Post by angrycommuter on Jul 3, 2015 11:37:56 GMT 1
The following is an extract from the local paper this morning:
www.thepressnews.co.uk/press-news/new-platform-parking-6m-plus-rail-station-revamp/
A MULTI-MILLION pound masterplan for Mirfield Railway Station was announced this week.
More than 50 people attended a meeting at the Navigation Tavern, where transport chiefs detailed their proposals.
The plan includes more parking, a new platform and main entrance, a waiting room and ticket office. The first two of these would cost £5m, which would come from the West Yorkshire Combined Autho-rity transport fund. Both would be made possible by buying land occupied by a building supplies firm – but may take up to six years to deliver.
Adding a lift or ramp for disabled and baby buggy access would cost up to £1m. This would come from the Department for Transport’s national ‘access for all’ budget.
A waiting room, also taking up to six years, would cost £500,000 and be funded partly by train firms Northern Rail and Grand Central.
The companies will find £15,000 between them over the next two years for a spruce-up.
This includes painting and gardening – some of it to be done by volunteers – and new signs and passenger information screens. Northern Rail will stump up a further £15,000 for a new ticket vending machine.
The need for investment is spelled out in the report, which states passenger numbers rose from 120,000 in 2002/03 to 420,000 last year.
A catalogue of problems, including subsidence and parking issues on Station Road, were detailed.
Coun Martyn Bolt (Con, Mirfield) said: “We have one of the busiest stations in the area and the only one in Kirklees with a direct link to London.
“One of the problems caused by an increase in passenger numbers is on-street parking.
“The masterplan seeks to alleviate that, along with providing step-free access to the platforms and secure and comfortable waiting areas.”
Good to hear that Mirfield will eventually be upgraded but its going to take a good few years for it to happen. Sounds like they are planning on getting rid of the island platform and building a new one in the Jewson yard.
www.thepressnews.co.uk/press-news/new-platform-parking-6m-plus-rail-station-revamp/
A MULTI-MILLION pound masterplan for Mirfield Railway Station was announced this week.
More than 50 people attended a meeting at the Navigation Tavern, where transport chiefs detailed their proposals.
The plan includes more parking, a new platform and main entrance, a waiting room and ticket office. The first two of these would cost £5m, which would come from the West Yorkshire Combined Autho-rity transport fund. Both would be made possible by buying land occupied by a building supplies firm – but may take up to six years to deliver.
Adding a lift or ramp for disabled and baby buggy access would cost up to £1m. This would come from the Department for Transport’s national ‘access for all’ budget.
A waiting room, also taking up to six years, would cost £500,000 and be funded partly by train firms Northern Rail and Grand Central.
The companies will find £15,000 between them over the next two years for a spruce-up.
This includes painting and gardening – some of it to be done by volunteers – and new signs and passenger information screens. Northern Rail will stump up a further £15,000 for a new ticket vending machine.
The need for investment is spelled out in the report, which states passenger numbers rose from 120,000 in 2002/03 to 420,000 last year.
A catalogue of problems, including subsidence and parking issues on Station Road, were detailed.
Coun Martyn Bolt (Con, Mirfield) said: “We have one of the busiest stations in the area and the only one in Kirklees with a direct link to London.
“One of the problems caused by an increase in passenger numbers is on-street parking.
“The masterplan seeks to alleviate that, along with providing step-free access to the platforms and secure and comfortable waiting areas.”
Good to hear that Mirfield will eventually be upgraded but its going to take a good few years for it to happen. Sounds like they are planning on getting rid of the island platform and building a new one in the Jewson yard.
