Walking To And From Ilkeston Station
I got off the bus on the roundabout in Ilkeston and walked along Millership Way to the construction site of Ilkeston station.
It took me about twenty minutes, so I would suspect that Ilkeston will need a shuttle bus to actually get between the town and the station.
Not much seemed to be happening, but then, it appears to my untrained eye, ythat the station is being built in the middle of a swamp. It’s certainly a challenging project. \Wikpedia saus this about construction delays.
During preliminary work at the site in June 2014, an ecological survey found protected great crested newts, delaying the start of construction until October 2014. This, together with additional flood protection work means that the station opening is deferred to spring 2015.
In October 2014, it was announced that the cost of proposed flood protection work exceeds the available budget, requiring a cheaper solution to be found. This further delays the start of construction until 2015, and the earliest opening date to ‘late 2015’..
In February 2015, it was announced that more great crested newts had been found, further delaying work on site. The opening is now expected to be by August 2016.
Hopefully, it will look like this when it is finished.
Ilkeston Station Visualisation
All of the pictures of the station site, were taken from the road on the left.
I walked back to Ilkeston and then had to climb the hill to where I was meeting local residents interested in their train station.
It was a challenging walk. As I said before, when they build the station there will be a need for a shuttle bus!
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