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Harrow-on-the-Hill seems to have taken a ridiculously long time to complete even taking the pandemic into account. It'll be good to see it finished. It's one that will also be appreciated by a lot of people who don't need completely step-free access, as the current route in and out of the station is a real slog, up and over with lots of steps.
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Will they all be level access througout though? From street to train.
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Agreed. It's one thing to run down steps to a platform when you hear a train pulling in, as with Harrow-on-the-Hill and Rayners Lane, but horrible when you have to run up them as at South Harrow! Any plans for that one to become step free?!
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And try running up the stairs at Upminster Bridge.
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West Ealing was done a few weeks ago.
dg writes: In March. Added, thanks. |
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Looking at the map, the majority of them (if you remove light rail systems like the DLR and Tramlink) don't have step free entrances to the trains though, notably on TfL Rail
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To my shame I had to search 'step free' as I am not a tube user. I assume this initiative is not just to help disabled people access the platforms but is an initiative to make it easier for all. I am guessing that quite a few of those passengers could do with the old fashioned stairs as part of their daily exercise so this does all seem quite luxurious. Cornish Cockney - those staircases at Rayners Lane and South Harrow were my daily routine in my youth, sprinting top to bottom Rocky Balboa style.
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As someone who has spent the last 2 years pushing a buggy on my journies around town, I can confirm step-free is not disabled only!
Am more than capable of lifting a buggy with toddler up 1-2 steps, but a full flight requires persuading strangers to help. |
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No-one within LUL would ever call Amersham or Ealing Broadway, etc as "Tube" stations. ( or they would get 'shot' if they did ) These are "sub-surface" stations. Diamond Geezer is good with words but is not omnipotent.
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TfL’s press office are happy to list Amersham as a Tube station.
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I think that the step-free access claim sometimes needs to be looked at in more depth. At a station that I know well, Woodside Park on the Northern Line, it is indeed true that there is access from street to train on both north and southbound platforms. However, if you travelled into London from the southbound platform and (therefore) returned to the northbound platform, the only way back to where you started on the southbound side is a footbridge, as there is no lift. Close, but no cigar.
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It's a shame they won't consider Croxley, with steep stairs on both Up and Down platforms. No, lifts are not required as the Up platform is almost level with the car park, just needing a ramp plus touch-machine & maybe full gate, which could be released by the on-site CSA (when the normal gateline is in operation: it's often left open when they're off-duty). For Down trains, a little more tedious, but one can stay on the train to Watford, then shortly return to the Croxley Up platform, with gate and ramp. I've proposed this many times.
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Although Romford is technically step-free with its ramp access, it's still getting lifts to make it accessible from the Ticket Hall to the Platforms with lots of construction work underway at the moment. Having used the station for many years when I used to work there, the ramps are quite steep so the lifts there will definitely be welcomed by many.
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