WEST WORCESTERSHIRE MP Dame Harriett Baldwin has backed further improvements to improve commuter services at Worcestershire Parkway.
The MP met with new Cross Country managing director Shiona Rolfe to discuss plans to deliver more services and more seats on trains stopping at the popular station.
The pair discussed the timetable change which comes into force in December bringing the return of the 7.37am commuter train into the centre of Birmingham.
Cross Country trains confirmed last week that the service, which runs between Bristol and Stansted, will return to the timetable, allowing county commuters to board a convenient morning train into Birmingham.
Dame Harriett said: “It was helpful to meet with Shiona, who joined the company in the summer, and share some of the extensive feedback I have received from commuters who regularly use services at the popular Worcestershire Parkway station.
“The addition of services to Exeter and Edinburgh has been welcomed and the station is performing well ahead of plans.
“As someone who regularly board trains at the station, I raised the issue of the busy carriages that many people experience from time to time.
“We’ve been promised extra seats and better rolling-stock but it is important to my constituents that all of the train companies who stop at the station offer more comfortable, reliable services.
“Worcestershire Parkway is performing very well as a public transport hub at the heart of the country and Shiona and I agreed that we can always do more to make the most of this new, convenient station.”
