- All borough pupils get schools places
- Final phase of Richmond town centre improvements to begin
- Have a summer clearout and recycle in Richmond
- Get on your bike, get safe, go!
- Local champion takes first official role on Dignity in Care panel
- Art lovers unite for gallery’s big Four-O
- Have your say on youth services
- Council’s disappointment at High Court decision
- Council congratulates schools for GCSE results
- Celebrate a spectacular sporting summer with music marathon
- World Music on the Riverside
- Architectural extravaganza opens borough’s buildings for all
- Helping hand for young people
- Don’t lose your right to vote
- Blue Badge fraudsters caught red handed
- Community Trigger trial launched in Richmond
- Thank you to residents for having their say
- Council announces new waste charges plans
- Residents’ last chance to have their say on the future of Twickenham
- Richmond announces new Champion for Older Residents
- New phone app to make residents breathe a sigh of relief
- Bank Holiday recycling and waste collection days one day later
- Last Night of the Proms with the Mayor
- Council succeeds in prosecuting rogue waste collector
- New services for residents to renew their annual household registration
- Save the date - Full of Life Fair date announced
- Cue the lights, camera and action in Mortlake!
- Appeal for groups to fund raise through Re-ward Club
- Richmond’s Youth Council puts health first
- Jubilee tea party with the Mayor
- Music upon Thames
- Vintage entertainment brings Jubilee Gardens to life
- Richmond shines with community spirit
- Twickenham traders win Diamond Jubilee Shopping Parade competition
- Borough parks to benefit from an extra funding boost
- Richmond station improvement works complete
- Richmond goes greener with RE:FIT
- Thank you to local Olympic volunteers
- Thinking of residential care - helpful online guide helps gauge costs
- Two local schools take up Academy status
- Council staff strive to deliver Olympic events
- Public given access into how Council spends their money
Release Date: 03/08/2012
Richmond station improvement works complete
Rail passengers using Richmond station are finally seeing the benefits of a £400,000 major improvement project.
Richmond Council invested £75,000 into the 3-month project which went towards improving accessibility for passengers, refurbishment of the corridors and internal footbridge and the installation of CCTV cameras in the lifts. The project, which was also funded by the Department for Transport, has been completed in time for the large numbers visiting the borough for the several Olympic events taking place here.
A bicycle hire and maintenance shop has also been built following the success of the Richmond cycle hire scheme which was launched in 2011. The Richmond Cycle Centre is adjacent to platform two and offers a dedicated bicycle facility, providing bicycles for hire, a valet service, maintenance and storage.
Cllr Virginia Morris, Strategic Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “The improvement programme has been a great success and has not only improved the station’s appearance but made it one of the safest and most accessible for disabled passengers. We were delighted that these works have been completed in time for the higher influx of passengers visiting the borough for the Olympics.
“The station’s new cycle hire shop also builds on our very successful cycle hire scheme and we’re also adding a secure cycle stand for 20 bicycles later this year to make it easier for cyclists to use their bikes in the borough.”
The project was overseen by South West Trains, with funding from Richmond Council and the Department for Transport as part of the Access for All scheme which aims to improve accessibility for disabled passengers using stations across the UK.
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