David Windham
Network Rail
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Freedom of Information
The Quadrant
Elder Gate
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EN
T 01908 782405
E xxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
10 December 2019
Dear Mr Windham
Information request
Reference number:
FOI2019/01325
Thank you for your request of 13 November 2019, in which you requested the following
information:
Please send me the following information for BOTH mainline stations at Marden
(MRN), and Staplehurst (SPU) in Kent, from the most recent data sets you have
available:
1. Number of passengers who use each station, either on a hourly, daily or weekly
basis, including at weekends (not estimated); 2. A rundown of the number of vehicles that park in each station car park
respectively, on a daily basis (or any such other basis that you have, if you do not
have a daily rundown);
3. Any data that you have collated in regards to overcrowding and/or over-capacity,
at both of these stations, and
4. The number of car park spaces for vehicles in each station car park.
I have processed your request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA). We hold some of the information you requested. I will address each question to
explain further whether we hold the information requested and if not why we don’t hold
this information.
Number of passengers who use each station, either on a hourly, daily or weekly basis,
including at weekends (not estimated)
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We do not hold this information. Both Marden and Staplehurst are franchise-managed
stations and without a gate line at either station it would be impossible to provide you
with exact figures. Both of these stations are run by the train operating company (TOC)
Southeastern who may be able to provide you with detailed information on station usage.
Please note TOC’s are private companies and are therefore not subject to the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA).
You may be interested to know that the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) website does
provide information on all station usage.
Please use attached link:
https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage/.
This data is for 2017-8 and suggests that:
Marden has 540,000 users per year. This puts it at around the 850th busiest out of
the 2500 stations nationally.
Staplehurst has 837,000 users per year. This puts it at about the 650th out of the
2500 stations.
A rundown of the number of vehicles that park in each station car park respectively,
on a daily basis
We do not hold this information. Marden and Staplehurst car parks are part of the station
lease which is managed by the TOC. The TOC uses the services of a private company
(SABA) to manage their car parks.
Any data that you have collated in regards to overcrowding and/or over-capacity, at
both of these stations.
We do not hold this information. I have spoken to Network Rail’s Station Capacity Team
who have confirmed that neither of these stations are currently regarded as a priority
station for the current or following control period in terms of station crowding or capacity.
The TOC (Southeastern) is responsible for running the services and managing congestion
at the stations under their franchise.
The number of car park spaces for vehicles in each station car park.
We do not hold the information of how many car parking spaces there are at these
stations. However the information is readily available on the national rail enquires or
SABA’s website.
Please see the following links:
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/MRN.aspx
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https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/SPU.aspx
https://www.sabaparking.co.uk/southeastern-railway
According to National Rail Enquiries:
Marden Station Car Park has 177 parking spaces, 7 of these are accessible parking spaces.
Staplehurst Station Car park has 723 parking spaces, 20 of these are accessible parking
spaces.
Please note that the above figures, do not take into account, any spaces being out of
action.
If you have any enquiries about this response, please contact me in the first instance at
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx or on 01908 782405. Details of your appeal rights are below.
Please remember to quote the reference number at the top of this letter in all future
communications.
Yours sincerely
Emma Baker
Information Officer
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