Following the recent consultation, local MP, Mary Macleod has written to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to push the case for Piccadilly line trains to stop at Turnham Green station and urge Transport for London (TfL) to come up with a positive solution.
This letter follows a long-running campaign by Mary to stop Piccadilly line trains at Turnham Green. The recent consultation into the matter received over 14,000 responses, one of the biggest numbers TfL has ever had and more than 4,000 signatures were garnered by Mary’s online and hard-copy petition collectively. Mary hand-delivered these petitions to the Mayor at City Hall last month.
Commenting, Mary said:
‘The huge positive response from my residents on this campaign has been fantastic and has really proven that improving the Piccadilly line service in the Chiswick area will make a huge difference to the lives of local people and businesses. Barely any Piccadilly line trains at all stop at Turnham Green under the current arrangement, so TfL could even try stopping Picaddilly line trains at the station at non-peak times in the short term. If the Mayor and TfL can come up with a solution to change the current situation at Turnham Green, they will make their mark and improve the lives of so many local people. I will continue to campaign hard on this issue and follow up with both the Mayor and TfL’.
Mayor Boris Johnson added:
‘I want to congratulate Mary for her tireless and determined campaigning for her constituents in Chiswick to have more trains stopping at Turnham Green station.’