{"id":61751,"date":"2015-09-18T15:20:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T15:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=26d1ef7288d0dd3a9490d6cd347941ba"},"modified":"2015-09-18T15:20:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T15:20:54","slug":"news-story-rail-minister-celebrates-improvements-at-trowbridge-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=61751","title":{"rendered":"News story: Rail Minister celebrates improvements at Trowbridge station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Rail Minister Claire Perry officially marked the completion of a series of improvements at Trowbridge station today (18 September 2015) following upgrade work. <\/p>\n<p>The \u00a31 million government investment means that the station, which dates from the 1840s and serves just under 500,000 customers per year, will be more accessible and have better facilities for passengers. <\/p>\n<p>Rail Minister Claire Perry said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019re investing record amounts in Britain\u2019s railways and a vital part of our plan for passengers is improving station facilities and accessibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The enhancements at Trowbridge station are going to make journeys better for all customers. They are significant improvements that provide the local community and businesses with a station fit for the 21st century.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The improvements to modernise Trowbridge station include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>new waiting shelters on both platforms<\/li>\n<li>2 new ticket vending machines<\/li>\n<li>new cycle parking shelters on both platforms and in the car park<\/li>\n<li>new handrails on the footbridge for easier pedestrian access<\/li>\n<li>upgraded steps and ramp to platform 1<\/li>\n<li>improvements to the car park including a new resurfaced layout, additional spaces, and new lighting<\/li>\n<li>an electric car charging point<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After unveiling a plaque to mark the improvements, the minister toured the station with Mark Hopwood, Managing Director of First Great Western, and met other partners that delivered the project, including Wiltshire Council, Network Rail, and the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. <\/p>\n<p>Trowbridge station serves Bath, Bristol and Swindon direct, with services to London and the south west available via Westbury, 1 stop south.  <\/p>\n<p>The project was funded by the government primarily through the Department for Transport\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/local-sustainable-transport-fund\">Local Sustainable Transport Fund<\/a> and the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.networkrail.co.uk\/nsip\/\">National Stations Improvement Programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_1019\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Rail media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Press enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 4671\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out of hours<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 4292\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Public enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 330 3000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customers at Trowbridge station to benefit from better journeys as \u00a31 million package of enhancements is completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}