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	M1 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first motorway service station in the UK was built at Watford Gap and later imortalised in song by Roy Harper.
		The motorway is 187 miles (301 km) long and was constructed in stages between the 1950s and 1970s, with a further extension in the late 1990s.
		It was the first full-length motorway to be built in the United Kingdom, and was opened on November 2, 1959.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M1_motorway

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 10 Feb 1992
		If a motorway service area did not provide the full range of services, it would be appropriate for that to be indicated on the signs so that motorists would be aware of the services that they could expect to find.
		There are one or two motorway services which make a contribution to improving the landscape of the locality, but that is the exception and not the rule.
		Motorway service areas in England have been centrally planned and controlled since the inception of the motorway network.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199192/cmhansrd/1992-02-10/Debate-1.html

	Petrol (Service) Station: Non-Places of Travel-Visual Art-Marc Auge-Non-Places-Anthropology-Supermodernity ’
		Petrol stations are often located in remote, far away places, like the ones on motorways, which are part of service stations.
		Built as convenience stop along the motorway, the petrol/service station is just as provisional and temporary space on the global network of road travel, as airports lounges are.
		Service station is a dehumanising place, where all are reduced to the stereotypes of traveller and consumer, and individuality holds no currency.
	www.find-croatia.com /travelessays/non-places/the-petrol-station.html

	Guardian Service stations 'lacking'
		Motorway service stations were yesterday found by the Office of Fair Trading to be failing to provide customers with value for money.
		Mr Vickers said the service stations were unusual in that road safety considerations and highway regulations affected their cost structure, the amount of retail space they were allowed to offer, their product range, the ease of market entry, and the ability of the operators to advertise.
		The OFT report was welcomed by the service station operators who had argued that their high prices were a result of their unique infrastructure costs.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4109487-103676,00.html

	practice as research
		Whilst the users of the motorway service station do not necessarily have access to the vocabulary of Augé, their use of the space suggests that they are familiar with the concept, at least at an operational level.
		From this immaculate white space we used charcoal to map out the spaces of Manchester Airport (Terminal one, two and three), The Trafford Centre, a shopping mall in Trafford, Manchester (two floors), and Roadchef Sandbach Motorway Service Station on the M6 (with six lanes of traffic between the Northbound and Southbound sites).
		Thus the users of the service station may not consciously be aware of the habitus of the space, nonetheless they occupy it according to a set of acculturated principles, unconsciously reinforcing its habitus.
	www.dogshelf.com /par.htm

	icBerkshire - Apology over motorway service plans
		THE inspector leading a public inquiry into whether two motor-way service stations should be built on the edge of Binfield has apologised to residents and admitted that earlier inquiries had been mishandled.
		He said a judge had overruled the outcome of the previous inquiry when developers complained that seven plans for services on the M4, M25 and M40 in the 1990s were considered by different inspectors and were therefore not properly compared for their impact on greenbelt.
		Campaigners say there is no need for services at these sites, they object to the noise and light pollution, effect on wildlife and loss of land for walkers and riders.
	icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0200berkshireheadlines/content_objectid=12981449_method=full_siteid=50102_headline=-Apology-over-motorway-service-plans-name_page.html

	Not Knowing
		This went on for a few moments until I realised that we were almost passing a cut off road from the motorway to the service station and I pulled the steering wheel to steer the Jeep into the motorway service station.
		The motorway was almost deserted and to be honest I had to looked twice and the series of small lights that were traveling in front of the Jeep.
		There were two persons in the Jeep traveling on the M62 motorway in the UK at about midnight Christmas Eve, myself and my niece who was driving traveling from Hull to Bradford in West Yorkshire.
	www.iwasabducted.com /report61.htm

	Service Station Snacking For some reason it always seems to take a long time to get from one place to another in the UK
		Motorway service stations may not offer the most budget-friendly hospitality around, but they do offer a relaxing alternative to spending a frustrating time inching towards major intersections with only the cars around you to look at!
		If you are planning a journey from one city to another, and know which motorways you will be using, check out the following websites in advance of your trip to see which of the motorway service areas you will pass on the way to your destination.
		The larger service station areas offer a variety of places to eat, a place to purchase supplies, tourist information, and sometimes a motel.
	www.ukdreaming.com /service_station_snacking__for_so.htm

	Reviews on Motorway Services Look at tests, reports and read reviews: dooyoo.co.uk
		Motorway service stations are the apparent driver's haven, spaced at regular intervals along major roads, a place where you can rest your weary body and recharge for the road ahead...
		Motorway services - love them or hate them, we've all used them at some point, wether it be as some where to stop off for the loo or somewhere to get a bite to eat and a cup of coffee.
		In their favour, motorway services provide handy toilet stops at regular intervals (unless you are between Oxford and London and plan to go round the M25 anti-clockwise).
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /discussion/motorway-services/reviews

