I previously posted about my correspondence
with TACTRAN, the regional transport partnership, regarding the height of the platform
at Broughty Ferry Station. TACTRAN, in pursuing the issue, had been informed by
Network Rail that the condition of the platform had been reviewed and that
there could be an opportunity to raise the platform should funding be available
within its current control period (CP4) and if the work couldn’t be funded
within CP4 then it would be undertaken in CP5, which starts in 2014/15.
In response to an enquiry from Broughty Ferry
Community Council, First Scotrail provided stepping-boxes at the station
towards the end of last year, but unfortunately these didn’t work too well as
sometimes the step boxes aligned with the train doors and sometime they
didn’t.
Network Rail’s current control period is due
to end soon so last week I contacted TACTRAN again to ask if platform works had
been included in Network Rail’s new control period. TACTRAN told me that it has asked for an
update on when the work is programmed and also about possible other low cost
solutions to deal with the height problem in the short term.
