CrossCountry has announced that today it celebrated its newly upgraded stations to mark the first ever #StationsDay.
Stations Day is a day which celebrates the £5.2billion investment to regenerate Britain's rail stations.
Many stations have been improved across the UK since 2009. Further private and public investment is being spent to improve another 178 stations by the end of 2019.
The plan details billions of pounds of private and public investment into the railway and includes commitments to spread opportunity and boost local communities.
What did the officials say?
Robert Nisbet, Regional Director of the Rail Delivery Group which represents the rail industry, said,
“Stations are the beating hearts of local communities. Working together in partnership, the rail industry is delivering unprecedented investment to improve these stations as part of our long-term plan to change and improve.”
Rail Minister Jo Johnson said,
“This government is investing in the most significant upgrade of the UK rail network since Victorian times, spending over £48bn over the next five years to upgrade and build brand new stations across the network.
“This is delivering huge benefits for passengers at major stations including Liverpool Lime Street, London Bridge and Derby, as well as investment in five new stations. In July we also announced that we will invest £300m up to 2024 to improve access at selected stations, ensuring our rail network is open to everyone.”
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Good on CrossCountry. But its strange that Crosscountry doesn’t manage some of the railway stations but they do allow their trains to stop at some stations such as: Burton-on-Trent, Water Orton, Willington, Coleshill Parkway, Hinckley, Wilnecote, Narborough and South Wigston stations in the Midlands. That East Midlands Trains and West Midlands Trains that does manage those stations but they don’t allow to use their trains to stop at these railway stations. Which I think Crosscountry should lose managing these railway stations because of East Midlands Trains and West Midlands Trains that do manage these stations but only Crosscountry trains do stop at.