Good progress being made on ramp at Dorchester West
Disabled rail users were having to travel to Weymouth and back to get to the northbound platform
Good progress is being made with a ramp to the Dorchester West rail station.
It will mean disabled users no longer having to travel to Weymouth and then back again to head north of the GWR line.
A new no-step access ramp is being created to take passengers to the northbound platform from a specially built layby in Williams Avenue, close to Dorset County Hospital.
Local councils and Network Rail have paid into a fund of almost £300,000 to pay for the work – although it has been more than a decade since the idea was first suggested.
West Dorset MP, Chris Loder who has been lobbying for the work to start in recent years said:
“Finally seeing this work beginning is a huge relief. Disabled access to the northbound platform has been an issue for many years now. It’s disgraceful that disabled passengers are currently unable to access the platform .”
A Network Rail spokesman said they expected work on the ramp to be completed in July.