Theresa May, MP for Maidenhead, has opened additional car parking at the town’s railway station.
A depot and sidings as part of The Elizabeth Line meant that Silco Drive car park was taken out of use six years ago.
With the work now complete, Network Rail invested £600,000 in restoring the car park.
The car park has been resurfaced and relined to bring 141 spaces into use along with CCTV and Customer Information Screens showing real-time information
Silco Drive car park is a five to 10-minute walk from the station and will help to relieve pressure on the Shoppenhangers car park, which provides 171 spaces.
Mrs May said: “I’m pleased to see the parking spaces in Silco Drive car park coming back into use. With the enhanced services of GWR and the Elizabeth line, Maidenhead is an increasingly important station. The spaces in Silco Drive car park will be a real boost for those who need to drive to the station.”
GWR Business Assurance and Strategy Director, Joe Graham, said: “The return of this space as a car park at Maidenhead station is a real boost for customers now benefitting from more than six trains per hour to and from London.
“Shoppenhangers car park has traditionally been extremely well used and we hope these additional 141 spaces will be well received by station users.
Network Rail Industry Programme Director, Bogdan Lupu, said: “Following the £19bn investment in the Elizabeth line, which has proved to be a vital transport link into London since opening in 2022, passengers from Maidenhead now have more opportunities to travel to a number of destinations using the line, as well as with GWR.
“We’re pleased that passengers at the station will be able to use the car park once again, opening up rail travel for commuters in the area who drive to Maidenhead station to start their journeys.”
Responses
£600k on a car park, not on improvement to the actual railway, its trains, its infrastructure. Maybe the increased revenue from expanded parking facilities will generate mega-bucks for the railways?
At least she’s got the money to keep Maidenhead going as she once was Prime Minister. Before she was replaced by Boris Johnson.
I think your report should have noted that this development does nothing to help rail passengers who *arrive* at Maidenhead, and does nothing to encourage rail passengers to get to Maidenhead station by bike or bus.