St Pancras Midland Rd
 

Paul Scott wrote:

I've been trying to find some evidence that the fit-out has been
approved,
its been mentioned here a couple of times but there doesn't appear to be
anything formal from the DfT available. Anyone seen anything 'official'?
Is MR usually quite reliable on this sort of announcement?

Parliament is in recess until Monday 9th January 2006 and I suspect
that the official announcement will come from the DfT after it
resumes.Alistair Darling has been under constant pressure from MP's
in the Bed-Pan corridor for apparently inflicting the Thameslink
blockade on commuters and leaving them with nothing to show for it.The
latest exchange took place at Transport Questions on the 11th October
2005 during which time the Secretary of State gave a broad nudge nudge
wink wink hint.

Hansard Quote
Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden, Con) | Hansard source
Will the Secretary of State explain what the point was of spending many
tens of millions of pounds on building a railway station box under St.
Pancras, given that he then failed to authorise the much smaller sum
necessary to equip it, so that my constituents can actually use it?
They faced months of delay during the blockade, and they are seeing no
return on their time and trouble; nor, indeed, are taxpayers receiving
any return on their investment. When will the Secretary of State
authorise that sum?
Alistair Darling (Secretary of State, Department for Transport) Hansard
source
That is a perfectly good point, and as the right hon. Gentleman knows,
given that he is always lecturing us on the use of public funds, the
explanation is that we must make sure that we can get the additional
funds to fit out that station. That will make a big difference to the
facilities available at St. Pancras and King's Cross, and I hope that
we can find a satisfactory solution in the not too distant future.
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