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Rail station improvements planned for West Midlands

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Rail passengers across the West Midlands are set to benefit from a ‘raft’ of station improvements following a unique partnership deal between Centro, the region’s transport authority and train operator London Midland.

Ten stations are in line for improvements including cutting edge passenger information, automated ticket machines and cycle storage facilities.

The work is the result of the recently signed Transforming Rail Travel agreement – a partnership between Centro and London Midland to further improve journeys for the 42 million passengers who use the West Midlands network each year.

Under the deal Centro will fund the £250,000 improvements and London Midland will carry out the work.

Stations set to benefit include Birmingham Snow Hill, Tipton, Whitlocks End, Alvechurch, Bloxwich, Bloxwich North, Landywood and Rugeley Town.

Centro’s Transport Partnership Manger (Rail), Steven Fisher, said:

“These improvements will make a tangible difference to passengers, making it easier to use the train.

“The number of people using our local rail network has more than doubled in the last ten years and continues to grow.

“These improvements will help encourage even more people to consider using public transport as a genuine alternative to the car, helping to reduce the road congestion that is costing our regional economy more than £2.4 billion a year.”

The work at Snow Hill is part of a bigger £1 million project to upgrade its facilities under the National Stations Improvement Programme (NSIP). The project is due for completion by 2014.

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