The contents of your story (Huge scheme to boost rail links - Echo 30th July) are disappointing.

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Here’s me thinking that Weymouth and Dorchester will be receiving extra services but, of course, we’re not.

Being at the end of the line, again we’re not included. BCP is mentioned but not Dorset Council - nor any of our local town councils.

I wonder whether readers of this newspaper are aware of BCP? This is the joint council for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; a few years ago these three towns opted to be independent from the then Dorset County Council. It remains a separate authority to Dorset Council which doesn’t feature in your story; the entire emphasis is on the heavy-weight BCP.

So why is Wareham singled out for a new experimental service? Because it’s just down the line from Poole where three trains an hour depart for London Waterloo Monday-Saturday and two on Sundays.

(While Weymouth/Dorchester have two an hour Monday-Saturday and just one on Sundays) A Network Rail spokesman pays lip-service to Weymouth where, linked with the Wareham experiment, there are to be “improvements to the Weymouth to London Waterloo service to provide a more even service interval”.

Actually, what Network Rail is saying is that unless the timetable is changed, the proposed Wareham-Brockenhurst hourly service won’t fit in!

For many years we have wondered why the departures from Weymouth are at such close times - e.g. 08.03 and then 08.20. So why has it taken this (BCP) experiment to effect a change?

This whole experiment has got nothing to do with ‘Dorset Metro’. This is BCP gaining even more control over South Western Railways by attracting investment in the east of the county.

Finally, another bone of contention is that Poole is also served by a 22.35 from Waterloo, while Weymouth’s latest departure from the capital is an hour earlier. We really are the poor relations.

Dave Johnston

Weymouth