	Oxford
		As well as the BBC national radio stations, Oxford and the surrounding area has several local stations, including BBC Radio Oxford, Fox FM and Passion 107.9.
		A local TV station, Six TV - The Oxford Channel [1] is also available.
		The city also has regular train services northwards to Birmingham, Coventry and the north.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/oxford

	dailyrecord - M-WAY STATION SLATED IN POLL
		A SCOTS motorway service station has been named one of the worst in Europe.
		The price of a meal at the eight service stations is twice as expensive as in Italy and Germany.
		Bert Morris, deputy director of the AA Motoring Trust, said: 'Some motorway service areas are poor value for money, poorly managed and poorly maintained.
	www.dailyrecord.co.uk /news/tm_objectid=14357217&method=full&siteid=89488&headline=m-way-station-slated-in-poll-name_page.html

	motorway aires: Les Bréguières,A8 France zone at abelard.org
		Motorway aires are designed to provide a suitable environment for relaxing, refreshing and recovering during the long, hard journeys.
		This aire on the autoroute (motorway) between Cannes and Nice is a hidden playground, away from the fraught drone of a busy, semi-urban motorway.
		Both the Bréguières aires are difficult to spot as you drive down this stretch of the A8 motorway, heavily used by aspiring Grand Prix drivers.
	www.abelard.org /france/motorway-aires5.php

	The Urinals of Watfod Gap Service Station
		The Watford Gap Service Station is a rest area on UK's principal motorway, the M1.
		The rest of the service station seems to be mirror images, so it's surprising that the urinals aren't.
		"[This service station] is named after an adjacent small village and is about 80 miles north of London.
	www.urinal.net /watford_gap

	just60 - Anything but a service station...
		Helpfully, full details of motorway service stations and the nearest Accident & Emergency Hospital are also provided.
		This great guide follows the junctions of each of the country's leading motorways and provides detailed information on places to stop close to each junction covering Petrol stations, cafes & restaurants, public houses, hotels, guesthouses and shops, which are easily accessed from the junction.
		Each motorway can be easily and quickly located in the book.The information provided is entirely relevant to the driver's needs and is structured around each junction of the motorway.
	just60.com /xq/ASP/ID.202/.../qx/i_product_page.htm

	OFM: Office of Facilities Management
		From the station walk north along Loganlea Road, under the Logan Motorway underpass, and turn right at the Shell Service Station into University Drive.
		Proceed straight over the Motorway and through the next roundabout and follow this road (Loganlea Road) for 2.3km turning left into University Drive at the Shell Service Station, just before the Logan Motorway.
		A fully integrated 'Trainlink' rail/bus service operates during teaching time between the Loganlea Railway Station and the Logan Campus, with services every 30 minutes on weekdays.
	www.gu.edu.au /text/ofm/content5c.html

	texaco station service
		The old classic Texaco Station on Highland is a throwback to the era when full service gas stations were the norm.
		Texaco at Kilmartins N6 Centre is a large service station and it stocks all...
		Bob's Texaco Service Station 203 N. Locust Frankfort, Ks 66427 Bob's service station is a full service gas station, which also provides oil changes, new tires, tire repairs, and regular car repairs.
	www.directory-of-services.net /t/texaco.station.service.htm

	BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed - 17 December 2003
		Being English in Scotland - Motorway service station
		Not quite town and definitely not country, the service station was originally designed as a life-line for hungry motorists and hungry cars.
		In recent years it has become an increasingly complex social space as the closing of amenities in the surrounding area has encouraged many to make it a focal point for their local networks.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/factual/thinkingallowed_20031217.shtml

	M6 Toll - Service Station
		The service station is set in landscaped grounds and is accessible from both sides of the M6 Toll.
		For those motorists who want to take a break, they can enjoy a state of the art Motorway Service Area (MSA) which is operated by RoadChef.
		We also have a Customer Services desk at the MSA which is staffed between 08.00 and 20.00 on weekdays.
	www.m6toll.co.uk /using/service.asp

	Directory of food, accommodation & services just off the motorway network
		Click a motorway below to view establishments providing alternative food and accommodation close to the junctions but away from the busy motorway service stations.
		Find establishments just off the motorway junctions and avoid the busy service stations.
		Directory of food, accommodation & services just off the motorway network
	www.offmotorway.net

