Wantage Road Station
My campaign to re-open Wantage Road Station continues. Last week I met Rick Haythornthwaite, chairman of Network Rail, to discuss the possibility. IT is now on their radar, but we cannot begin to get the new station on the agenda until 2012. This gives us a good opportunity to conduct feasibility studies and get a campaign going on the ground in Wantage and Grove and surrounding villages.
I was also delighted to see that my assistance in negotiations between Network Rail and the Great Western Society over the Didcot Railway Centre has paid off - the local paper reports this week that a 35 year lease has been signed, which will allow the Society to fund raise. Along with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, we should see huge progress on the site in the next few years.
Posted on 31 January 2010 by Ed Vaizey