Thatcham station - some work imminent (red/yellow lines on platform)

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[Red Squirrel]

In which case, yes, a ramp or lifts is a requirement. The former is cheaper. Lifts have to be monitored....are staff present all day?

There's no requirement to provide a ramp/lifts when a footbridge is being replaced, only if it is a new facility.

I think you're wrong....any new build needs to reflect HSE^▸ (Health and Safety Executive) regulations. If they simply renovated, I agree with you, but new build needs to reflect current regulations.

Stapleton Road footbridge was rebuilt to accommodate the wires last year, without ramps or lifts.

[ChrisB]

totally, from the ground up? On railway property?

[Network SouthEast]

I've never heard of a lift having to be monitored on site apart from ChrisB's posts here. There are many examples of lifts that are active without anyone on site - monitoring can be done remotely. FGW^▸ (First Great Western) may decide they like to only keep lifts operational when stations are staffed, but that is their prerogative.

[ChrisB]

Indeed, they can be actively monitored by CCTV^▸ (Closed Circuit Tele Vision) - but escape/release of pax  if the lift fails has to be achieved quickly.

[IndustryInsider]

totally, from the ground up? On railway property?

Tilehurst certainly was.

[ChrisB]

hmm, I'm only repeating what TOCs^▸ (Train Operating Company) and Network Rail have both said to me in the past. Interesting.

[Network SouthEast]

Indeed, they can be actively monitored by CCTV^▸ (Closed Circuit Tele Vision) - but escape/release of pax  if the lift fails has to be achieved quickly.

FGW^▸ (First Great Western) station staff are not trained lift engineers. The response time for failures is the same whether they are there or not.

The telemetry of a lift can be monitored off-site, not just CCTV. It happens in numerous apartment blocks, car parks, bridges and even... railway stations elsewhere in the country.

[IndustryInsider]

Work will start in earnest at Goring & Streatley soon and it looks like that's going the same way - despite MP^▸ (Member of Parliament) intervention:  http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=38091

[ChrisB]

It seems that Grandfather rights can be used to replace a footbridge, but new additional ones definitely need ramps or lifts.

[IndustryInsider]

Yes, that's right.  Similar restrictions apply at Reading where the new platforms 12/13/14/15 need escape stairwells at the ends of them, whereas the existing rebuilt platforms do not.

[Red Squirrel]

totally, from the ground up? On railway property?

Indeedy.

[BerkshireBugsy]

Yes, that's right.  Similar restrictions apply at Reading where the new platforms 12/13/14/15 need escape stairwells at the ends of them, whereas the existing rebuilt platforms do not.

I may be wrong but I thought P4/p5/p6 had  escape stairwells - but I don't believe p1/2/3&7 do

[Thatcham Crossing]

Just came across this http://www.networkrail.co.uk/great-western-route-modernisation/west-berkshire/ which says it is a new footbridge and construction due to start in late October.

[BerkshireBugsy]

Just came across this http://www.networkrail.co.uk/great-western-route-modernisation/west-berkshire/ which says it is a new footbridge and construction due to start in late October.

Thanks TC^‡(resolve) - I note the statement that says "some car parking spaces will be out of use whilst the work is in progress" (or something like that).

That will be the "free" ones parallel to the platform then

[paul7575]

I may be wrong but I thought P4/p5/p6 had  escape stairwells - but I don't believe p1/2/3&7 do

P6 was a brand new platform so definitely needed an escape route.   P4 and P5 effectively changed from 8 car to 12 car, that probably justified an escape route anyway, it was shown in the original planning application, but during the project a decision was taken to rebuild most of the existing platforms anyway.

P1-3, 7 and 8/9 are considered to be resurfacing on the existing footprint, but there's very little of P10/11 that's original.

Paul