The Express and Star report:
It comes as a Freedom of Information Act request revealed today that it will cost taxpayers £127 million for the new stations.
Construction costs will come to £29.6m but paying the money back with interest will see the eventual bill spiral to more than four times that under a 25-year Private Finance Initiative – PFI.
South Staffordshire MP Gavin Williamson said: “These PFI schemes are often a gross waste of taxpayers’ money and something I would like to see an awful lot less of.