MP Tracey Crouch joined friends from the community and the railway to celebrate the official opening of Chatham station’s GBP 5.8 million lifts and footbridge, providing step-free access between the station entrance, ticket office and platforms. Alongside the lift installation, funded by the Department for Transport, tactile paving on both platforms has been installed along the edge of the platforms at Chatham station to improve accessibility for people with a visual impairment. Built by BAM Nuttall, construction of the lifts and the footbridge was notable for its use of low-carbon cement-free concrete.The 300 cubic-metre continuous pour was the first use of the product, Cemfree, on UK rail network. Production of Cemfree reduces carbon emissions by up to 80% in comparison to traditional cement-based concrete, and its use in Chatham saved approximately 62 tonnes of carbon from entering the atmosphere – the equivalent of 230,000 miles in an average-sized diesel car.To improve passenger safety, new CCTV cameras and a PA system have also been installed which aim to keep passengers safe when using the station.
MP Tracey Crouch joined friends from the community and the railway to celebrate the official opening of Chatham station’s GBP 5.8 million lifts and footbridge, providing step-free access between the station entrance, ticket office and platforms. Alongside the lift installation, funded by the Department for Transport, tactile paving on both platforms has been installed along the edge of the platforms at Chatham station to improve accessibility for people with a visual impairment. Built by BAM Nuttall, construction of the lifts and the footbridge was notable for its use of low-carbon cement-free concrete.The 300 cubic-metre continuous pour was the first use of the product, Cemfree, on UK rail network. Production of Cemfree reduces carbon emissions by up to 80% in comparison to traditional cement-based concrete, and its use in Chatham saved approximately 62 tonnes of carbon from entering the atmosphere – the equivalent of 230,000 miles in an average-sized diesel car.To improve passenger safety, new CCTV cameras and a PA system have also been installed which aim to keep passengers safe when using the station.
