Tbf not all 'hostile vehicle mitigation barriers' are bollards but could be more jersey barrier style, and not all bollards will stop a vehicle ramming attack (such as the flexible type used to reduce severity of crashes). And vehicle ramming attacks are a definite threat, even if it's unlikely in Guildford specifically.
This old thread is your friend https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/sheffield-free-bridge-or-not-free-bridge.88396/
TY. I looked but couldn't find that!
Are there plans to incorporate one in the station rebuild itself? (rather than the adjacent "great wall" housing blocks)
Will there even be a station, ie platforms, rebuild? With no timetable expansion in the immediate future is it still needed?
The station rebuild is a very limited bit of the great wall, and AIUI there is no work to platforms/footbridge/subway (which is a shame as although I don't know about platform capacity the footbridge/subway get very crowded because Guildford is such a two way commuter station plus interchange).
It's perhaps more that if it is a remote possibility on Farnham Road bridge, is it also a remote possibility at the Guildford Park Road entrance to the station?
I am surprised the redevelopment work doesn't include a lift.
There is step-free access to all platforms via the subway, although of course only to & from the main entrance, not the back route.
I thought ramps didn't count as step free access as if you are in a wheelchair it would be hard to get up the ramp by yourself.
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The rules and regulations on ramps are a bit rubbish. I remember Geoff Marshall touring a newly step-free station with a friend of his who used a wheelchair - they couldn't get the gate open and get up the ramp by themselves, ultimately requiring assistance. But the ramp was built "within the rules".I thought ramps didn't count as step free access as if you are in a wheelchair it would be hard to get up the ramp by yourself.
I was wrong. Steep ramps still count as step free access. The notes do state it is via steep ramps.
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Perhaps they are still reviewing the outcomes. Whilst I appreciate they are a private company, it is the season of purdah so I don't know if they would want to delay anything until after the local elections.
There's quite widespread council elections across the country as well, so anything that could be seen as giving any political advantage anywhere in the country will be under purdah.
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Playing devil's advocate, perhaps they ran out of money. Of course they could have used the additional days the footbridge was closed, and no work was being done, to add an extra bollard, if there was a good reason for it to be there.
I was pondering these, and the new ones at Woking station, and wondering about the need, as there are rarely that many people stood around in the protected area.
How long was the entrance closed at Woking whilst they did the work?
Neither entrance at Woking has been closed at any time for this work.
They put up metal sheet hoardings leaving narrow corridors for passengers to go through, the route changing as the work was done.
Just walked through, I would say the the 'gap' is wide enough for a 7.5 tonne truck! - Can only guess that the 'gap' is to allow the removal/replacement of ticket machines?
I take it there was more space for them to do this than at Guildford where they had the close the entrance for 2 weeks?