Around 20 drivers fined for parking on grass at Worcestershire station

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 29 Oct, 18:09 · Archive

About 20 motorists received parking fines after leaving cars on a grass verge at Worcestershire Parkway station on Thursday.

Around 20 motorists received Fixed Penalty Notices after parking on a grass verge opposite Worcestershire Parkway station on Thursday. A Fixed Penalty Notice is an on-the-spot fine that allows a person to pay a set amount instead of being prosecuted in court.

Worcestershire Parkway, which opened in February 2020, has a 483-space long-stay car park. It costs £7 to park for the day from Monday to Friday. The station serves passengers travelling to London, Birmingham, Worcester and Wales. Compared to other parkway stations, it offers significantly fewer parking spaces: Oxford has 758 spaces and Warwick has 713.

Matt Bird, who spotted the vehicles with parking tickets, said the fines were counterproductive. 'I think it's clearly evident the parking isn't meeting the demand,' he said. 'Not a great motivational play for getting people onto public transport, is it?' In May, the MP for West Worcestershire Dame Harriet Baldwin called on the local authority to take swift action to increase parking capacity at the station.

How it is being reported

• Around 20 drivers hit with parking tickets at Worcestershire train stationAround 20 cars were hit with parking tickets at a railway station after being left on the grass verge.Worcester News · 29 Oct, 17:45
• Around 20 drivers hit with parking tickets at Worcestershire train stationAround 20 cars were hit with parking tickets at a railway station after being left on the grass verge.Malvern Gazette · 29 Oct, 17:45

In this story: Worcestershire Parkway · Dame Harriet Baldwin · Worcestershire · Matt Bird

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