New waiting shelters to be installed at Lydney Railway Station

New waiting shelters are going to be installed at Lydney railway station as part of Transport for Wales’ on-going investment in station improvements.

Twenty five brand new waiting shelters are being installed across the Wales and Borders network.

The fully accessible shelters will replace a number of old metal and brick ones across the network, with feedback from customers playing a key role in helping to guide TfW’s work in this area.

The first phases of the project have already been completed at Deganwy, Llanfairpwll, Penrhyndeudraeth, Rhosneigr, Penmaenmawr, Clunderwen and Johnston.

Work is due to start shortly at Milford Haven, Tondu and Whitland, Ruabon, Frodsham, Nantwich, Ty Croes, Leominster, Llandrindod and Lydney and is set to be completed by the spring.

The work has been carried out with support from Network Rail, who own the majority of stations on the Wales and Borders network.

TfW’s senior project manager Catherine Sweeney said: “We’re committed to improving the passenger experience for people right across the network and we know for many people that starts with the waiting shelter on the platform.

“We had a number of older shelters which had become damaged over time and were not accessible for people with reduced mobility and these were our priority to replace first.

“We work closely with our station adopters, community rail groups and other local stakeholders and we’ve been delighted to hear such positive feedback about the new shelters.”

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