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Monday 10 Jan 2005

£2.5 MILLION MAKEOVER FOR NOTTINGHAMSHIRE STATIONS

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Attenborough and Beeston stations are set to benefit from an investment of £2.5 million worth of essential platform improvement works. Network Rail is renewing platforms at both stations, raising and rebuilding platform walls, reducing the stepping distance between trains and platforms, as well as fitting new tactile strips near platform edges to help blind or partially sighted passengers. Attenborough station will receive £1.2 million of improvement works, starting on January 15 for eight weeks and re-opening on March 7. The station will be closed for the entire period of the works both weekends and weekdays, however with a replacement bus service operating from the station run by Central Trains. During the works the footbridge will also be closed but passengers will be able to use the nearby level crossing. Beeston station will receive £1.3 million of enhancement works starting on January 15 and running for a period of eight weeks. The station will only be closed on Saturdays and Sundays throughout and will remain open Monday to Friday, although passengers are advised to listen to train announcements. A replacement bus service will operate during station closures. Neil Henry, Network Rail’s East Midlands Area General Manager, commented: “ The station works are essential to our on-going improvement and maintenance programme. We have endeavoured to cause minimal disruption to time-tabled services by keeping Beeston Station open on weekdays, and have put in place comprehensive alternative travel arrangements where necessary”. Network Rail advise passengers wishing to use Attenborough station to contact National Rail enquiries on 08457 484950 prior to travel.