The Department for Transport鈥檚 Access for All (AfA) programme has released the necessary funds for a new footbridge spanning across all six platforms at Hither Green with four new 16-person lifts and staircases to each platform.
The new bridge will directly connect to two new accessible station entrances either side of the railway, on Fernbrook Road and Springbank Road.
This upgrade is being delivered by the South East Alliance (comprising of Southeastern and Network Rail Kent Route), Network Rail and main contractor Bam Nuttall. Construction has already begun, installing metal sheet piles into the embankment either side of the railway to support the new footbridge and lifts structure, with the project expected to be completed in autumn 2027.
Hither Green will be latest station in Kent to benefit from accessibility upgrades as part of the Department for Transport鈥檚 (DfT) AfA scheme, following Canterbury East (Aug 2021), St Mary Cray (Jan 2022), Chatham (Nov 2022), Petts Wood (Dec 2023), Bexley (Apr 2024) and Plumstead (Nov 2024), with Herne Bay and Shortlands schemes also set for completion this spring.
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