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I completely agree, as does York Cycle Campaign as below:
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York station Lowther Terrace (Holgate) exit
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I think you will actually find that the blocking off of the platform at Grantham was a reaction from EMR I am lead to believe. Something to do with tipping out a 3 car train as a high speed train past through on platform 2.
I can't really go into more detail but it certainly wasn't.
Ok, well I know of EMR drivers who would refuse to take class 170 trains into that platform.
However this post is about York, and not about Grantham.
Egg Centric
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It's very kind of you to think that way but I doubt they give a stuff about doing the right thing!
I really wish that every road user, unless disabled or similar had to put a reasonable bit of time into getting a basic bit of proficiency in every form of road transport to gain a driving licence (and anyone without a driving licence shouldn't be designing infrastructure involving road vehicles in which I include cycles and pedestrians).
This is mostly about cyclists but also about motorbikes, vans, horses, pedestrians, and HGVs. All of these road users have different needs and you can't appreciate them until you've been one. Plus hopefully it would encourage more cycling - the amount of times I hear people afraid of cycling is crazy. But they're scared cause of stuff like this. And no cyclist would have permitted this to occur.
Indeed it is, I simply found it to be an interesting situation where two seemingly odd moves have been made on safety grounds in recent times by the same company, both of which seem to have caused some upset with little if any consultation or discussion.
I regularly work the trains you mention.
Class800
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Surely speed cameras at 5mph in the carpark (the usual carpark speed) would help the situation. And in a less serious note, surely every station should have an exit onto Station Road, where a road of this name is available
I would guess that the issue isn’t speeding but drivers coming out of parking spaces across cyclists?
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It can't be that, as the route was already through the car park.
There was a one way system for navigating that section of the car park, but when the new car exit was introduced, contradictory signage appeared, which naturally resulted in cars "going the wrong way", as well as some other drivers simply taking the shortest route to the exit.
Maybe, or there were a spate of accidents that brought the issue to attention. Of course they picked on the bikes rather than restrict The car park…..
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An update here.
Cllr Pete Kilbane, the deputy leader of City of York Council told me the Lowther Terrace gates will reopen at around 8pm on Friday April 19. However I understand there may be future closures in connection with the multi story car park construction. But for now LNER has back tracked.
Cllr Pete Kilbane, the deputy leader of City of York Council told me the Lowther Terrace gates will reopen at around 8pm on Friday April 19. However I understand there may be future closures in connection with the multi story car park construction. But for now LNER has back tracked.
YorkRailFan
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Key pathway and cycle route into York Station to re-open following outcry
A key pathway and cycle route in and out of York Station that was closed by LNER is to re-open following pressure from council chiefs.
Confirmed in a York Press article, delighted that Kilbrane and the wider Council have gotten LNER to reopen the Lowther Terrace entrance/exit during the closure of Queen Street.
D6700
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Great news - thank you for this positive update.
It's now official: LNER have been defeated. At least, on this issue (there are still plenty more battles to be had with them, but they are covered by other threads):
I have one more trip to endure the awful diversion, but at least it's to the station; when I return, the gate should be back open.
Late on an evening I have done the diversion, and it was a tedious way round, but the traffic was light, so tolerable. On one occasion it would have been busy; the idea of turning right from Queen Street at a busy time did not appeal, so I had to carry my bike up and down the steps and endure the unsafe road surface at Windmill Rise, rather than follow the Queen Street diversion.
My respect for David Horne has been diminishing in the past 4 years and in recent weeks has hit a new low; I do still admire his style of management, and he says a lot of good things, but some of the decisions taken by the company in the past 4 years have been absolutely shocking.
Does he realise the strength of feeling against LNER, not just on this, but on so many fronts, I wonder? Probably not, sadly.
LNER has a cultural problem, and that remains the case; they did not repeal this decision of their own accord. They had to be put under immense pressure and forced to relent. They should have listened to us earlier.
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Kallum Taylor said:
Andy D'Agorne said:
Dorinda said:
Graeme Osborn said:
Will LNER learn from this? Probably not, but I suppose we can hope...oliver birtill said:
I have one more trip to endure the awful diversion, but at least it's to the station; when I return, the gate should be back open.
Late on an evening I have done the diversion, and it was a tedious way round, but the traffic was light, so tolerable. On one occasion it would have been busy; the idea of turning right from Queen Street at a busy time did not appeal, so I had to carry my bike up and down the steps and endure the unsafe road surface at Windmill Rise, rather than follow the Queen Street diversion.
My respect for David Horne has been diminishing in the past 4 years and in recent weeks has hit a new low; I do still admire his style of management, and he says a lot of good things, but some of the decisions taken by the company in the past 4 years have been absolutely shocking.
Does he realise the strength of feeling against LNER, not just on this, but on so many fronts, I wonder? Probably not, sadly.
LNER has a cultural problem, and that remains the case; they did not repeal this decision of their own accord. They had to be put under immense pressure and forced to relent. They should have listened to us earlier.
Key pathway and cycle route into York Station to re-open following outcry
A key pathway and cycle route in and out of York Station that was closed by LNER is to re-open following pressure from council chiefs.
