Aye, that’s what I tried to link to earlier, but North Tyneside planning links go stale after a while, unlike those on Northumberland’s site. Anyone else wanting to see it will have to select it from the planning documents page. Unfortunately the pdf is too large for an attachment as well.
I’m not sure, but I doubt there’d be room for a slope that conformed to current rail standards. It’s a point that’s been raised recently in the context of new ECML stations in Scotland, Reston and East Linton.
But rules get updated don’t they...
And many of the stations in former PTE areas would absolutely not be allowed now... they aren't exactly shining examples of correct construction techniques. (That said, I've never used Cross Gates so can't comment on the slope there.)
Slightly off topic, but these are stations that people seem to use perfectly well. Doesn't that imply the problem is with the standards not the stations? This is a serious question. People on here do observe that rail tends to end up "gold plated".
Some people, even most, but not all. As it stands, new build must, by law, allow all to use it. If you think that standard should be relaxed to allow more affordable rail investment, it's your MP you need to speak to.
I think it's come up in the Reston Station thread (among others) that there's a maximum total rise a ramp can have from street to platform (and it's not very big).
Hadn't seen that but yes thats the details behind it.
Rail does end up gold plated and this is definitely a problem. However, my local station is Burley Park, consisting of two timber platforms with limited support (there's chicken wire at the front, I presume to stop rubbish getting underneath - it's not solid wood). This isn't gold-plating, it's poor construction.
Some of the qest yorkshire PTE stations will need full rebuilds at some stage as they were definitely cheap and cheerful. Burley Park is a good example, was my local for many years.
It's definitely cheerful - it's a great little station - but it couldn't be done today. Didn't one of the platforms at Shipley get built for £60k or something?
Problem is if Burley Park (and numerous other PTE stations) was built to today’s ‘standards’ funding may not have been available to build it in the first place.
Absolutely. I do not disagree with them being built the way they were. But things change and we wouldn't be able to do it now. Just commenting that because of that, many of them are not in great condition.
It's an interesting question, should we accept lower-standard stations upgrade to full standard later in order to get funding? But for a separate thread
www.theconstructionindex.co.uk
Does 40 m enough for six new stations? The recently opened two-platform station all exceed 10 million.Northumberland Line £40m stations contract out to tender
Northumberland County Council is advertising for a construction contractor to build six new railway stations.
"Northumberland Line £40m stations contract out to tender
17 Mar Northumberland County Council is advertising for a construction contractor to build six new railway stations."
Northumberland Line £40m stations contract out to tender
Northumberland County Council is advertising for a construction contractor to build six new railway stations.
"Northumberland Line £40m stations contract out to tender
17 Mar Northumberland County Council is advertising for a construction contractor to build six new railway stations."
That's equivalent to less than 2.4% a year, which suggests you were looking at general inflation. Construction industry inflation is always much higher, but I don't know a figure.
There’s also been “standards inflation” for new construction stations. Some of the 1990s new station quality was pretty hopeless.