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Station's £6.2m upgrade project now completed
Leatherhead and Dorking Advertiser
|May 08, 2025
TWO LIFTS AND NEW FOOTBRIDGE ADDED
A £6.2MILLION upgrade of Leatherhead station has been finished, making travel better for passengers.
Network Rail has installed two new lifts and a footbridge, making it easier for wheelchair users, those with limited mobility or travelling with heavy luggage, bicycles and pushchairs to use the station.
Leatherhead was already considered to be step-free, but to avoid stairs, passengers needed to deal with long, steep and difficult routes out of the station and under a railway bridge to switch between platforms.
Work on the new station footbridge and lifts, which are each big enough for 16 people, began in January 2024. It now provides step-free access to each platform.
This story is from the May 08, 2025 edition of Leatherhead and Dorking Advertiser.
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