MEP talks rubbish

Rubbish at Bletchley
railway station

In an open letter to Network Rail, a European Union transport politician has accused that organisation of treating Britain's railways 'like a rubbish tip' (see briansimpsonmep.co.uk).

Labour North West MEP Brian Simpson has specifically highlighted:

1. The amount of rubbish left on tracks
2. The lack of weed control
3. The problem of graffiti
4. The contractors' culture of leaving things 'hanging around'

So how do things look at Bletchley railway station?  A five minute wander before boarding the train to London last Thursday morning was all that was needed to find the following which would seem to support Mr Simpson's accusations...

Lamp post left in the car park from the building of the multi-storey in 2008:

'Redundant' lamp post in Bletchley
station car park.  In this position
for 2 years plus

Rubbish at front of station building next to skips between the car park and the bike shed (what was the post office loading bay):

Some of the rubbish lying next to
these skips at the front of Bletchley
station has been there for months.

Rubbish lying around skips at
the front of Bletchley station

Weeds regrowing on platforms (see also Best station garden):

Weeds growing at the northern end
of Bletchley's platform 3

Weeds regrowing in gutter
between platforms 4 & 5
at Bletchley

Waste and redundant equipment left adjacent to track:

Builders bags filled with rubble
and other rubbish lying close to the
sidings to the Bletchley stone depot

Don't know what it is but it's
large and black, has a green cross
on it and looks like it doesn't
belong where it's lying which is
at the northern end of Bletchley's
platform 6

Not a pretty sight or site...