entire length? May not be true now but was a while ago. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:48 pm ] | |||||||||
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Yes it and the connecting motorway to the M5 and M6. I am not sure if there are many on the M11 either. |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:37 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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M25 has services at South Mimms, Thurrock (there is a service station there as well as Lakeside), and Clackett Lane. |
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:12 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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From memory, the M40 has services at Beaconfield, Cherwell Valley and Warwick. [Edit] A quick search reveals there's a fourth at Oxford |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:21 pm ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Well they must have been added since my last drive along the M40. |
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| Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Motorway service station planning rules may be eased |
Must have been a while ago because I've been driving up and down the M40 regularly since 2006. |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Motorway service station planning rules may be eased |
I remember the Oxford one being built. I was thinking it was recently, but actually it may be well over 10 years now. It wasn't there when I lived in Oxford, but I moved 15 years ago... There are a lot more than there were when I did most of my driving back in the 90s. Generally I think more is better. There isn't really any competition at the moment, and it makes it more convenient. Although prices will always have to be high because of the running costs - all those lights need power and the toilets need full time staff to clean them. Remember when you buy that sandwich, you're also paying for all the people that stopped there just to use the loo... |
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| Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Motorway service station planning rules may be eased |
Beaconsfield - Junction 2 - built 2009 Oxford - Junction 8a - built 1998 Cherwell - Junction 10 - built 1994/rebuilt 2011 Warwick - Junction 12/13 - built 1994 I've used the first three on my travels, though tend to use Cherwell if anything. On my own travels, I've always preferred the option of pulling over every 20-30 mins if needed so perhaps on that basis, it could almost be "mandatory" to create service stations. The problems are: too many and you'll get dilution of customers (so instead of all coming off at one service station, some go to the first, some the second etc), and throughput (some areas have very little traffic and it would be unprofitable to open a business there). |
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