New Car Park Finally Opens

The new car park at Market Harborough railway station has finally opened.

The 200 extra spaces – taking the total number to 500 – is part of the £53m upgrade of the station.

The new car park

There have been calls for the extension to be opened for the past month, as it appeared work on it had been completed.

It should help ease parking problems at the station, as the existing area became full by 9am during the week.

Gavin Crook, Principal Programme Sponsor for Network Rail, said: “The opening of this car park will see the number of spaces available for passengers vastly increase, making travelling to and from the station much easier.

“A vast amount of work has taken place at Market Harborough station, which is providing real benefits. We’d like to thank station users for their patience whilst this work took place.”

Network Rail is continuing work to extend platform 2, which will allow longer trains with more seats to call there and, in 2020, there will be further improvements to customer toilets and the waiting room on platform 1.

A secure cycle hub will also be added.