Get Cameron out
2010-05-26 01:20:14 UTC
The historic Crewe station, a vital hub in the UK national rail network, is falling apart and is a disgrace. It gets considerable traffic and should have far better facilities. This is possibly the most important station outside London and needs to be improved.
The major NS/EW junction of Warrington Bank Quay is also a disappointment, considering it is a major town on the West Coast mainline, and a junction connecting a North Wales service (which ought to go to Holyhead rather than terminating at Llandudno), the station has nothing and is too bleak.
The underground Liverpool Central is like a dungeon, its overcrowded island platforms an accident waiting to happen, and again a lack of proper facilities.
Wigan North Western, another identified for cash for regeneration, is a disgrace for the town, with a small part time café seating perhaps 4 or 5 people, a wooden shed on one of the platform islands serving as a waiting room, and one on the opposite island resembling a dungeon.
Clapham Junction, with trains coming in at a rate of more than 1 every 30 seconds in peak times, one of the world's busiest stations, has absolutely nothing.
Why are these stations which were identified for funding being ignored?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/10154987.stm