Covering letter to DfT
| Date | 01 September 2015 |
| Section | Closures |
Michael
Scarff
Executive, Stations & Depots and Network Code
Telephone 020 7282 3671
E-mail michael. scarff@orr. gsi. gov. uk
r
!)October
2015
Your
reference:
RFTB/020/001/025/jfk
Simon Feast
Fares & Passenger Benefits Manager
Rail Executive
Department for Transport
Zone 4/18, Great Minster House
33
Horseferry Road
London
SW1P4DR
Dear Mr Feast,
OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION
Rochester station -Department for Transport request for ratification
of
closure
1)
I
am
writing further to your letter of 1 September 2015 requesting ratification of the
proposal to close Rochester station.
2)
Please find enclosed a notice ratifying the closure of Rochester station. The Office of
Rail Regulation (ORR), under the power granted
in
s.32(9)(b)
of
(the Act), requires Network Rail Limited to display the ratification notice at Rochester
station for a period of 4 weeks following the date of the notice.
3)
The notice also requires the operator of the stations
in
the area affected
by
the closure
-Chatham, Ebbsfleet International, Faversham, London St Pancras International,
Stratford International and Strood stations -to display a copy
of
the closure ratification
notice at those stations for a period of 4 weeks following the date
of
the notice. I have
written
to
both Network Rail Limited
and
London & South Eastern Railway Limited
requiring this requirement.
4)
I will today send a copy
of
the closure ratification notice to the Network Rail Limited, the
operator of the other stations
and
to all the parties consulted by the Department for
Transport. A copy of the notice will also appear
on
ORR's website
and
will
be
placed
on
ORR's public register.
5)
In
deciding whether to ratify this proposed closure, ORR has checked
and
confirms that
the Department of Transport has:
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Head Office:
One
Kemble Street, London
WC2B
4AN T: 020 7282 2000
F:
020 7282 2040
www.orr
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gov.uk
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