As part of plans to improve the travel experience for its customers across the east and central midlands, EMR (East Midlands Railway) is part way through replacing existing waiting shelters at some of its regional stations.
The new shelters are more comfortable and offer better weather protection than their predecessors, with some shelters also fitted with ticket machines.
As part of a £600k programme, the new shelters are built from Accoya wood to a stainless steel Macemain shelter design.
They are environmentally friendly and 100% recyclable, with some having built-in water harvesting systems, which aid local station adopters groups with collecting rainwater for storage to use on station floral displays during dryer weather.
The shelters are part of EMR’s Getting There Greener strategy, investing in and promoting sustainability. The stations at Fiskerton, Goxhill, Longton, Lowdham, Netherfield and Rolleston, situated across Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, and Lincolnshire, will soon have or have already acquired, one of these new shelters.
“I’m proud to see this project delivering real benefits for our customers and communities.
These new shelters improve comfort while supporting sustainability through eco-friendly materials and water harvesting. Thank you to MPH Construction, a great team effort with a lasting impact.”
Theresa Dutton, Infrastructure and Property Project Manager at East Midlands Railway
Responses
So we are celebrating that after 200 years we have gone from beautiful architecture, to bus shelters that in truth are just to protect the ticket kiosks rather than the passengers. It seems to me that travellers are not really the priority here.