07.06.13
Access for All designs drawn up
Bingley station in West Yorkshire and MetroCentre in Tyne and Wear are to benefit from upgrades as part of Network Rail’s Access for All programme.
Mott MacDonald is providing design services to BAM Nuttall for the projects. Bingley will see an extension to the existing footbridge, a new staircase and landing area. Metro will see civil, geotechnical, electrical, signalling, telecommunications and environmental engineering designs.
New 16-person lifts will be installed at both stations.
Stephen Leonard, Mott MacDonald’s project director, said: “Both these projects provide various challenges. At Bingley we have had to stage the structural works to allow the footbridge to remain open at all times.
“Meanwhile MetroCentre station’s interface with the shopping centre and footbridge has led to challenges with respect to funding, differing objectives and design changes due to the different owners of the station and shopping centre.
“We have delivered a number of other AfA schemes with BAM Nuttall, at stations including Elstree and Borehamwood.”
The Bingley and MetroCentre station upgrades are due to be completed by the second quarter of 2014.
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