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Established Member
Flintshire railway station opens after £1 million revamp
Nov 5 2010 Daily Post
A RAILWAY station which underwent a £1 million facelift will be officially opened today.
Former Alyn and Deeside MP Lord Barry Jones will cut the ribbon on Shotton stations new ticket office in Flintshire, brining 18 months of improvements to an end.
The programme has been carried out by Flintshire Council, the Welsh Assembly Government and Arriva Trains Wales.
Shotton councillor Ann Minshull said she was delighted with the improvements.
She added: I have used the station myself and its really good to see the improvements made.
The ticket office and machines are new and clean, the waiting room is welcoming and it will be beneficial to Shotton rail users.
Im really thankful it has been completed.
Work at the station has been carried out in two stages, beginning in May last year.
The first saw new footpaths, passenger shelters and signage created, as well as a bicycle store, shelter and automated ticket machines.
The second phase involved replacing the old brick and concrete ticket office.
The new building has a passenger waiting room and service area with electronic departure information screen, a new passenger waiting shelter area and a new platform canopy.
Funding for the scheme was put up by Taith, the regional transport consortium for North Wales
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Taith money BTW is all from WAG.
Nov 5 2010 Daily Post
A RAILWAY station which underwent a £1 million facelift will be officially opened today.
Former Alyn and Deeside MP Lord Barry Jones will cut the ribbon on Shotton stations new ticket office in Flintshire, brining 18 months of improvements to an end.
The programme has been carried out by Flintshire Council, the Welsh Assembly Government and Arriva Trains Wales.
Shotton councillor Ann Minshull said she was delighted with the improvements.
She added: I have used the station myself and its really good to see the improvements made.
The ticket office and machines are new and clean, the waiting room is welcoming and it will be beneficial to Shotton rail users.
Im really thankful it has been completed.
Work at the station has been carried out in two stages, beginning in May last year.
The first saw new footpaths, passenger shelters and signage created, as well as a bicycle store, shelter and automated ticket machines.
The second phase involved replacing the old brick and concrete ticket office.
The new building has a passenger waiting room and service area with electronic departure information screen, a new passenger waiting shelter area and a new platform canopy.
Funding for the scheme was put up by Taith, the regional transport consortium for North Wales
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Taith money BTW is all from WAG.
