Leatherhead Station To Go Step-Free
This document on the Government web site is entitled Access for All: 73 Stations Set To Benefit From Additional Funding.
Leatherhead station is on the list.
These pictures show the station and the current subway,
This is one of those stations, where lifts could probably be put into the subway.
But this would probably mean closing the subway, which is the main access between the platforms.
Look at this Google Map of the Northern end of the station.
The map illustrates another problem. There is car parking by the London-bound platform and commuters will need to cross the tracks.
But the map does show there is a lot of space and a step-free bridge might be possible at this end of the station.
In Winner Announced In The Network Rail Footbridge Design Ideas Competition, I wrote how the competition was won by this bridge.
So could a factory-built bridge like this be installed be installed at Leatherhead station?
Leatherhead Station
Leatherhead Station is one of the stations on a proposed South London Outer Orbital
These are pictures of the station, with a couple of the town.
Note.
- It is not the best equipped station with respect to refreshments.
- There is rather a pleasant park between the station and the town centre.
- Trains go to Victoria, Waterloo, Dorking and Guildford.
- My Zone 6 to Leatherhead ticket with a Senior Railcard cost just £2.65.
There are probably many worse stations and towns to meet a friend or relative for lunch. At Leatherhead on a nice day, you could have a picnic, if you brought everything on the train.
The Anonymous Widower 