Blogs about: Platform Height
Featured Blog
Another station hump installed
The fibre-glass “hump” trialled on the low platforms at Harrington (Cumbria) last year is now being tested at a busier, suburban station in St Albans. This is thought to indicate Network Rail’s trial … more →
Friends of Walkden Station's Weblog
Another station hump installed
walkdenstation wrote 4 months ago: The fibre-glass “hump” trialled on the low platforms at Harrington (Cumbria) last year is now being … more →
"Mind That Gap" - the deadly risks of a wide platform gap
walkdenstation wrote 10 months ago: You may have seen the parents of Simon Slade interviewed on TV recently on the second anniversary of … more →
Disabled Access for Passengers at Walkden
— 2 comments
walkdenstation wrote 10 months ago: FOWS get a lot of enquiries about access to Walkden station for disabled or mobility impaired passen … more →
Technology trial offers hope for platform gap
— 2 comments
walkdenstation wrote 11 months ago: This week’s RAIL magazine reports that a new technology is being Harrington station in Cumbria … more →
FOWS keep up the good work ... now it's Network Rail's turn !
walkdenstation wrote 1 year ago: This morning FOWS volunteers have been tidying and weeding the station. Picking up the remains of ot … more →
Read Barbara Keeley's speech on Walkden and the TIF
walkdenstation wrote 1 year ago: The full text of Worsley MP Barbara Keeley’s recent speech, which opened the parliamentary debate on … more →
Office of Rail Regulation say Walkden platform gap only ‘medium risk’
walkdenstation wrote 1 year ago: For the past year FOWS have been campaigning for Network Rail to address the dangerously large gap b … more →
Platform Gap Fall at Greenfield
walkdenstation wrote 1 year ago: We were alarmed to see the story in yesterday’s Manchester Evening News about a passenger who … more →
FOWS escalate safety concerns over platform height
neil stapleton wrote 1 year ago: Users of Walkden station will undoubtedly have noticed the unusually high step from the platform int … more →
Does Walkden's low platform cause you a problem ?
neil stapleton wrote 2 years ago: Despite requests from both Northern Rail and GMPTE, Network Rail did not address the problem of the … more →
Engineering closure - still waiting for details
walkdenstation wrote 2 years ago: As advertised in the Booking Office the entire Atherton line will be closed from 25 August to 3 Sept … more →
