Sir George's battle for more railway parking continues (From This is Hampshire)

Sir George's battle for more railway parking continues

12:30pm Saturday 8th March 2008 in News By Dick Bellringer

NORTH-WEST Hampshire MP Sir George Young is continuing his campaign for more car parking at Grateley, Andover, Whitchurch and Overton railway stations.

During a transport debate in the House of Commons he asked: "Does the minister agree that a major constraint on the capacity of the rail network is the capacity of station car parks?

"Will he have urgent discussions with Network Rail and South West Trains with a view to increasing capacity on the Waterloo to Salisbury line, so that more people who want to travel by train off-peak can do so?"

He was told that while the Government accepted that enhanced car park capacity encouraged more people to use the railways, parking facilities were a matter not for the Government but for local authorities, Network Rail and, occasionally, the train operating companies.