Labour PPC calls for improvement to facilities at Rainham station.
Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Dagenham and Rainham, Margaret Mullane has contacted c2c to call for an improvement to the facilities at Rainham station.
Her local team Fay Hough and Sue Watson, noted that unlike many other stations at Rainham there is no defibrillator present. These appliances can be life saving for a person suffering a heart attack. They also drew attention to the lack of any electric vehicle (EV) charging points in the station car park.
c2c quickly responded to the request to say that whilst they were not aware of any current plans for EV charging points they have raised this with their commercial team and promised to come back on this. They also agreed that defibrillators are beneficial to host at stations to support local communities and confirmed that they have a number of defibrillators at their stations already. They went on to say that they will carry out a check at Rainham would be very happy to work together to install one at the station.
Separately, but also in relation to Rainham station, Margaret’s action team is taking up a safety issue with Network Rail. The pedestrian ramp crossing the Fenchurch St to Southend rail lines is poorly lit due to a number of the lamps not working and there is no lighting on the footbridge across the HS1 tracks. These are the responsibility of Network Rail and the request to deal with this public safety matter is being sent by Margaret’s team.
Margaret Mullane told the Havering Daily: “Rainham station is so well used and these issues of improving the safety of commuters and other passengers is vital. I am really pleased with the quick response from c2c and hope that Network Rail react in a similar way.
We need to encourage people to use public transport and measures such as these, albeit in a small way, will help locally. ”
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