People in the neighbourhood of Station Drive and councillors have received an update on the work to install a lift on Platform 1 at the railway station. Network Rail now hope to complete the work by the summer, pushed back from the previous estimate of completion by March. Station Drive will be closed overnight on […]
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Work at Ludlow Station and lane closure on Station Drive begin Sunday
Work at the train station to install a lift will begin on Sunday 15 October. The lift will give access to the footbridge from Platform 1. A new power supply to the platforms, lighting and CCTV will also be installed along with emergency stairs and refuges. The work is due to last until next spring […]
What the cancellation of HS2 north of Birmingham means for Shropshire
There was welcome news in Rishi Sunak’s announcements last week. There are many questions too. The welcome news from his announcement is that the £35bn that will be saved from axing HS2 north of Birmingham will not go into tax reductions or paying off some of the public debt but will be distributed around the […]
Train station lift, Station Drive delays for 9 months – drop in session Thursday 31 August – line closure
The long awaited project to install a lift on Platform 1 of Ludlow rail station will commence in October. During the works, Station Drive outside the station will be restricted to one lane with contra flow traffic for nine months from October to May. Network Rail is holding a drop in session to explain its […]
Lift at Ludlow Station to be installed by March 2024
Ludlow councillors and Philip Dunne have been working towards getting a lift installed at Ludlow Station for several years. The lift was approved under the Access for All Scheme in April 2019. Since then, it has gone rather quiet. Earlier this week I asked Network Rail what the current situation is. The response is: “The […]