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PASSENGERS SET TO BENEFIT FROM BETTER PARKING FACILITIES AT STATIONS
Passengers are set to benefit from £15m of improvements to car parking facilities at stations across England after four schemes made successful bids for rail industry funding.
The successful projects, to be delivered by the train operators, will see single and multi- decked car parking extensions at four stations where demand for car parking has outgrown available facilities.
The schemes are part of the third and final wave of successful bids from a £100m station improvement fund, launched in 2011 by Network Rail, the Department for Transport and the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). To be eligible, proposals must have a benefit to passengers and also reduce the overall public subsidy for rail by generating a financial return to the Department for Transport.
Rail Minister Norman Baker said: “This is good news for commuters, and good news for the railway. Adding capacity to heavily used
station car parks makes it more likely people will park the car and take the train rather than try to drive the whole way. This initiative fits in well with the work we are doing to make the door to door journey smoother and lower in carbon.”
The first successful bids were announced in August 2011, with funding totalling £21m allocated to 16 projects. The second wave in November 2011 saw 21 successful bids with total funding of £57m allocated.
In addition to the four projects announced recently, 10 further bids have already been funded meaning £26m will be invested in the final tranche.
Throughout the bidding process there has been no cap on the maximum value of proposals and bids have been welcomed from third party organisations as well as the rail industry. The proposals were assessed by a panel including the Department for Transport, ATOC and Network Rail.
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