Burnley bus station receives quality award for being ‘one of the safest in Britain’ (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Burnley bus station receives quality award for being ‘one of the safest in Britain’
3:55pm Thursday 19th January 2012 in Nelson
AWARD WINNER Burnley bus station
A BUS station has been deemed ‘one of the safest in Britain’ after becoming only the third in Lancashire to pick a quality award.
Burnley’s bus station has received the SafeMark award which assures passengers it is an area where they can feel safe.
The bus station was visited by ‘mystery shoppers’ and marked against a series of criteria, including health and safety, CCTV coverage, staff training and measures in place to tackle anti-social behaviour.
The judges looked at issues such as making sure there are no dark corners where people could lurk or the design and monitoring of toilets to tackle any illegal activities.
“It’s a bit like getting a Michelin star,” said David Woodroffe, group passenger facilities manager with bus operator Transdev Blazefield.
“It’s a big honour for the bus station and reflects all the hard work that’s gone into making it as safe as possible for everyone who uses it.”
Linzi O’Donnell, lead officer at the Lancashire Safer Travel Unit said: “Minimum requirements must be met in areas such as passenger security, ability to deal with incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour, maintenance of facilities and staff training.
“It is a preventative measure and aims to support staff and promote the feeling of safety and security for passengers and the general public.”
The bus station will be judged annually and will have to maintain its standards in order to retain the honour.
Nelson and Chorley bus stations are the other sites in Lancashire to have achieved the award.
The station’s architects, RoC Consulting have previously collected a Bus Industry award for the design of the interchange and its retail units.
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happycyclist
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4:21pm Thu 19 Jan 12
Armchair Warrior
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5:02pm Thu 19 Jan 12
Michael@ClitheroeSince58
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5:55pm Thu 19 Jan 12
burnleyglentoran
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6:38pm Thu 19 Jan 12
happycyclist wrote:Could be worse.
Shame about the rest of the town.
Could be the god forsaken hole formerly known as Blackburn!!!
QuarryGang78
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9:46pm Thu 19 Jan 12
Dickiepayshey
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10:03pm Thu 19 Jan 12
Izanears
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10:36am Fri 20 Jan 12
Armchair Warrior wrote:Was in Nelson Bus Station on Tuesday.
What a shame the electronic information board no longer displays bus departure times -however not to worry as Mystic-Meg will be on hand to predict the departure times to help maintain it's high standards.
There were two guys from Lancashire County Council there checking out the best way to take the info sign down!!!!!!!
Noiticer
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4:52pm Fri 20 Jan 12
shimmy
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5:11pm Sat 21 Jan 12
Sheila Shakespeare
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6:17pm Wed 15 Feb 12
Izanears says...
4:12pm Thu 19 Jan 12
And Nelson hasn't even got an electronic information board now.