The final £20m tranche of a £100m fund to improve stations in England and Wales has been announced, giving Network Rail, train companies, local authorities and other organisations a third chance to submit bids for funding.

Since the station commercial project facility was launched by the Department for Transport, Network Rail and the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) in April 2011, more than £80m has been authorised for projects ranging from car parks and park-and-ride schemes to new retail space and station redevelopments.

The latest bids to get the green light are for an enhancement project at Wakefield Kirkgate, plus a 710-space multi-storey car park at Bristol Parkway. The two schemes take the total for the second tranche of successful bids to £60m, in addition to the £21m authorised in the first tranche.

The third and final bidding round opens today, 1 February, and runs for four weeks, with a total of £18.7m available to fund improvement projects which deliver a financial return over and above project costs.

The Wakefield Kirkgate station enhancement will include a new café, shops, ticket sales facilities and an indoors waiting area. There will also be new offices and the car park will be remodelled.

Bristol Parkway will get a new three-storey car park integrated into the existing single deck car park providing a single structure.

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