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Title: access for all update Post by: infoman on July 08, 2019, 05:33:05 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/20-million-fund-marks-one-year-on-from-the-inclusive-transport-strategy
Title: Re: access for all update Post by: ChrisB on July 09, 2019, 16:02:51 At £1million a lift, that won't go very far!
Title: Re: access for all update Post by: broadgage on July 10, 2019, 10:46:15 A cynic like me would suspect that the money is intended for signage, publicity campaigns, and the like and not for significant actual physical works like lifts.
£20 million will buy a lot of signs ! "passengers with special needs should use the help point" "keep wheelchairs and baby carriages well back from the platform edge" "water for assistance dogs available on request" "priority seats" "wheel chair space" "we are passionate about helping those with additional needs" Title: Re: access for all update Post by: IndustryInsider on July 10, 2019, 12:00:21 A cynic like me would suspect that the money is intended for signage, publicity campaigns, and the like and not for significant actual physical works like lifts. No mention of signage in the press release. ::) "The £20 million fund will be open for applications from stations in need of accessibility improvements, leading to small-scale enhancements such as tactile paving, handrails and Harrington Humps, which increase platform heights." "Previous projects funded through the programme include the installation of Harrington Humps at 77 stations to help reduce stepping distances from the platform to the train; accessible toilets installed at 18 stations - including a Changing Places toilet at London Paddington - and a new footbridge and 4 lifts installed at St Neots Station, Cambridgeshire." IMHO the more stations that are modified, and the quicker they are done, the better. Though Worcester Shrub Hill is one successful candidates from the CP5 list where the work has yet to commence. Title: Re: access for all update Post by: Oxonhutch on July 10, 2019, 12:50:20 An at-level footpath connection from Platform 4 at Cholsey (Up Relief) to the top station carpark could be provided at a cost several orders of magnitude less than a million pounds. That would turn it into an Up direction accessible station. Lifts for cross-platform change at Didcot and Goring, with a short double-back, can provide a similar service for the Down trains. No expensive lifts required.
Title: Re: access for all update Post by: ChrisB on July 10, 2019, 14:00:00 Lifts for cross-platform change at Didcot These already exist Title: Re: access for all update Post by: didcotdean on July 10, 2019, 14:31:28 Not for Platform 1, although there is a slope which needs exiting one gate line and entering via the other.
Title: Re: access for all update Post by: Oxonhutch on July 10, 2019, 15:14:07 Lifts for cross-platform change at Didcot These already exist Indeed - and Goring too. That why I said: Quote No expensive lifts required This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |