7:40am Tuesday 7th April 2009
By Jill Harding
SOUTH West Trains has submitted a planning application that could see the closure of the northern entrance to Salisbury railway station.
The company wants to install a row of ticket barriers in the main concourse of the station and put up security fencing around all five platforms.
This would see the closure of the second entrance to the station, which the train firm says is used by less than 10 per cent of passengers.
However the Salisbury Campaign for Better Transport has opposed the plan, claiming that for people arriving at the station from the north of the city, who already have their tickets, the northern entrance is more convenient.
Campaigners also say the northern entrance is key to the vision of providing a bus/rail interchange as it is closer to the bus stops on Fisherton Street.
A consultation period is now underway and comes to an end on April 30.
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