Motspur Park station, in southwest London, is the newest to get an improve to supply lifts and step-free entry, with development works attributable to begin subsequent month.
The station is at the moment an island platform between the railway tracks, with a footbridge linking the station with roads on both aspect of the railway. A ticket workplace is on the platform, together with a closed ready room.
Aerial view of Motspur station (c) Community Rail
The footbridge is awkwardly designed, with steps as much as the footbridge from the streets, over the railway, after which down one other set of steps, earlier than a proper angle flip and down extra steps to the station platform.
The present footbridge (c) Community Rail
Including step-free entry to the station requires a significant rebuild, with a model new footbridge supporting three massive lifts. The prevailing station footbridge and platform constructing will even be absolutely demolished to make means for a brand new ticket workplace, employees space and public ready space.
The demolition of the station platform buildings is partly as a result of they’re fairly shabby, however primarily as a result of the brand new footbridge and lifts will take up more room, proper the place the present buildings are. So the services should be moved additional down the platform, in new buildings. That additionally means the closed ready room could be opened up once more.
The present footbridge can be open to the weather, and the substitute shall be absolutely enclosed.
CGI render of the brand new footbridge and lifts (c) Community Rail
The lifts being equipped are Community Rail commonplace 16-person lifts designed to be massive sufficient for powered wheelchairs. Ideally, the elevate would have doorways on each side so customers don’t need to reverse backwards out of a elevate, however that’s solely potential right here on the platform. The lifts on the avenue entrances may have the doorways on only one aspect attributable to area constraints.
As a result of constrained web site location, many of the footbridge construction shall be assembled off-site, after which craned into place when prepared.
As the brand new footbridge sits barely to at least one aspect of the present one, they are going to be capable of hold the station open throughout the works, though the present footbridge shall be partially changed with a scaffolding one throughout works on the platform.
As soon as the brand new footbridge is commissioned, the stays of the previous one shall be demolished, though that might want to happen earlier than the japanese stairs are accomplished, so there shall be a brief interval when individuals must use the western stairs to get out and in of the station.
Work on the brand new footbridge and lifts is because of start in early April.
Councillor Stephen Alambritis, Cupboard Member for Transport, stated, “I’m delighted that we’ve been in a position to deliver enhancements ahead for Motspur Park station. Delivering step-free entry right here will massively profit the area people, permitting these with mobility impairments to journey additional and extra freely in addition to bringing security enhancements for all travellers.”
The improve is being funded by the Division for Transport’s Entry for All scheme.
If it ever will get constructed, then Crossrail 2 trains will even name at Motspur Park station, doubling the variety of trains that at the moment name there per hour throughout peak instances to roughly one each 5 minutes.
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