Very constructive meeting this morning with the Department For Transport to discuss SENRUG’s response to their consultation on the proposed Direct Award. A copy of our Consultation Response is here. It felt like the DfT understood the arguments we were making and we will await their response with interest. Special thanks to Mayor of Morpeth Cllr Alison Byard for supporting me in the meeting and offering use of the Mayoral Parlour. Having our DfT man come to Morpeth, by train, also gave opportunity to raise issues such as how to get the local operator who runs the station to provide facilities which primarily benefit the inter-city passengers, such as CIS Screens and waiting shelters at the northern end of the platform (used by Virgin Trains East Coast standard class passengers), and getting access to the Waiting Room and Toilet after the Ticket Office closes at 12:40
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