Twickenham Station Redevelopment Petition

We are delighted that England will be hosting the Rugby World Cup (RWC) in 2015. The RWC is the third largest sporting event in the world.

We expect over 600,000 fans from around the world to come and visit Twickenham for the tournament.

The majority of rugby fans who will travel to Twickenham will arrive by train and use Twickenham station. The station struggles to cope with demands of large numbers of people on match days despite the best efforts of the station staff.

While London has invested heavily in infrastructure for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 with state of the art transport links and improved stations in and around the Olympic Park, Twickenham station has yet to see any such improvements.

The RFU believe:

• That the RWC in 2015, as the third largest sporting event in the world, deserves to have the best facilities that London and England has to offer
• That Twickenham station needs significant improvements to ensure that fans from around the world can easily and quickly get to and from Twickenham

And thus we call on Network Rail, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Transport, Richmond upon Thames Council, the Mayor of London and South West Trains to deliver significant improvements to Twickenham station in time for the RWC so that London and Twickenham can be proud of the experience that fans from around the world will have when they come to Twickenham.

To register your support please go to www.ipetitions.com/petition/twickenham