Covering letter to Network Rai
| Date | 23 October 2015 |
| Section | Closures |
Dear Ms Waller,
Rochester station – Department for Transport request for ratification of closure
1) Please find enclosed a notice ratifying the closure of Rochester station. Under the
Regulation (ORR) requires you to display the ratification notice at Rochester
station for a period of 4 weeks following the date of the notice.
2) Please note that 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.
3) Network Rail Limited as operator of London St Pancras International and Stratford
International stations is required to display the notice at these stations
4) I have written separately to London & South Eastern Railway Limited concerning the
requirement to display the notice at Chatham, Ebbsfleet International, Faversham and
Strood stations.
5) I will today send a copy of the closure ratification notice to the Department for Transport,
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 the ORR website and will be placed
on the ORR public register.
6) In deciding whether to ratify this proposed closure, ORR has checked that the
Department for Transport has:
a) provided ORR with the appropriate documentation;
Michael Scarff
Executive, Stations & Depots and Network Code
Telephone 020 7282 3671
E-mail michael scarff@orr.gsi.gov.uk
23 October 2015
Clare.Waller@networkrail.co.uk
Head Office: One Kemble Street, Lo ndon WC2B 4AN T: 020 7282 2000 F: 020 7282 2040 www.orr.gov.uk
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