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| Keywords: outdoor vehicle railroad train Rochester Rail Station A proposal to relocate Rochester Rail Station could lead to trains carrying more passengers and provide a quicker, more reliable service. Network Rail aims to move the station to account for an expected increase in the local population and in the number of train passengers. As Rochester’s regeneration continues, it is expected that the number of rail passengers will rise by 30 per cent over the next few years. This is due to a number of factors, such as the high-speed train service making it faster to travel to London for commuters, and the redevelopment of Rochester riverside as well as other regeneration sites across Medway. To meet this demand, Network Rail now hopes to build a new rail station on part of the Corporation Street Car Park as part of a £26million investment in rail infrastructure funded by them. To account for this, much more parking will be provided on the council's Rochester riverside site to make up for this, and to accommodate more passengers. This will link to the new station and the town centre by a new subway funded by Network Rail. This proposal – which will go before Medway Council’s Cabinet on Tuesday, 15 January - would see a station built on around 1/3 acre of land. Any new station would need planning permission and local residents and business would be consulted on any planning application. The cabinet will be asked to consider whether part of the existing Corporation Street should be transferred to Network Rail. The plan – if approved - would be for a new station with improved facilities and longer platforms allowing longer trains carrying 12 carriages to stop at Rochester, rather than ten at the moment, meaning more space for more passengers. It would open in 2015. This would result in a quicker, more frequent and more reliable service up and down the line to and from London to Medway and beyond. The new station would also be better located for Rochester town centre and Rochester Riverside. And, as Corporation Street is a main bus route, it would have much better public transport links than the current Rochester Station. Cllr Rodney Chambers, Medway Council Leader and Regeneration Lead, said: "If this proposal gets the go ahead it will lead to a new, better train station for Rochester which will result in a quicker, more reliable service with more space for passengers. "Rochester – like the rest of Medway – is benefitting from regeneration and more and more people are viewing it as a place to buy a family home and commute from. "The number of rail passengers is forecast to grow significantly and freeing up this space for a new station will not only improve the service for commuters and other passengers, but also make sure it grows with future demand. "It would also result in the train station moving closer to the centre of Rochester, and the places that visitors come to, and give local people a newer, better station that is easier to get to and has better links with local bus services." Rochester Rail Station A proposal to relocate Rochester Rail Station could lead to trains carrying more passengers and provide a quicker, more reliable service. Network Rail aims to move the station to account for an expected increase in the local population and in the number of train passengers. As Rochester’s regeneration continues, it is expected that the number of rail passengers will rise by 30 per cent over the next few years. This is due to a number of factors, such as the high-speed train service making it faster to travel to London for commuters, and the redevelopment of Rochester riverside as well as other regeneration sites across Medway. To meet this demand, Network Rail now hopes to build a new rail station on part of the Corporation Street Car Park as part of a £26million investment in rail infrastructure funded by them. To account for this, much more parking will be provided on the council's Rochester riverside site to make up for this, and to accommodate more passengers. This will link to the new station and the town centre by a new subway funded by Network Rail. This proposal – which will go before Medway Council’s Cabinet on Tuesday, 15 January - would see a station built on around 1/3 acre of land. Any new station would need planning permission and local residents and business would be consulted on any planning application. The cabinet will be asked to consider whether part of the existing Corporation Street should be transferred to Network Rail. The plan – if approved - would be for a new station with improved facilities and longer platforms allowing longer trains carrying 12 carriages to stop at Rochester, rather than ten at the moment, meaning more space for more passengers. It would open in 2015. This would result in a quicker, more frequent and more reliable service up and down the line to and from London to Medway and beyond. The new station would also be better located for Rochester town centre and Rochester Riverside. And, as Corporation Street is a main bus route, it would have much better public transport links than the current Rochester Station. Cllr Rodney Chambers, Medway Council Leader and Regeneration Lead, said: "If this proposal gets the go ahead it will lead to a new, better train station for Rochester which will result in a quicker, more reliable service with more space for passengers. "Rochester – like the rest of Medway – is benefitting from regeneration and more and more people are viewing it as a place to buy a family home and commute from. "The number of rail passengers is forecast to grow significantly and freeing up this space for a new station will not only improve the service for commuters and other passengers, but also make sure it grows with future demand. "It would also result in the train station moving closer to the centre of Rochester, and the places that visitors come to, and give local people a newer, better station that is easier to get to and has better links with local bus services." | ||||
