Bowes and Bounds Connected
A Community Network for Bowes Park and Bounds Green
£80,000 to improve Bowes Park station
Following all the issues after the introduction of the May 2018 railway timetable GTR railway company has been made to set up a fund to improve stations affected: https://www.passengerbenefitfund.co.uk/the-fund/
This means that Bowes Park will get £80,000 to improve the station for passengers!
GTR have published a list of potential ideas: https://www.passengerbenefitfund.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/l..., including:
• Fit solar panels to the station
• Adding a 'living plant wall'/bee garden or other environmental options
• Improvements to the station toilets.
• Additional customer seating
• Additional waiting shelters
• Canopies over ticket vending machines
• Additional ticket vending machines
• Additional cycle parking facilities
• Increasing cycle security measures at stations
• Additional customer information screens
Works on stations are more expensive than you would expect, so helpfully they have given some approximate costs for a range of items:
https://www.passengerbenefitfund.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/L...
Apparently there is a 3 month window for local groups to suggest ideas.
More immediately, they have some outreach events, the closest one to us is at St Pancras on Monday 10 June. https://www.passengerbenefitfund.co.uk/getting-involved/
What to people think? What would the £80,000 best be spent on?
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Permalink Reply by Vivian Perkins on -
I also suggested access for the disabled and infirm. The new trains have disabled access but that is not much use if one cannot get onto the platform. I forgot to mention that there should be help for mothers with buggies. It is such a struggle for them also. As you say, £80,000 would be a big help towards a lift as long as it was not vandalised.
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Permalink Reply by Daniel Cowan on
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Some good news, after an understandable delay because of Covid, Great Northern have started to announce what the money will be spent on:
https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/about-us/our-commitments/improvin...
For Bowes Park, it looks like this will be:
- Customer Information Screen
- Landscaping
- Waiting Shelter
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Kitching on
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That's good news, I'd assumed this had passed Bowes by, thanks for posting.
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Permalink Reply by Liz Bell on
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Thanks for the update Daniel!
I think we should continue the conversation (and perhaps start a campaign) about accessibility, because it's currently non-existent. However, pretty much the entire line is inaccessible, so there is no point in just improving one station - you wouldn't be able to get out at the other end of your journey anyway. Does anyone know to whom we would be addressing these concerns?
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