Greater Anglia says it has has invested more than £1 million upgrading waiting shelters, toilets and benches at stations across East Anglia.
Nine new waiting shelters have been installed, eight of which replace old ones at Braintree Freeport, Brandon, Great Chesterford, Hatfield Peverel, Harlow Mill and Wrabness, and at Alresford an additional new shelter has been installed.
Toilet facilities have been refurbished at Audley End, Chelmsford, Cheshunt, Hockley, Manningtree, Marks Tey, Shenfield and Thorpe Le Soken.
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Improvements include new tiling, hand dryers and decoration. Some station facilities got new sinks and worktops.
More than 450 platform benches have also been improved, and some old style metal benches have been replaced with more comfortable and aesthetically pleasing timber alternatives.
These new benches – which would be the equivalent of a kilometre long if placed end to end – go alongside or replace older benches at 76 stations, across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
Greater Anglia’s Director of Asset Management, Simone Bailey, said: “These upgrades provide a better station environment and improved comfort for passengers, as we welcome people back to the railway.
“It’s part of an ongoing programme of station upgrade projects which has also included car park re-lining and wider station presentation standards across our network to ensure our facilities are in excellent condition for our customers.”
