Hither Green station upgrade makes progress
Hither Green station upgrade work is continuing with the installation of bridges and lift shafts as part of an Access for All scheme.
When complete the station will see two new entrances at Fernbrook Road and Springbank Road with the bridge spanning all six platforms.
Platform widening is also being undertaken on platforms 1 and 6. Four new lifts will accommodate 16 people each.
Two lines converge at the station. Those being the Sidcup line and Grove Park line. The station saw 2.9 million annual journeys according to the latest figures.
The project is costed at £28 million. This follows a separate £6 million project that completed in 2021 covering platforms, lighting and electrics.
Access is currently via a rather narrow underpass with ramps to platforms. The current bridge will be removed. It offers some decent views to Lewisham and its growing skyline.
Go back a decade or two and the former Citibank tower would be all that’s standing.
Work is expected to complete by autumn 2027 according to Network Rail. Fereday Pollard are behind the design.
I pass through Hither Green station and while the work is coming along, it does seem to be taking an awfully long time.
I believe it is going to finished 6 months early and under budget, according to a recent press release. If so that will prove we can do something… used to live in HG and it was an absolute nightmare with luggage or a buggy. Rickety, narrow stairs, often having to take 4 flights to get over to the other side. It will be a welcome improvement when completed.
This is an old post at this stage, but thought it worth mentioning that the new footbridge is due to open on the 2nd October (source: signs that appeared in the station the other day). The real-time departure boards seem to be working, the lifts seem ready to go, and the safety fencing is installed. They’ve actually done a good job I think, with information sharing and keeping ahead of schedule. The old bridge is set to be removed in October I think too. Big changes coming quickly!
That’s good, the old stairs and bridge always looked like something you wouldn’t want to negotiate in a high wind and suspiciously rusty with it.
It’s looking very nice. Good to see Hither Green station having a massive upgrade with new stairs, footbridge and lifts. And to make the station more easier to get from one platform to the other.
Hither Green railway station getting an upgrade with new footbridge, stairs and lifts. About time that it needs a new footbridge with lifts.
Need to sort out some other stations that GBR Southeastern manages. Including St. Johns station in the LB of Lewisham and to widen the island platform to make way for a new lift or to add ramps to access the platform.
@Train Enthusiast: St John’s station used to be my home station. While theoretically, there could be a lift on the platform, there is no way to put one at the other end.
I agree with you anonymous201486. But you’ll never know if St. Johns station could have a lift installed.
Northolt in Northwest London on the Central Line heading to and from West Ruislip now has a lift since it took ages to build a new lift. I wonder if more railway stations and tube stations across London that aren’t step-free access could be approved or upgraded to have lifts or ramps.