FACE LIFT FOR TREFORREST STATION

Tuesday 30 May 2006

FACE LIFT FOR TREFORREST STATION

Region & Route:: | Wales & Western: Wales & Borders; | Wales & Western

Network Rail has just completed a £300,000 project giving Treforrest Station a brand new state of the art ticket office and contemporary waiting shelter, making the station tidier and safer for both the public and staff. Work started last September to demolish the existing ticket office and waiting shelter as the building had several structural faults. Scaffolding was previously supporting the roof and tarpaulin was covering the cracked areas. The existing ticket office has been boarded up since January 2004 and passengers have been using a temporary ticket office and waiting shelter adjacent to the station. Mark Langman, General Manager for Wales & the Marches, said: “The station is used by a large number of students from the University of Glamorgan and they have been taking an active interest in the works throughout the project. “The new facilities will not only benefit the passengers, but will provide much better working conditions for the Arriva Trains Wales staff at Treforrest Station.”

Notes to editors

1. Photographs are available on request. 2. The works were carried out by contractor Dean & Dyball

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