York cycle and footpath to reopen after pressure from the council
New arrangements are being put in place
yorkmix.com
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D6700
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Perhaps we could name this episode "Gategate"?!
I think there's a bigger risk of that type of incident at the exit next to platform 2 leading to Scarborough bridge.
More is being made of this than is accurate.
As far as I’m aware, the reopening is only during the Queen Street closure (so a couple of weekends, when the car park won’t be accessible). In which case no ”battle“ has been won, but in fact the cars deemed a danger won’t be able to access the route.
I may be completely wrong on this but everything I’ve heard points to this, however don’t be surprised if the gate is closed come Monday daytime
As far as I’m aware, the reopening is only during the Queen Street closure (so a couple of weekends, when the car park won’t be accessible). In which case no ”battle“ has been won, but in fact the cars deemed a danger won’t be able to access the route.
I may be completely wrong on this but everything I’ve heard points to this, however don’t be surprised if the gate is closed come Monday daytime
I’m of the impression that lots of cars (notably quite a lot of taxis) have been swinging round corners at a decent speed in the new one way system
YorkRailFan
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It's only logical that the Lowther Terrace entrance is opened during this Time like it will be this weekend.
Do you have an authoritiative source?
It seems difficult to get the information, and to make things worse, it's a deviation to go up to the gate only to find it's locked. There is no sign off Holgate Road indicating if it's open or not.
That is very worrying if true.
The bizarre thing is that the risk to pedestrians could never be eliminated by this closure, as people still need to get from their parked cars to the station somehow!
The people who came up with this are clearly lacking in intelligence, as well as having a warped sense of safety (in other words, purport to move a hazard away from railway property , yet in doing so, drastically reducing safety on someone eles's property).
Straight answer - no. However I have seen a sign somewhere (can’t remember where) simply calling it a diversionary route during the Queen St closure. As I’ve said, I may be wrong, but expect little good.
Presumably only the access to long stay is blocked, rather than work on the car park itself at this point. So this hopefully will be possible
That sign may have pre-dated the announcement; it was always the plan to have it open for the Queen St closure, because otherwise the alternative routes for some journeys would have been even longer.
In other news:
York motorists warned to leave cars at home this weekend or risk 'carmageddon'
'Carmageddon' warning for York if people drive into town this weekend
I can almost guarantee insufficient people will heed this and there will be gridlock in the area.
But the good news is that:
I do hope LNER act reasonably if anyone misses trains as a result of the works.
Hoping so
They will, like they do whenever there is an accident or major congestion near a station delaying people getting there, emails are sent to front like teams to use discretion.That sign may have pre-dated the announcement; it was always the plan to have it open for the Queen St closure, because otherwise the alternative routes for some journeys would have been even longer.
In other news:
York motorists warned to leave cars at home this weekend or risk 'carmageddon'
'Carmageddon' warning for York if people drive into town this weekend
I can almost guarantee insufficient people will heed this and there will be gridlock in the area.
But the good news is that:
I do hope LNER act reasonably if anyone misses trains as a result of the works.
Have i understood this correctly in that they actually plan to demolish the whole of Queen St. bridge on the second weekend?That sign may have pre-dated the announcement; it was always the plan to have it open for the Queen St closure, because otherwise the alternative routes for some journeys would have been even longer.
In other news:
York motorists warned to leave cars at home this weekend or risk 'carmageddon'
'Carmageddon' warning for York if people drive into town this weekend
I can almost guarantee insufficient people will heed this and there will be gridlock in the area.
But the good news is that:
I do hope LNER act reasonably if anyone misses trains as a result of the works.
Yes. This weekend is preparation for it.
After the second weekend there will be a diversion via a temporary road.
duffield
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So, I've looked at the linked article and I'm a little bit familiar with the area as a visitor, and it looks like a big improvement. But I don't really understand how, with the bridge gone, Queen Street is going to rise up on the approach to the junction with Micklegate. Won't it now be on the wrong level and need a very steep slope at this point?
The level should be the same or very similar at Micklegate and the station front, but at present there is a steep slope up & down to get over the redundant bridge.
If there is a difference in levels, it would be a gradual change in height going forward, rather than the steep up and down it is today.
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Looking at a topological map, there is roughly a 3 metre difference in the road level outside the station and at the junction with Blossom Street. My initial thoughts were also that the changes would result in a steep climb.
However, the old railway bridge does have a rise and fall prior to the climb up to the road junction. If you look at Google Street view, the slip road off Queen Street to the Railway Institute actually drops to the level of the station car park and station front - and the gradient is pretty shallow along the slip road.
duffield
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Thanks. The "down" bit of the the "up and down" wasn't obvious to me but I've found a side view of the bridge from Google Streetview and it all makes sense.
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I can confirm that the gate is open this morning.
A fenced off section of the car park has been created. Given that the car park is effectively closed this weekend, that would suggest the gate will remain open after the weekend, as initially reported.
A fenced off section of the car park has been created. Given that the car park is effectively closed this weekend, that would suggest the gate will remain open after the weekend, as initially reported.