Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Govia Thameslink Seeking Input on Spending its £15 million Fine
Following the disruption faced by passengers by the introduction of the new timetable in Summer 2018, the Secretary of State for Transport announced that Govia Thameslink would contribute £15m towards a passenger benefit fund to be used to provide 'tangible improvements for passengers'.
The Secretary of State appointed three MPs to oversee the programme. Those MPs recommended that decisions on how the fund is spent should be made at a local a level as possible. Consequently, a given amount has been allocated to each station depending on how badly the station was affected.
As a result, hey are now working with passenger groups, councils, MPs, local stakeholder and passengers to determine what passenger benefit schemes their fine will fund.
Hornsey and Harringay are both classified as Tier 1 stations (those worst affected) and so each are due to receive £80,000.
They have provided a list of possible passenger benefit schemes. They underline that these schemes are suggestions only.
- Fit solar panels to the station
- Adding a 'living plant wall'/bee garden or other environmental options
- Improvements to the station toilets. Additional customer seating
- Additional waiting shelters
- Canopies over ticket vending machines
- Additional ticket vending machines
- Additional cycle parking facilities
- Increasing cycle security measures at stations
- Additional customer information screens
Ideas can be contributed ideas at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PassengerBenefitFund
There is a submissions closing date of 31 July.
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Permalink Reply by Dave W on
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I don’t disagree - but as a comparison, Edmonton Green’s upgrade cost £2 million and that’s got less lifts than Hornsey would need. It’d also probably need a new bridge structure to go with the lift shafts, across the many tracks of the East Coast, all of which are electrified with complex track work, all of which would need to remain open during the work.
I reckon that £2m becomes £10m. And maybe more, and that’s before working out exactly where they’d go - the platforms at Hornsey are hemmed in by running lines on both sides, as they are at Harringay.
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@ Dave W re work on the station - probably this, commenting on a photo of the old Harringay station building:
The decaying bridge section level with the current shack, with the 'don't gather here' red hatching, is being reinforced. Chatting with one of the engineers about how the work was being done above electrified wires, he dropped into the conversation that during the Christmas & Boxing Day closure there are plans to crane in a replacement for said shack, though he did add the rider "But don't hold me to that".
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Just because it's expensive, it shouldn't stop us for asking.
We should try and get a new/redesigned bridge with some form of basic disabled/buggy access at Haringey also.
And some form of modification of Harringay and Hornsey stations so we can get the trains that bypass them currently, to stop at these stations.
We should ask and see. Worst they can say is no.
Also see this post to also campaign for a better bridge for Harringay station. It would be a good cycle crossing point to get from Wood Green to Finsbury Park if they can get it sorted.
https://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/haringey-announce-14-m...
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