Train car park offered to Ramadan worshippers to ease congestion
Worshippers can use Yardley Wood Railway Station as a 'Park and Stride' for free in the evenings during Ramadan
A Birmingham train station car park will be turned into a 'Park and Stride' for worshippers during Ramadan.
Drivers can park at Yardley Wood Train Station in the evening for free when it is largely empty and then walk to prayers.
Councillor Timothy Huxtable (Hall Green South) has been working with residents, representatives from Masjid Esa Ibn Maryam and Transport for West Midlands, on ways to to ease congestion during the holy month.
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There are 164 available spaces in the train car park which is an eight minute walk from the Etwall Road Masjid.
Meanwhile, Birmingham's Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre (GLMCC), which organises the city's huge public events for Eid, said in a statement: "The moon has been sighted, which means that Ramadan will commence on Saturday, March 1st, 2025."
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Councillor Huxtable said: "At the same time, I have asked both the council's 'traffic wardens', and the Hall Green Neighbourhood Police Team to robustly enforce parking restrictions on the roads, pavements and grass verges around the mosque, to minimise both disruption to local residents and the impact on the local environment."
"Having been working closely with local residents, the Arrahma Foundation (Masjid Esa Ibn Maryam on Etwall Road), Transport for West Midlands, and the Hall Green Neighbourhood Police Team, I am pleased to have again facilitated the use of Yardley Wood Railway Station as a 'Park and Stride' for free in the evenings (when otherwise it would be empty) for worshippers.
"The Mosque has itself been working on relationships within the community, and it's leadership will be strongly encouraging those who drive to prayers to use this facility and be considerate to their neighbours."
He added: "It's our third year and each time usage increases.
Article continues below"The Mosque has done more in terms of publicising the car park as it wants to be a good neighbour."
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