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Plans are being prepared to revamp Porth Railway Station thanks to Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and its partners.

Proposals include a new station building, ticket office, waiting room, public toilet, retail outlet, the provision of a new station Park & Ride facility, passenger shelter, waiting canopy, ticket machine, help point, and sheltered cycle stands. Improvements will also be made to the station^s fencing, seating provision, platform lighting, signage, information boards and CCTV.

Before these proposals can become a reality the Council and its partners, Welsh Government, Sewta (South East Wales Transport Alliance), Network Rail and Arriva Trains Wales are asking rail passengers and local residents to play an important role in the changes by asking them to come forward and give their views.

The special consultation exhibition is set to take place on Thursday 9th February from 10:00am until 8:00pm at the Alec Jones Day Centre, Porth. The centre will be fitted with large-scale plans and architect^s impressions of how Porth Railway Station improvement proposals could look and the designers will be on hand to discuss the plans. Once the details of the scheme are finalised, a bid will be submitted for grant funding to enable the scheme to be implemented. If this is successful the works will be complete by 2014.