> mma...@my-deja.com wrote:

>> On May 1, 4:43 pm, allan tracy hotmail.com> wrote:

>>> According to this evening's Birmingham Evening Mail, the DfT has
>>> ordered a review of the free car parking currently provided at 40 rail
>>> and metro stations in the West Midlands.

>

>> Free parking at my local station has already vanished. It was only
>> ever for short-term parking when you had to meet someone at the
>> station, but now there are no free spaces at all... so people sit in
>> their cars blocking the road instead of parking, or use the free
>> parking in the town car park if it's a weekend or evening.

>

>> Just another reason to avoid trains.

>

>> Mark

>
> When I was a schoolkid I had a summer job at a costal hotel car park,
> cost x to park but if you were going into the hotel or bar you presented
> the ticket and the x came off your bill. ...