{"id":99266,"date":"2021-09-16T09:52:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T08:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=99266"},"modified":"2021-09-16T09:52:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T08:52:53","slug":"billingham-station-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/billingham-station-access\/99266\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a31m investment to improve Billingham station access"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/teesvalley-ca.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tees Valley<\/a> Mayor, Ben Houchen has signed off a much-needed \u00a31m investment to improve disability access at Billingham railway station<\/h2>\n<p>The scheme will see the existing pedestrian footbridge, which is approaching the end of its life, replaced by a new one served by lifts, making it step-free and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/improving-accessibility-pan-disability\/83539\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suitable for wheelchair users<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On top of this, a series of car park and access route improvements will take place to make the station even better to use for all passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Billingham is the only regularly served station in the North East with no access for passengers with mobility problems to any of its platforms.<\/p>\n<p>From the car park and drop off point, access onto platforms 1 and 2 is only available via a stepped footbridge.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a33.59m project will be delivered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkrail.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network Rail<\/a>, which is also contributing \u00a31.39m to the plans, with a further \u00a31m funding coming from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-transport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department for Transport<\/a>\u2019s Access For All fund and \u00a3200,000 from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockton.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Design work for the new access and facilities has been ongoing, ahead of work starting in March 2022 that is due to be complete by November.<\/p>\n<h3>Creating reliable and accessible transport links<\/h3>\n<p>Mayor Houchen, said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted we can move these plans a step closer to reality to make it easier for local people, especially those with mobility issues that find it difficult or impossible to use stairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe station is a vital lifeline for many people in the surrounding area, connecting them with Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and the wider North East but for too long has been inaccessible to many.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This funding will allow us to install new lifts and improve access points to make sure no one is being left behind and make the station a real option for people like wheelchair users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just the latest in a long list of station improvements right across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool that we\u2019re helping to drive forward. These include a \u00a322.5m investment in Middlesbrough station to get it ready for London services in just a few short months, to the complete transformation of Darlington station to give everyone here the fast, reliable and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/ramps-accessible-design\/91582\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> accessible transport<\/a> links they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matt Rice, route director for Network Rail\u2019s North and East route, added: \u201cI\u2019m really pleased this eagerly anticipated and much-needed project to improve accessibility at Billingham is now ready to be delivered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be contributing towards the funding of the footbridge alongside our partners in both central and local government and will continue to support the aspirations of Mayor Houchen and other railway stakeholders as we work together to keep improving the railway for existing and future passengers in the Tees Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen has signed off a much needed \u00a31m investment to improve disability access at Billingham railway station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[580,579,928],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-99266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-accessible-environments","8":"tag-infrastructure","9":"tag-rail-network"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a31m investment to improve Billingham station access<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen has signed off a much needed \u00a31m investment to improve disability access at Billingham railway station\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/billingham-station-access\/99266\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00a31m investment to improve Billingham station access\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen has signed off a much needed \u00a31m investment to improve disability access at Billingham railway station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/billingham-station-access\/99266\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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