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« Reply #30 on: November 30, 2009, 13:58:32 »

Hmmm - there's little of historic interest about the car park, that decking couldn't be done.
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« Reply #31 on: November 30, 2009, 14:07:18 »

Hmmm - there's little of historic interest about the car park, that decking couldn't be done.

I was thinking more about the immediate surrounding area, and the fact Oxfordshire County Council will no doubt see the station area as a gateway to the town when arriving by train. There was a fuss when the original car park was originally built about 15 years ago with little or no vegetation included - and a year or two later some small trees and bushes had to be added. So, if a fuss is going to be made about that, you can bet your life that a fuss will be made if anyone suggested a few thousand tonnes of steel decking gets plonked there!
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« Reply #32 on: January 11, 2010, 22:15:35 »

A bit of work getting under way this week, to replace the lifts installed 20 years ago when the footbridge was built

http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=4630
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« Reply #33 on: January 11, 2010, 22:48:33 »

I risk asking a silly question here, but if the footbridge is only 20 years old, where/how did people cross between platforms before it was built? Did it replace a previous structure?
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« Reply #34 on: January 12, 2010, 08:23:33 »

There was a narrow and horrible subway.
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« Reply #35 on: January 12, 2010, 08:39:09 »

Which is still there, sealed off. Its position is marked on the sides of the platforms.
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« Reply #36 on: January 12, 2010, 09:45:06 »

I'm following up to ensure suitable access is maintained at all times for the less mobile - maybe by allowing some blue badge parking outside the access / egress to the downside platform too.
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« Reply #37 on: January 12, 2010, 13:03:13 »

A bit of work getting under way this week, to replace the lifts installed 20 years ago when the footbridge was built

I was a little surprised to hear that they were being replaced so soon. Is twenty years really the average life-span of a lift? There was also quite a delay - between 1 and 2 years I think - between the footbridge opening and the lifts finally being installed. I think BR (British Rail(ways)) had committed to providing lifts, but in a less enlightened age, were less than keen to keep their promise!

As Will says the old dank smelly subway is now sealed off with metal covers on the platforms, but I think it still serves a useful role carrying electrical cables.
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« Reply #38 on: January 12, 2010, 13:21:05 »

I'm following up to ensure suitable access is maintained at all times for the less mobile - maybe by allowing some blue badge parking outside the access / egress to the downside platform too.

FGW (First Great Western)'s website report that exit/entrance will be available from platform 2 to the road behind the station for those passengers requiring it. 
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« Reply #39 on: January 12, 2010, 13:47:11 »

Yes, I know - but nothing about pick up / set down....

Hopefully for not long though....
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« Reply #40 on: January 12, 2010, 23:18:38 »

But in all honesty Chris, I don't think there's a problem with anyone rolling up at the back of platform 2 and parking for a while to drop off and pick up - lots of people do it in the mornings and evenings to avoid having to try to drive round to the main entrance.

And I don't think anyone has a clue about who is responsible for enforcing whatever restrictions there are in Roger Dudman Way, which leads a twilight zone existence as part railway access to platform 2 and the BTP (British Transport Police) office and catering stores that side, and part public access to Turbo Ted's nursery and the university accommodation on former railway land beyond that, plus being part of a cycle route to Jericho.

There are various notices dating back to BR (British Rail(ways)) days about enforcement of waiting restrictions but none I can see indicating what such restrictions may be, nor have I ever seen any sign that FGW (First Great Western) or Network Rail is employing clampers there.

An old Oxford Mail report on the bizarre nature of Roger Dudman Way is here http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/1663603.___Strangest____city_street_needs_major_clean_up/

I'm not sure that they have actually made much progress towards achieving the things councillor Pressel wanted back in 2007.
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« Reply #41 on: January 13, 2010, 10:08:46 »

I'm concerned that space is reserved for the less mobiloe and not taken up by lazy commuters....
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« Reply #42 on: January 13, 2010, 23:27:03 »

Always seem to be spaces there, as I say most are simply dropping off and picking up, so not hanging around.

Anyway, at the rate the contractors are going, the work may not take until March. They were cutting up the remains of the lifts simultaneously in both shafts gone 6pm tonight.
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« Reply #43 on: February 03, 2010, 17:11:26 »

Can't they be "re-cycled" in some way?  Wink
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« Reply #44 on: March 21, 2010, 13:20:35 »

The new footbridge lifts have been use for the past few days.
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