An MP is urging the Government to 'stop stalling' and get on board with plans for step-free access at a north Shropshire railway station.
An MP is urging the Government to 'stop stalling' and get on board with plans for step-free access at a north Shropshire railway station.North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan has been pushing for improvements at Whitchurch Railway Station where platform 1 can only be reached via a footbridge with 44 steps.
Mrs Morgan was told last year that a Government decision on the scheme would be made in 2023. However, she says the Department for Transport is still refusing to say when an announcement will be made. Mrs Morgan asked a Parliamentary question on the issue, to which rail minister Huw Merriman replied that an announcement will be made ‘in due course’.
"Investment in the station would provide some much-needed good news and should be a simple decision for the Minister.
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