Welcome victory on Crystal Palace station lifts!

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Labour London Assembly transport spokesperson Valerie Shawcross is celebrating with local people and disability charity Transport for All after funding was finally confirmed today to enable new lifts and refurbished ticket hall at Crystal Palace station to go ahead.

Val who received a petition bearing over 600 signatures calling for the works from local MP Jim Dowd earlier this year said �This very welcome announcement is long awaited. Crystal Palace station is arguably the most inaccessible on the network currently, and a huge number of local people want to see these works take place. I am delighted and also want to thank all those residents who took the time to collect signatures for the petition I was given to present to the London Assembly in the summer�. 

 

The works will include new lifts at the station and the reopening and refurbishment of the original Victorian ticket hall. 

 

Val said �I�ve heard from many local people that the access issues put them off using Crystal Palace station at all which is a great shame. I hope that better access and an easier journey for anyone with a mobility difficulty, child in a pushchair or just heavy luggage, will encourage more people to use this beautiful station and visit this great area with all the amenities it has to offer � including of course, Crystal Palace park and the National Sports Centre � particularly pertinent as we approach the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games�.

          ENDS

 

Notes: 

 

�         The Department for Transport announced the funding on 6^th December 2011.

 

�         Val presented the petition, collated by Jim Dowd MP, to the London Assembly at a plenary meeting on 20^th July 2011.