New lifts installed at Gloucester railway station... but they don't work
SWANKY new lifts at Gloucester railway station don't work and rail users are annoyed about it.
The lifts were installed at the footbridge last year to allow passengers to cross to platform four without taking the steps.
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concern: Chris Britton.
But they have never been made operational.
Retired Chris Britton, from Longlevens, who uses the trains regularly to visit his mother in Cheltenham, said: "The lifts have been finished for some time so I don't see why they can't just get them working and in use.
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"Sometimes I arrive early for my train and you see elderly people crossing the line with the help of staff. But the whole process takes a long time because they have to walk to the end of the platform to do it.
"If they could use the lifts it would also give them equal access to the other platform and take the hassle out of travelling because they wouldn't need to cross the line anymore."
The Access For All redevelopment project at Gloucester station, which includes the lifts, is costing Network Rail some £2million.
A Network Rail spokesman said: "There was a delay to the opening of the completed lifts at Gloucester as we were awaiting installation of a power upgrade for the station and also had a delay in getting the phone lines, required for the lifts, connected.
"The power upgrade has now been installed, together with the new phone lines. As soon as the new phone lines are live, ensuring that the emergency phone in the lifts is operational, we are expecting to move towards opening the lifts to the public."
4 Comments
by SandraPee
Thursday, February 28 2013, 4:14PM
“GlosAnarchy.
I was told before Christmas that there were problems with the electrics .”
by GlosAnarchy
Thursday, February 28 2013, 1:24PM
“SandraPee - What is broken here and needs fixing?
Sometimes there can be unforeseen factors that can delay the installation of a new service such as an infrastructure upgrade or other service in the way. Sometimes you won't know there will be a problem until the time of the installation of the service.”
by SandraPee
Thursday, February 28 2013, 12:46PM
“I think you'll find that Richard Graham has been in contact with the company asking for the reason why there has been such a delay in getting the lifts up and running. The lifts were due to have been working before the end of last year . It seems incredible that it is taking so long to fix the problem .”
by GlosAnarchy
Thursday, February 28 2013, 11:40AM
“So Chris Britton didn't ask the staff why the lifts weren't commissioned just goes running off to the local rag pathetic............”