northwichcat
Veteran Member
Immediately after the building collapse:
Almost finished:
While the reconstruction has been in place we had the consultation on the closure of ticket offices!
The local MP has moaned about a missed opportunity to improve accessibility and rightly so. The platform is very low with a 'Harrington hump' covering one set of doors. That arrangement might be fine for a rural village in Norfolk, but not for a town the size of Northwich.
It's also unclear what will happen to the part of the platform previously under the canopy. If they don't rebuild it or add any new shelter then you'd hope they've move the 2 car stop boards, so 2 car trains stop in line with the remaining canopy, rather than only the front door being under the canopy, which would lead to everyone boarding through the front door whenever it's raining.
I think they've done a good match between the window style on the old and new bits, but I'm not sure whether they got the closest available brick colour.
I'm also not sure about the TVMs being moved permanently to be almost half way down the Manchester platform. It would be best if they are near the bridge, so easy to access for passengers going in both directions can easily access them.
The latest update from Northern is the ticket office should reopen in July (already put back a couple of times).
Almost finished:
While the reconstruction has been in place we had the consultation on the closure of ticket offices!
The local MP has moaned about a missed opportunity to improve accessibility and rightly so. The platform is very low with a 'Harrington hump' covering one set of doors. That arrangement might be fine for a rural village in Norfolk, but not for a town the size of Northwich.
It's also unclear what will happen to the part of the platform previously under the canopy. If they don't rebuild it or add any new shelter then you'd hope they've move the 2 car stop boards, so 2 car trains stop in line with the remaining canopy, rather than only the front door being under the canopy, which would lead to everyone boarding through the front door whenever it's raining.
I think they've done a good match between the window style on the old and new bits, but I'm not sure whether they got the closest available brick colour.
I'm also not sure about the TVMs being moved permanently to be almost half way down the Manchester platform. It would be best if they are near the bridge, so easy to access for passengers going in both directions can easily access them.
The latest update from Northern is the ticket office should reopen in July (already put back a couple of times).
