19 May 2010
Work started on the refurbishment of Harlow Town Station on 4th May and will complete by the end of July to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the station in 1960. This project has been developed by National Express East Anglia and Harlow Renaissance to provide a significant improvement to the facilities of the station and to improve its overall image. The works comprise:
- Opening out the area on the footbridge to provide unobstructed public access to the lifts. For the first time, customers in wheelchairs or with any kind of mobility difficulty will be able to operate the lifts themselves.
- Demolishing the existing staff office accommodation and waiting room to create an open-plan "concourse-style" waiting area on the footbridge which will have a refurbished ceiling with new lighting, new flooring, redecoration and CCTV. The waiting area will have new seating, heating, information screens and toilets.
- Providing unassisted access to the lift from the booking hall and refurbishing the ground floor lift lobby area.
- Refurbishing the booking hall by refurbishing the ceiling to match the footbridge new floor covering and lighting.
- Redecoration throughout the station and repainting of the front fascia panels.
- Reconfiguration of the grass verge to left hand side of the existing disability access parking adjacent to the station building to provide more parking spaces.
- Redecoration of platform lighting columns, canopy columns and street furniture.
Funding for the work has been secured from the Department for Transport and Essex County Council.