The Anonymous Widower

Progress At Syon Lane Station – 18th September 2019

The builders are now digging on both platforms at Syon Lane station.

The posters at the station give the impression that brick towers might be built.

But it looks to my untrained eye, that the foundations being dug don’t appear to be deep enough.

Waiting at the station for my train, I wondered, if they are going to put a set of stairs and a life on both platforms to give step-free access to the existing road bridge.

• The towers would be shorter and height costs money.
• There would be no need to build and lift in an additional bridge, as pedestrians would use the existing pavement.
• It might be possible to do all the work without closing the railway.
• This would meet all the step-free regulations.

There certainly seems to be no work going on further down the platform, where it appeared some trees were cleared.

It’ll all come clear in a few weeks and I suspect it will meet the generally high standards of Network Rail.

September 20, 2019 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Network Rail, Step-Free, Syon Lane Station