Station revamp earns award (From Warrington Guardian)
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Station revamp earns award
2:10pm Sunday 26th February 2012 in News
WARRINGTON Central station helped First TransPennine Express win an award for station excellence.
It picked up the rail business award for the range of improvements brought in to the station.
More than £400,000 in funding from the National Station Improvement Programme as well as £300,000 from Warrington Borough Council saw the station get a new entrance and refurbished interior.
Category judge Peter Plisner said: “Competition was stiff but Warrington was chosen as the winner because it really does encompass everything that the station excellence award stands for: better access, more facilities and increased revenues.
“First TransPennine Express has also gone the extra mile with this scheme.
“The station appears to have been modernised very sympathetically. On too many project costs come first and Victorian splendour is lost, but not here.”
Comments(3)
warrington_biker
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6:40am Mon 27 Feb 12
SapperM wrote:True, but at least they are working on it. A whole section of footpath has been closed off for a while whilst it is relaid.
I take it they never ventured out onto the footpath outside? That's still not sorted.
Thats more than can be said for the council maintained roads of Warrington :)
AbsoluteZero
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1:27pm Mon 27 Feb 12
SapperM says...
11:25pm Sun 26 Feb 12