MEDIA INVITATION: CHRIS BOLT, CHAIRMAN, ORR, TOUR OF GLASGOW CENTRAL STATION

Wednesday 16 Feb 2005

MEDIA INVITATION: CHRIS BOLT, CHAIRMAN, ORR, TOUR OF GLASGOW CENTRAL STATION

Region & Route:: Scotland’s Railway: Scotland

Date: 18 February 2005 Time: 08.30am Location: Central Station, Glasgow Event: Chris Bolt, Chairman Office of Rail Regulation: Tour of Glasgow Central Station Media contact: Paul Ferguson: 0141 555 4108 Journalists and photographers are invited to join Chris Bolt, Chairman of the Office of Rail Regulation, and Colin Weir, Network Rail Station Manager, in Glasgow Central Station this Friday, February 18. Chris Bolt is to spend the day in Scotland meeting with key rail industry personnel and will begin with a tour of Glasgow Central Station, which is celebrating its 125th birthday and was recently named Principal Station in the UK at the prestigious Rail Heritage Awards. As part of the visit, Network Rail will also inform Chris Bolt of the signal interlocking renewal works that are planned for the station. This multi-million project is due to begin in 2006 and will further increase the reliability of the 1000 trains using the station every day, to the benefit of the 98,000 people who pass through the station on a daily basis. Attendees should sign in at the duty manager’s office, above Cooper’s Bar, on arrival at the station.

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