A PARKING clampdown on commuter traffic around Penistone railway station has left pensioners living on a nearby street unable leave vehicles near their homes because the street is clogged with workers’ vehicles.
Eastfield Avenue is one of the closest non-restricted roads to the station and is occupied almost exclusively by retired people.
But resident Trevor Harris, 68, said if they used their own vehicles during the day, it was now impossible to re-park close to their homes because the spaces were taken by people travelling by train.
The situation had emerged since parking tickets had started to be issued against drivers parking on the approach road to the station.
That is officially a no-parking zone but had been used historically by drivers until recently when Northern Rail, which is responsible for the site, begun issuing penalties.
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