New Cross Gate Station Enchancement Works

Excellent - thank you.

Changes its character quite a bit. Is this a reasonable loss? How comes the access to the platforms seems to be so far from the booking hall?

The station building as it is now will remain pretty much as it is and I think it will be much worse for congestion to be honest. The current doorway though to Platform 3/4 will be the only way to the platforms. You will walk through a short way, then there will be a footbridge over to Platform 5, which will be where the current structure, as it appears in the photos above, ends.

On Platform 5 it will stretch over all the way to the outside railing against the Sainsbury's road. The stairs down will then approach the platform at an angle. The location of the lift for Platform 5 will be outside of the current building footprint.

If you look at the photo below from the flickr set, on the right hand side you can see the space that is currently behind the building area and the road. Where the person with light coloured top and black bag is walking, the railing next to them is the angle at which the stairs will approach the platform.
www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/14225435441/in/set-72157644705359826


The walkway to Platform 1/2 will connect up just in front of the lift for Platform 1/2 and across to the enlarged footbridge area on Platform 3/4 as seen on above photos.

planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=_LEWIS_DCAPR_70187

When will the temporary footbridge be removed and what will replace the recently demolished sheltered area on Platform 5 where the stairs used to be?