page_title: Godalming railway station
section_title: 2016 accessibility project
hierarchical_section_title: Godalming railway station / 2016 accessibility project
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of the platform showing the entrance to old pedestrian subway, and (at the left) the site of a new pedestrian bridge under cionstructioin
context_page_description: Godalming railway station is a stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line, 34 miles 37 chains down the line from London Waterloo. The station, opened in 1859 to replace one on a different site, is situated at the edge of the town of Godalming, Surrey.
context_section_description: The pedestrian subway connecting the platforms is a narrow passageway with limited accessibility, typical of the era of the construction of the station.  It provided a challenging route for the disabled, as well as prams and passengers encumbered with luggage, potentially requiring a lengthy detour outside the station to access the London-bound platform.  As one of relatively few subways of the era still in use, it suffered from dampness and poor sight lines, and had become relatively dilapidated.
  In 2016 Godalming station was therefore allocated £3.1m of funding under the government 'Access for All' funding programme to replace the subway with a fully enclosed footbridge, equipped with two 16-person lifts to enable step free access between platforms.  Other works funded under the programme include replacement and extension of the cycle shelters, platform canopy extensions to provide a weather protected route between the new footbridge structure and existing canopies, and resurfacing of the platforms to provide tactile paving and improve the stepping distance between platform and train.
caption: The down (southbound) platform during upgrade works, with the subway entrance visible
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