Daniel Kawczynski has met Arriva Trains Wales managers to urge them to spruce up Shrewsbury’s railway station. He met the firm’s commercial director Mike Bagshaw.

The MP has asked him to visit the station incognito.

He said: “I will be highlighting the scandalous state of Shrewsbury Railway Station, which he has responsibility to maintain and manage more effectively.

“I will be showing him the buddleia growing out the walls and the weeds on the tracks, which are never swept and the pigeon mess and everything that has turned our station into a building not fit for Shrewsbury’s status.

“Mr Bagshaw has promised he will visit the station with me and will accompany me on the train from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton.

“I will ask him to come incognito. I have said I will not support the licence and franchise of Arriva Trains unless he can prove he is serious about maintaining and cleaning Shrewsbury station.”

Mr Bagshaw said he had a good meeting with Mr Kawczynski. He said: “I told him performance has improved and we are running a reliable service between Shrewsbury and Birmingham.”

Mr Bagshaw said Arriva was Network Rail’s tenant and responsible for the platforms. NR is responsible for the buildings and track.

He said: “We have been pressuring Network Rail very strongly to deal with the weeds.”

He added: “I think Shrewsbury station is a nice station and we have been working hard to improve the facilities there.”

A spokeswoman for Network Rail said nearly £1 million had been put aside to spend on the station. She said now performance times had been improved, the company would be able to concentrate on the station.