The footbridge at Beckenham Junction has now been closed for repairs for a period of time, with signs indicating that it will be “closed from Feb until further notice”.
What they don’t state is that this is referring to Feb last year, so for well over a year now passengers arriving in the station car park by bus or tram who intend to travel in the down direction have had to leave the station entirely and cross via the pavement on the Southend Road/High St. road bridge.
This takes significantly longer than the footbridge used to, and effectively means if you’re in the ticket office as your train is pulling into the opposite platform, you have zero chance of catching it. Hardly ideal when combined with the off peak Victoria - Orpington service being stripped back to half hourly to please the DfT.
Any ideas why this is taking so long?
What they don’t state is that this is referring to Feb last year, so for well over a year now passengers arriving in the station car park by bus or tram who intend to travel in the down direction have had to leave the station entirely and cross via the pavement on the Southend Road/High St. road bridge.
This takes significantly longer than the footbridge used to, and effectively means if you’re in the ticket office as your train is pulling into the opposite platform, you have zero chance of catching it. Hardly ideal when combined with the off peak Victoria - Orpington service being stripped back to half hourly to please the DfT.
Any ideas why this is taking so long?
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