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Article: United Kingdom: East Midlands Parkway rail station opening date slips.
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- October 8, 2008
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Byline: shrishail98
Construction of Network Rails new East Midlands Parkway station is running behind schedule requiring the planned opening this autumn to be deferred until next year.
It is understood that changes to the specification of the road access to the site have caused the delay to the project. East Midlands Parkway is now expected to open in early 2009 and will be situated just off the A453 at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, one mile from the M1 motorway. It will include four platforms, step free access, a station building with ticket office and other facilities, staffed and managed by East Midlands Trains, as well as 850 car parking spaces. The station has ...