MP welcomes new electric car charging points at South Western Stations

South Western Railway has installed 60 new electric car charging points at six station car parks on its network.

The charging points cost a total of £100,000 and Basingstoke MP Maria Miller welcomed the investment by SWR.

The charging points help make rail travel more sustainable, and passengers can charge their electric vehicles free of charge between now and the end of October, just having to pay the car park fee.

As well as Basingstoke, the charging points are also installed at five other stations – Farnborough, Andover, Haslemere, Wokingham and Fleet.

SWR worked with mechanical and electrical engineering specialists, SSE Enterprise Rail, to install Rolec EV WallPod charging units at each station.

The electric car charging points are 13-amp trickle chargers, allowing passengers to leave their vehicles on charge for the day.

The new charging points can be upgraded for higher currents to cover future developments.

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