Ratification cover letter to West Coast Train Limited
| Date | 26 October 2017 |
| Section | Closures |
Head Office: One Kemble Stree t, London WC2B 4AN T: 020 7282 2000 www .orr.gov.uk
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Dear Sirs,
Norton Bridge station – Department for Transport request for ratification of closure
1) Please find enclosed a notice ratifying the closure of Norton Bridge station. Under the
power granted in s.32(9)(b) of the Railways Act 2005 (the Act), the Office of Rail and
Road (ORR) requires London & Birmingham Railway Limited to display the ratification
notice at Norton Bridge 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 to display a copy of the closure ratification notice at those stations for a
period of 4 weeks following the date of the notice. You, West Coast Trains Limited as
operator of Crewe and Stafford stations is required to display the notice at these
stations
3) I have written separately to Network Rail Infrastructure Limited concerning the
requirement to display the notice at Birmingham New Street and London Euston
stations.
4) I have also written separately to London & Birmingham Railway Limited concerning the
requirement to display the notice at Barlaston, Coseley, Dudley Port, Penkridge,
Sandwell and Dudley, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Smethwick Rolfe Street, Stone, Tipton
and Wedgewood stations, in addition to Norton Bridge station.
5) I will today send a copy of the closure ratification notice to the Department for Transport,
the operators 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:
Hector Anderson
Executive, Access & Licensing
Telephone 020 7282 3744
E-mail hector.anderson@orr.gsi.gov.uk
26 October 2017
West Coast Trains Limited
North Wing Offices
Euston Station
London
NW1 2HS
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