New lifts at Hereford railway station are still undergoing safety testing

Chris from Nailsea

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New lifts at Hereford railway station are still undergoing safety testing

« on: March 28, 2015, 19:02:00 »

From Hereford Times:

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New lifts at railway station undergoing safety testing

Lifts which were installed last November at Hereford Railway Station are still undergoing "safety testing".

Network Rail has spent ^1.6m on the project to make the site more accessible and have also refurbished the footbridge. But although the lifts were installed last year, they are still not being used, and some rail users have asked why.

In response, a Network Rail spokesman said: ^The refurbished footbridge and new lifts at Hereford station will make travelling by train easier and more accessible for huge numbers of passengers. This ^1.6m project has been funded through the Department for Transport^s ^Access for All^ scheme which is designed to improve accessibility at rail stations across Britain. We are currently carrying out final safety testing on the lifts at Hereford. We apologise for any inconvenience caused while these essential safety measures are undertaken before the lifts can be used by the public.^


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Re: New lifts at Hereford railway station are still undergoing safety testing

« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2015, 20:23:56 »

Has someone lost/forgotten the paperwork?
Unless there are loads of students being constantly employed on a daily basis to test the lifts, I detect some administration problem here.


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Re: New lifts at Hereford railway station are still undergoing safety testing

« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2015, 22:11:16 »

ATW^▸ Journey Check was showing lifts now there in the middle of February but not in use until March 1st.


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Re: New lifts at Hereford railway station are still undergoing safety testing

« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2015, 16:21:36 »

Still not yet commissioned !!!


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Re: New lifts at Hereford railway station are still undergoing safety testing

« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2015, 01:24:25 »

Hoorah!

From the Hereford Times:

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Lifts at Hereford train station finally in operation

Lifts at Hereford train station finally in operation

Lifts which were installed at Hereford Railway Station are finally in operation after a seven month delay.

The new lifts were installed last November as part of a ^1.6m project by Network Rail to make the site more accessible.

A spokesman for National Rail said the delay was due to final safety testing being carried out.

They were finally opened last Friday for customers to use.


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Re: New lifts at Hereford railway station are still undergoing safety testing

« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2015, 08:34:59 »

Hurrah indeed. It was starting to get a bit embarrassing - more to do with phone links being installed for the emergency button than anything else I think.


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Re: New lifts at Hereford railway station are still undergoing safety testing

« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2015, 08:58:22 »

Quote from: IndustryInsider on June 26, 2015, 08:34:59

Hurrah indeed. It was starting to get a bit embarrassing - more to do with phone links being installed for the emergency button than anything else I think.

Ah ...

Drawing a parallel, the TVM^▸ at Melksham was installed at the end of March and is said to be awaiting a phone line - so we should have in working by the end of October??


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