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NI Railways Enter Best International Station Awards
9th September 2008:
Pictured from left to right are Judges NI Railways Jim Maddil, Station Supervisor at Lisburn, Irish Rail’s Kevin Connolly, Joanna Middleton, Northern Rail,Rachel Pointer, First Transpennine Express, NS Rail’s Bert van Mourik in Central Station today.
The judges were visiting three stations Central, Bangor and Carrickfergus entered in this years International Station Awards competition.
Winners will be announced in November.
NI Railways welcomed judges representing the International Station Awards from Northern Rail in England, NS Rail in the Netherlands, First Transpennine Express and Irish Rail to Northern Ireland this week. This is the third year of the awards and NI Railways have entered three stations into each of the three categories covering small, medium and large stations.
The judges visited the nominated stations of Belfast Central,Bangor and Carrickfergus. All aspects of the train stations including their facilities, presentation, and customer service levels were under scrutiny.
Mr. Hilton Parr, NI Railways Customer Services Manager said:
“NI Railways are delighted to be participating in the International Station Awards. This is the third year we have entered three stations and we hope that the investment in our stations over the past few years and dedication of our staff in maintaining them to the highest possible standards will prove successful. NI Railways also work very closely with a number of local community groups, who contribute both time and effort to enhancing their local station. The presentation of our stations is to be commended and we hope this will be reflected in the overall judging.
Judges from NI Railways have been judging stations in Holland and England and are due to travel south later this week to judge Irish Rail stations. The results will be announced in November.
Notes to Editor
The judges visited Three NIR stations namely Central, Bangor and Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland.
The judges visited three Irish Rail Stations - Mallow, Heuston and Greystones
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