Jim Eadie's just tweeted that cycle access to Waverley will be re-established in October
here's the statement he's put on FB:
EDINBURGH WAVERLEY CYCLE ACCESS VICTORY
As many of you will be aware, in one of my roles as the MSP for Edinburgh Southern, I currently chair the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee in the Scottish Parliament.
Before our summer recess, one of the committee’s main objectives was to examine access arrangements within Scotland’s major urban railways, including Edinburgh Waverley. In order to carry out this work, the committee put out a call for evidence and also launched a survey asking for opinions on railway access in Scotland’s nine major stations, which received almost 5000 responses.
At one evidence session, the committee took evidence from Phil Verster, Managing Director of the Scotrail Alliance. I was able to put questions directly to Mr Verster about their cycle access policy at Edinburgh Waverley given the big interest in their decision to ban cycle access at Waverley station in summer 2014 following the removal of all public vehicles from the station.
Following on from the committee’s work on this important issue, I am delighted to confirm the decision of the Scotrail Alliance to reinstate cycling access at Edinburgh Waverley station. A new cycle lane – and associated infrastructure including gated barriers, road markings and new signage – will be created this month with the new cycle arrangements intended to come into operation by early October.
As the convenor of the ICI committee, I am absolutely delighted at this announcement and both my colleagues and I welcome the commitment by ScotRail to improve cycle access at Waverley following our work into this issue. I firmly believe that this is a positive step forward – not only for the final decision they have made – but the importance ScotRail put on our work and the fact they have listened to and acted on the concerns raised with them.
Scotrail will be attending the committee later this year in December and I look forward to updating you on the new arrangements at Waverley are working in practice.
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