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Monday 21 May 2018

Information event - Mills Hill station £3.3m 'Access for All' upgrade

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| North West & Central

Residents in Middleton, Greater Manchester, are invited to a public event to hear about improvement work to provide an obstacle free and accessible route to platforms at Mills Hill station.

Network Rail is building a new ramp on the Manchester bound platform and a new lift and staircase on the Rochdale bound side. This will help customers with reduced mobility, families with prams and those carrying heavy luggage.

On Tuesday 29 May from 4pm to 7pm, Network Rail’s project team will host the event at Mills Hill Baptist Church, Middleton Road, Manchester to give lineside neighbours and passengers the latest information about the project.

The upgrade begins in September and completes in April 2019.  It has been funded by the Department of Transport’s ‘Access for All’ programme. It also forms part of the wider Great North Rail Project – a rail industry effort to deliver better stations, track and trains across the North by 2020.

There will be no disruption to train services while work takes place and access will be via a temporary bridge between the two platforms. Due to the limited space, site cabins will be located in the station car park. This means there will be no parking available throughout the duration of the work.

Anyone who is unable to attend can call Network Rail’s 24 hour national helpline on 03457 11 41 41 for more information.

The Great North Rail Project (GNRP) is a multi-billion-pound rail industry team effort to transform train travel for customers across the North. GNRP includes Northern, TransPennine Express, Rail North, Transport for the North, Network Rail, Department for Transport, Cabinet Office's Northern Powerhouse department and Rail Delivery Group.