COUNCILLOR WELCOMES DECISION TO SCRAP TICKET BARRIER PLANS
November 17, 2009 12:00 AM
Liberal Democrat Councillor Keith Aspden has welcomed today's announcement that the new, government owned, East Coast Mainline franchise has scrapped plans to install ticket barriers at York station.
The government takes control of the East Coast Mainline franchise from National Express at midnight tonight.
Plans by National Express to install ticket barriers at the station were rejected by the Council's planning committee in July, but National Express had appealed against the decision.
Councillor Aspden, who campaigned against the introduction of the barriers, said the decision to abandon the plans was the right one.
He said, "I am glad that the government have finally realised that barriers were not appropriate for York station. They would have created severe problems for people accessing the station, especially for elderly and disabled people entering from the short stay car park."
"The barriers would also have had an unwelcome visual impact on the look of our historic station."
"While attempts to cut down on people not buying tickets are legitimate, the barriers would have caused too many problems to be a sensible solution."
"It is great to see that the campaign against the barriers in the station has been a success.
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