Kings Lynn Station

[CockneySparrow]

Currently got the builders in doing work, three or four shipping containers in the car park

There is a notice in the station itself saying that upto date lighting is being installed, a lick of paint, also heritage seating and heritage signs are on the agenda

Maybe FCC have been forced to counter act the new ticket gates they installed in the listed building

 

[FenMan]

Maybe FCC have been forced to counter act the new ticket gates they installed in the listed building

Maybe the new ticket gates stopping the habitual local freeloaders have generated sufficient additional revenue to pay for the improvements?

On a Saturday morning trip to Lynn, just before the gates were installed, there was a revenue block in place. I reckon about 40 passengers ended up in the catchnet. Quite a few were furious that the side exit had been locked and bolted.

 

[High Dyke]

Local paper reported this.

KING’S LYNN: Heritage-style makeover begins at railway station
Published on 11/04/2013 10:30

Future rail travellers will get a glimpse of the past when they arrive in Lynn after First Capital Connect selected it as the first of its stations to get a heritage-style overhaul.

Work began today (Thursday, April 11) on a project that will see the station fitted with new signs in the style of 1950s British railway totems and painted in a Victorian colour scheme...

...“We’re also looking to the future with the installation of cutting edge LED based platform lighting. If it is successful, we would like to see it eventually rolled out across the network.”

Network Rail and First Capital Connect are jointly funding the makeover which will be preceded by the rewiring of the entire station. The project is due for completion in September.

Project manager Paul Meenan has worked closely with local community groups, including the Fen Line Users’ Association, to agree a colour scheme which dates back to the Victorian era when Lynn served as a terminus for the Great Eastern Railway.

The colour scheme of navy, cream and red reflects the livery of Great Eastern’s steam trains, while gold highlights will be used to indicate Lynn’s role as a royal station.

http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/lifestyle...-makeover-begins-at-railway-station-1-4986824

I suppose the suggested colour scheme will make a change from the corporate FCC colours.

 

[pmeenan]

I hope you will like it when u see it complete.