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Scotland's Railway and friends from the community gathered on Friday (December 1) to celebrate the official opening of Port Glasgow stations £5m footbridge and lifts.
(Permalink) Accessible Footbridge Lifts Port Glasgow |
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Network Rail plans to improve accessibility for passengers at Anniesland station by installing a new lift system.
(Permalink) Accessibility Anniesland Footbridge Lifts  Anniesland: 318264 departs from Anniesland on 7th September 2019 with a service to Dalmuir.  Anniesland: Network Rail plans to improve accessibility for passengers at Anniesland station by installing a new lift system.
Lifts will be installed at street level on either side of the railway bridge on Gre ...  Anniesland: Although superseded when Scottish Regions were abolished in 1996 the
now rather dated-looking lettering of the early 1980s Strathclyde
Transport logo on Strathclyde 'Red' can still be seen on quit ... |
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Port Glasgow Railway Station will be shut overnight this weekend as work to install a new footbridge is carried out.
(Permalink) Footbridge Lifts Port Glasgow  Port Glasgow: An aerial view of Port Glasgow station seen from the east showing the traditional footbridge, canopied station buildings and car park with ramps.  Port Glasgow: Work on a £5m project to improve accessibility at Port Glasgow station in Inverclyde is set to commence next month. [Featuring a Class 170 interestingly ...] |
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Network Rail has submitted a further application to make Kingussie station fully accessible for passengers. [The bridge will be to the west of the building, unlike the present bridge which is to the east and will be removed. -RS]
(Permalink) Footbridge Kingussie Lifts  Kingussie: The signal box and level crossing at the north end of Kingussie station on 16 June 2009. Kingussie High School stands in the background. |
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Network Rail wants to install pedestrian crossing which will end just few yards from doorstep of Station Master's House
(Permalink) Footbridge Kingussie Lifts Stationmaster's House  Kingussie: DRS liveried 66434, going south with a short container train, waits at Kingussie on 26 October 2009 for a northbound passenger train to clear the single line section from Dalwhinnie. Kingussie: The signal box and level crossing at the north end of Kingussie station on 16 June 2009. Kingussie High School stands in the background. |
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ScotRail is trialling a new plan to make Kilwinning's railway station more accessible - but MSP Katy Clark says the measures are inadequate.
The rail operator has put a four-week plan in place that will see the station's lifts left open for use in the evenings. This will mean the lifts will be available for use even if staff are not in attendance. However Ms Cark, who represents the West Scotland region for Labour, says that safe staffing levels must be reintroduced on a permanent basis to solve the stations accessibility issue. (Permalink) Accesibility Kilwinning Lifts ScotRail  Kilwinning: Kilwinning station, showing the new footbridge. It is seen from 380 011 calling with the ex-14.36 service from Ardrossan Harbour to Glasgow Central, on Thursday, 15th September 2022. This view is look ...  Kilwinning: An 'Access for All' display detailing the planned improvements at Kilwinning station in October 2018.
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Network Rail has installed new lift shafts as part of the new £15m East Linton station development.
(Permalink) East Linton Lifts  East Linton: Network Rail has installed new lift shafts as part of the new £15m East Linton station development. The work was carried out by contractor Bam Nuttall, across two nightshifts. Using a 500-tonne cra ... |
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The Scottish rail operator announced this morning that Glasgow Central will have no step-free access to Platforms 16 and 17 later this month.
(Permalink) Accessibility Glasgow Central Glasgow Central Low Level Lifts |
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