Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 15:15 28 Mar 2024
- Man held over stabbing in front of train passengers
- How do I renew my UK passport and what is the 10-year rule?
- Jet2 launches first flight from Liverpool airport
- Easter travel warning as millions set to hit roads
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]
 02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
28th Mar (1917)
Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore closed (link)

Train RunningCancelled
13:26 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington
13:28 Weymouth to Gloucester
15:10 Newquay to Par
15:14 Swindon to Westbury
15:16 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
15:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
16:04 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
16:51 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
17:04 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
17:51 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
17:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street
19:33 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill
20:56 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington
Short Run
11:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
11:48 London Paddington to Carmarthen
12:03 London Paddington to Penzance
12:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
13:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
13:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
14:05 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
15:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
15:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
15:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
16:19 Carmarthen to London Paddington
16:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
16:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
Delayed
10:04 London Paddington to Penzance
13:57 Exmouth to Paignton
13:59 Cardiff Central to Penzance
14:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
PollsOpen and recent polls
Closed 2024-03-25 Easter Escape - to where?
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
March 28, 2024, 15:34:24 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[142] West Wiltshire Bus Changes April 2024
[80] would you like your own LIVE train station departure board?
[56] Return of the BRUTE?
[46] If not HS2 to Manchester, how will traffic be carried?
[43] Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption el...
[34] Reversing Beeching - bring heritage and freight lines into the...
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: [1] 2 3
  Print  
Author Topic: Campaign for disabled access ramp to platform 1 at Nailsea & Backwell Station  (Read 30639 times)
Chris from Nailsea
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 17865


I am not railway staff


View Profile Email
« on: February 02, 2011, 23:25:32 »

For the benefit of those unfamiliar with my local station: there is already a ramp up to platform 2 - the 'up' line, towards Bristol.  However, there is no similar disabled access to (or from) platform 1 - towards Weston-super-Mare and Taunton. So: anyone requiring disabled access to the train, who might use the ramp to platform 2, will find themselves in a right old pickle, if they try to return to NLS by train.  Roll Eyes

Hence:

Logged

William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
Ollie
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2302


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2011, 01:17:17 »

Are the Nailsea residents not concerned then?
Logged
TheLastMinute
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 188


This really isn't worth reading.


View Profile
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2011, 10:25:16 »

And I beleive the ramp on Plat 2 isn't considered officially as wheelchair access as it's steeper than 1 in 12 in places.
Logged
inspector_blakey
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 3574



View Profile
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2011, 15:08:06 »

Hmm. It almost looks like that notice was produced officially by FGW (First Great Western) given the typographical error...
Logged
devon_metro
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5175



View Profile
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2011, 16:31:54 »

Would installing a lift of some description not work out cheaper? Think it would be quite difficult to put a ramp on the down platform.
Logged
inspector_blakey
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 3574



View Profile
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2011, 16:35:24 »

Possibly, but I thought there were regulations requiring stations to be staffed whenever lifts are in operation, in case anyone gets stuck. Could be wrong, but if there are I don't see FGW (First Great Western) being too keen to staff NLS from the start to the end of service 7 days a week.
Logged
Ollie
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2302


View Profile
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2011, 23:06:41 »

Possibly, but I thought there were regulations requiring stations to be staffed whenever lifts are in operation, in case anyone gets stuck. Could be wrong, but if there are I don't see FGW (First Great Western) being too keen to staff NLS from the start to the end of service 7 days a week.
Indeed, Twyford's new lifts that got done when the footbridge was, are only in use when the station is manned.
Logged
Mookiemoo
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 3117


View Profile Email
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2011, 08:27:38 »

There is no where to put a ramp!
Logged

Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
Chris from Nailsea
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 17865


I am not railway staff


View Profile Email
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2011, 22:10:14 »

Are the Nailsea residents not concerned then?

Yes, we are - cheeky monkey!  Grin

And I beleive the ramp on Plat 2 isn't considered officially as wheelchair access as it's steeper than 1 in 12 in places.

No, it isn't - but it's what we've got.  Roll Eyes

Hmm. It almost looks like that notice was produced officially by FGW (First Great Western) given the typographical error...

Hmm. Perhaps they could ask TerminalJunkie to QA (Quality Assurance) their publications ...  Tongue

There is no where to put a ramp!

Oh, yes, there is!  If we did away with those horrendously steep steps up to platform 1, and replaced them with a two-part ramp (such as those at Worle, or Filton Abbey Wood, we could do that!

Problem is, that would cost about ^925,000 by my reckoning - so, sadly, it is very unlikely to happen.  Roll Eyes
« Last Edit: November 25, 2013, 01:30:04 by Chris from Nailsea » Logged

William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18894



View Profile
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2011, 18:16:46 »

Yes, much cheaper to send disabled passengers up to Bristol Temple Meads and have them return on the down line to Platform 2.

And this isn't an isolated example.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1355641/Disabled-woman-make-20-mile-round-trip-reach-platform.html
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
Mookiemoo
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 3117


View Profile Email
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2011, 18:50:52 »

Yes, much cheaper to send disabled passengers up to Bristol Temple Meads and have them return on the down line to Platform 2.



That would not work - its the trains FROM Temple meads that don't have a ramp - would have to go down to yatton or maybe weston or god forbid even taunton to come back up again
Logged

Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18894



View Profile
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2011, 18:57:20 »

Erm, yes you're right. Geographical confusion on my part.
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
Phil
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 2042



View Profile
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2011, 20:11:21 »

Presumably if they did install a disabled ramp, they would also have to allocate a disabled parking space...
Logged
Chris from Nailsea
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 17865


I am not railway staff


View Profile Email
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2011, 20:20:17 »

... would have to go down to yatton or maybe weston or god forbid even taunton to come back up again

No need to go further than Yatton on the down, before returning on the up: it's possible to use the road overbridge at Yatton as a sort of disabled ramp transfer between platforms.

Indeed: I seem to remember recommending that particular wheeze to someone travelling with some humungously large suitcases, who therefore couldn't possibly use the footbridge at Yatton, actually?

Presumably if they did install a disabled ramp, they would also have to allocate a disabled parking space...

There are already two disabled spaces in the car park at Nailsea & Backwell - but they're never used, due to the lack of disabled ramp access from platform 1, obviously.  Tongue

CfN.  Wink Cheesy Grin
Logged

William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18894



View Profile
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2011, 20:24:31 »

There are already two disabled spaces in the car park at Nailsea & Backwell - but they're never used, due to the lack of disabled ramp access from platform 1....

Well, never used by those for which they are intended.....  Grin

Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1] 2 3
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the 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 the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link to report). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants

Jump to top of pageJump to Forum Home Page