SINCE our last visit to the railway station the concourse has been upgraded.

Indeed it has won more than one prize for the changes.

Before reaching the ticket office there are three snacking options.

We chose Upper Crust because it was an enclosed and alcohol-free environment and lacked the flashing lights of fruit machines.

The drinks menu is displayed on the wall at the servery. Tea ranged from £1.09 to £1.55, cappuccino £1.85/£2.35 and espresso £1.30/£1.60.

Baguettes are individually labelled. Ham salad; cheese and tomato; tuna melt and Brie with tomato and cucumber were examples.

We decided to share a ham and mozzarella (£3.39).This was presented to me in a bag. Tongs were used for all food handling.

The bag had this message printed on it. We bake and fill baguettes freshly throughout the day and put a time stamp on the collar so you can see when each one was made'. The collar on mine was timed less than two hours before purchase.

I asked if, as we were eating in, I qualified for a plate and this was rather reluctantly provided. We agreed that the baguette was fresh and the ham and cheese of good quality and well flavoured. So far so good.

Ann followed the savoury with a maple pecan plait (£1.59) that very nice and very fresh.

The Danish cinnamon pastry (£1.59) I had was also excellent.

Wheel chair access was excellent with plenty of room between tables.

On the down side was the absence of knives and the assumption that people sitting in the caf area were happy to eat out of paper bags.

Table clearing was reasonably swift and they were eventually wiped. However during our visit staff made no attempt to pick up sugar wrappers and other bits of litter on the floor.

That apart, Ann said that she would be quite happy to come to this venue to buy such fresh and good quality food to take elsewhere to eat, maybe for our next train journey.