Lanacshire County in the UK could be getting a green train station. The 2.5 million pound project is expected to be given the green light later this week. The current train station, Accrington, which is need of renovation, will be torn down and rebuilt using the most up-to-date green materials and technology.

The design features a wind turbine, solar panels and incorporating gray water into toilets and sinks.

It would model the Liverpool South Parkway station, which was the winner of the Innovation Award at Network Rail’s annual Environment Awards.

It is expected that this new station would even surpass that one.

Richard Watts, rail project manager for LCC, said “It is a very exciting project. We want Accrington to be a flagship of how to build in a green way.

“It will be constructed using the best environmental principles available and we hope it will be even more innovative than Liverpool South Parkway.”

He said that in addition to the green features materials used in the construction would be locally and naturally produced and have a low carbon footprint.

The materials to be used for the project are going to be locally produced and natural and have a low carbon footprint.

via lanacshire telegraph

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