	Birds Watching Sites in Mauritius
		From the east/airport: Leave the northbound M1 “motorway” around 15km from the airport and go left to the west and south towards Souillac.
		Down an alley on the right just past the police station, the centre is on the left behind high green metal gates.
		The centre is on the seaward side of the west coast road.
	www.encyclopedia.mu /Nature/Fauna/Birds/Sites.htm

	How to look a prat at a motorway service station
		In short, if you're filling your windscreen washer bottle, the odds are it'll be the middle of the night, at a motorway service station.
		23b i) Realise that you are 20 yards from the water hose in a service station which has no receptacles on its forecourt, not even those plastic gloves, which could possibly be used to carry water.
		Despite the fact it is midnight, all of a sudden it is very busy and there are queues of people waiting to fill their cars with petrol who are entertaining themselves by watching you.
	www.users.totalise.co.uk /~marymc/washertank.htm

	Harnessing the Power of the Sun
		In 1999 BP launched New Zealand's first solar-powered service station at the BP Papakura Motorway Service Area in Auckland.
		The solar energy generated at BP Papakura is used to power the pumps and lights at the service station.
		This is part of a two year global programme, called Plug in the Sun, to install solar power at 200 BP service stations world-wide.
	www.bp.co.nz /about/env_solar.html

	BBC Stoke & Staffordshire Travel - New M6 toll road services
		The contract to run the new service station was awarded to Roadchef, a company well known in the UK motorway service station market.
		With the modern building and exceptional services offered by "the best motorway service area in the UK", in the opinion of RoadChef boss John Greenwood, the parking space for around 500 vehicles would undoubtedly be justified.
		The new services are claimed to change "people's perceptions and expectations of motorway services".
	www.bbc.co.uk /stoke/travel/tollroad/services.shtml

	New M42 Motorway Services
		Campaigners fighting a plan to build a motorway service station at Junction 5 of the M42 have welcomed a decision by one of the developers involved to throw in the towel.
		A Motorway Service Area on the M42 has been agreed in principle for Catherine de Barnes on the basis that the significant need outweighs the harm caused by the development.
		Planning application to build a twenty-six hectare (sixty-five acre) service station on Ravenshaw Lane at Junction 6 of the M42 was granted at the beginning of March 2001.
	www.solihull-online.com /item14.htm

	American English
		Although the provision of a public telegram service by the then Post Office is a distant memory, the poles that support the overhead wires are still quite frequently called "telegraph poles".
		A shop that includes a counter providing postal services as well as its normal trade (it may be a pharmacy, a grocery or, especially in rural areas, a general store).
		An initial A means a major road, an initial M means a motorway, an initial B a minor road.
	www.scit.wlv.ac.uk /~jphb/american.html

	Off Motorway Fuel Prices
		Date Checked: 16-05-2002 Directions at Junction 11 follow signs for Luto on the A505 the Service station is about.8of a mile from the Motorway.
		Date Checked: 16-05-2002 Directions at Junctions 23a follow signs for East Midlands Airport the Service station is about a mile from the Motorway.
		Service station is on left side of the Road.
	www.mway.0catch.com /M1.html

	Scotsman.com News - Health - 11 pints of coffee to stay awake on motorway
		However, new research shows motorway service station coffee is so weak that a drowsy driver would have to drink 11 pints to ward off fatigue.
		But not one of the cups of coffee bought by Auto Express at motorway service stations came anywhere near that.
		Of 25 service stations tested, not one served coffee strong enough to keep a driver awake for the recommended two hours, the motoring magazine Auto Express found.
	news.scotsman.com /health.cfm?id=1429642004

	Man brandishes gun at Hear'say - NME.COM
		Fading pop stars HEAR’SAY were forced to flee a motorway service station on Sunday (July 16) after a man brandished a gun at them.
		Hear'say - They won't be going to that service station again
		The five-piece were at services at Leicester Forest East in the Midlands on their way from a radio PA in Dudley when the incident happened.
	www.nme.com /news/102381.htm

	Worst motorway service stations in Europe
		The price of a standard meal at the eight service stations in the latest test was twice what it cost in Italy and Germany.
		Some motorway service areas are poor value for money, poorly managed, and poorly maintained.
		The highest rated service stations were in Germany.
	www.manchesteronline.co.uk /news/s/121/121938_worst_motorway_service_stations_in_europe.html

	BBC NEWS Entertainment Hear'Say in motorway gun drama
		Pop stars Hear'Say had to flee a motorway service station after a man brandished a fake gun, police have said.
		Insp Bob Michelmore, of Northants Police, said Hear'Say and their tour manager Graham Quinn reported the incident from the services and the motorway.
		The act were at services off the M1 when the incident happened on Sunday night, according to Leicestershire Police.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/2130937.stm

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