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Whitby Station Motorcycle Parking Ban

In this edition of the MAG podcast Colin talks to Richard Suddaby, branch and political rep for York MAG about the banning of motorcycles from Whitby station. The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) are calling for an end to discrimination against motorcycles at Whitby railway station. In an open letter to the Chair of DfT OLR Holdings Ltd, the Government body running Northern Rail, MAG’s Chair, Neil Liversidge, has demanded an urgent reversal of policy. Anger remains high over the recent move to ban motorcycle parking at Whitby station. Northern Rail remain silent beyond template responses to calls for engagement. Continue reading the MAG press release here: https://mag-uk.org/end-whitby-motorcy... If you would like to support York MAG and the action they are taking please visit the Facebook group at:   / yorkmag   Taken from the York MAG Community Facebook group: The car park is owned by Northern Trains, trading as Northern, who are a publicly owned train operating company in England. It is owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT). Given it's publicly owned, we should contact the local MP (Sir Robert Goodwill is the Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby - robert.goodwill.mp@parliament.uk). With an election looming they cannot afford to be seen miffing off the biking community. It's possible there may have been small minded local influence at a community level involved in this decision. Given Northern are a publicly owned company they are subject to the Freedom of Information act. We can ask them to provide details of any complaints they have received about bikes in the station car park. Some deft FOI requests may give them a wake up call and at the least make life uncomfortable for them dealing with these. Northern have a strong social media presence as well as several email addresses that Complaints can be directed to:enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk press.office@northernrailway.co.uk   / northernassist     / northern-rail     / northerntrains     / northernassist      / @northernrailwayofficial   Northern Customer Experience Centre: 0800 200 6060 (if you legitimately want to travel by train from Whitby and park your motorcycle in the station car park, it's hardly a good customer experience being banned from the station car park). It's a free phone number, it wont cost you a penny to ring it. You can also write to them for FREE: FREEPOST NORTHERN RAILWAYThe Chief Operating Officer COO is Tricia Williams - she must have signed this off as they are responsible for stations. Their MD is Nick Donovan.Their registered business address is : George Stephenson House, Toft Grn, York YO1 6JTKeep any complaints polite. At the end of the day, it's a privately owned car park and they can set the rules. However, it's blatant discrimination against a section of society, plus it will have a detrimental effect on businesses in Whitby, not least the Whistlestop Cafe who host a very popular bike night on a Thursday, and which attracts tourists who specifically come to look at the bikes. Notes: MAG’s Open Letter to DOHL here: https://wiki.mag-uk.org/images/3/3b/D... Association of Train Operating Companies “Motorcycle Parking at Rail Stations Guide” published in 2014 here: https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/abo... 2020 Announcement on Northern Rail here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/no... MAG are a riders rights organisation who represent the interests of all UK riders. As we are a not-for-profit organisation, the money we raise through memberships and donations goes into our campaigning. We also offer many member benefits such as our bi-monthly magazine 'Open Road' delivered to your door and a range of discounts on services from motorcycle insurance to ferries. If you would like to support MAG by joining for just £30! per year please visit mag-uk.org