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« on: April 17, 2021, 17:56:07 »

From the Dorset Echo

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Revamp plans for Weymouth rail station have been officially submitted to Dorset Council and are now open for public comments.

The £600,000 Weymouth Station Gateway plan would see the station forecourt reconfigured, changes to car parking and flow of traffic, as well as the creation of a ‘pocket park’ linking King Street and the Jubilee Retail Park.

The project also includes new sustainable transport links for bus passengers and cyclists, and improvements to pedestrianisation.

Comments on the proposal - submitted by Dorset Coast Forum - remain open until the end of April.

The plans have been submitted following a public consultation which revealed overwhelming support for the work.

The comments on the article indicate a lack of faith in any notice being taken of consultation inputs, suggests it's an awful lot of money achieving little, and suggest that the station should be move out of town with buses and / or trams for the final stretch into and around the town - perhaps down to the harbour, anyone?  Grin
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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2021, 18:47:19 »

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Revamp plans for Weymouth rail station have been officially submitted to Dorset Council and are now open for public comments.

The £600,000 Weymouth Station Gateway plan would see the station forecourt reconfigured, changes to car parking and flow of traffic, as well as the creation of a ‘pocket park’ linking King Street and the Jubilee Retail Park.

The project also includes new sustainable transport links for bus passengers and cyclists, and improvements to pedestrianisation.

Comments on the proposal - submitted by Dorset Coast Forum - remain open until the end of April.

The plans have been submitted following a public consultation which revealed overwhelming support for the work.

The comments on the article indicate a lack of faith in any notice being taken of consultation inputs, suggests it's an awful lot of money achieving little, and suggest that the station should be move out of town with buses and / or trams for the final stretch into and around the town - perhaps down to the harbour, anyone?  Grin

Good old local newspaper "below the line" comments!   
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« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2021, 23:41:26 »

On my road (which, fortunately, is a private one that the council have no jurisdiction over in some ways such as surfacing) if the residents didn't park on the pavement then other vehicles such as delivery vehicles, fire engines, ambulances and refuse collection vehicles would not be able to access the road due to insufficient room. If this is a serious idea then care needs to be taken as to where it is imposed.

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« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2021, 23:52:59 »

Guessing you live very near Weymouth station then? yes agree the local roads are very narow, so pavement parking might be justified. perhaps narower cars...
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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2023, 18:00:02 »

According to this piece from Construction magazine, the improvement work at Weymouth station has now been completed.
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Improvement Work Complete At Weymouth Railway Station

Improvement works at Weymouth railway station are now complete.

Councillors and officers from Dorset Council, Richard Drax MP (Member of Parliament), Chris Loder MP and the managing directors for South Western Railway and Network Rail (Wessex) officially opened the station.

Other representatives from organisations which helped shape and fund the improvements were also in attendance.

The multi-agency partnership-led improvement scheme which completed last summer includes a refreshed car parking layout with clearer drop-off, collection and taxi points, improved bus links, a new bus shelter and bus information, more secure bicycle storage plus new pedestrian areas and walking routes.

The railway station forecourt now also has a landscaped planting scheme, new lighting, and CCTV (Closed Circuit Tele Vision) to deter antisocial behaviour. In a nod to Weymouth’s railway history at the adjacent Pocket Park, new information panels about how the use of the railways in the town have changed over the years. Further improvements at the station include a living wall, a completely refurbished canopy on platforms 2 and 3 and new station café..
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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2023, 18:08:36 »

Does it include the re-opening of the toilets on the station?
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« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2023, 10:55:55 »

Press reports seem to indicate the toilets will not be reopened. In theory a reduction in anti-social behaviour around the station might prompt a rethink!
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