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Station improvement fund – part two

05/01/2012 | Channel: Station Development

Twenty-one further projects, costing £46 million, are to be funded under the station improvement fund.

Some £67 million pounds of the £100 million fund has now been allocated. The successful projects include new and extended car parks, park and ride projects, station redevelopments and new retail space and will be delivered by Network Rail, train operating companies, local authorities and other third parties committed to regeneration in and around stations. The proposals were assessed by a panel including the Department for Transport, ATOC and Network Rail.

The second tranche of projects is as follows:
  • Cheshire East Council Crewe parking improvements
  • East Coast Wakefield Westgate new station building
  • First Capital Connect Hatfield transport interchange incl. car park and retail improvements
  • First Capital Connect Blackfriars retail/commercial space
  • First Great Western Pangbourne car park improvements
  • First Great Western Bath Spa ticket gating
  • First Keolis TransPennine Northallerton car park improvements
  • Network Rail Newcastle redevelopment
  • Network Rail / East Midlands Trains / East Coast Neville Hill depot improvements
  • Network Rail / East Coast Ferme Park depot improvements
  • Network Rail / First Capital Connect Cricklewood depot improvements
  • South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive Dore and Totley park & ride
  • Southeastern Tonbridge
  • Southeastern Tonbridge car park improvements
  • Southeastern Dover Priory ticket gates
  • Southeastern Folkestone West car park improvements
  • Southeastern Orpington car park improvements
  • Southeastern Strood car park improvements
  • Southern Three Bridges retail improvements
  • Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Stockport car park improvements
  • Transport for Greater Manchester Horwich park & ride
  • Virgin Rail Automatic meter reading facilities at all West Coast stations
Application forms and guidance can be downloaded from Network Rail’s website at www.networkrail.co.uk/SCPF