TfW installs over 100 modern shelters across south east Wales
More than 100 platform shelters in south east Wales have either been replaced or refurbished as part of a £2 million, 18-month long Transport for Wales station project.
The work, which has predominantly covered the Core Valley Lines, was described as a “targeted improvement for customers”.
Several different designs of shelter have been installed including barrel roof, green roof and Voyager.
Work has taken place on more than 60 different stations from Barry Island in the south to Merthyr, Aberdare and Rhymney in the north.
Bikes
Some designs, including Penarth and Grangetown, saw combination shelters built with bike storage in the same design.
Project Manager Adam Zak said: “This has been a really comprehensive project looking at making targeted improvements for our customers.
“We know that having somewhere safe and suitable to shelter from the elements is so important for customers waiting for a train.
“At Grangetown for instance the old shelter was really just a roof and offered very little protection from the elements. The new one is a real step change for customers.
“The work really improves the look and feel of our stations so this work really fits in with our value of doing the right thing.
“I’d like to thank everyone who has been involved in the work to date and to hope it will really improve the overall customer experience for us.”
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Notice in the Penarth picture – no waiting room if it’s raining , so you share with a bike shed . Seating for 4 people all the rest is for bikes , they call this progress
It’s a double sided shelter, the waiting area is at the back of the picture facing the platform.
Perhaps the idiots in TfW who accepted this design should be made to stand in such a shelter for 4 hours in mid-winter on one of our more rural lines waiting for the next train?
Why can’t TfW just get on with what is supposed to be their core business: running trains and running them to time, instead of wasting money on yet another fanciful scheme? Perhaps it explains why English Labour can see what damage Welsh Labour has done to the concept of nationalisation and so are avoiding giving TfW more money?
But they haven’t built these on the Heart of Wales stations have they? They’ve built them on stations like Grangetown where trains are very frequent, so really don’t know what you’re complaining about.
Bus Stops!