North Herts MS Society - Passenger Lifts at Letchworth Garden City Train Station

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1. 151
   Name: Mike Taylor on Feb 23, 2013

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2. 152
   Name: Muriel Shelton on Feb 23, 2013

   Comments: I wish to support my M.P. Oliver Heald for North East Hertfordshire regarding the petition for lifts at Letchworth Garden City Station.

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3. 153
   Name: Maggie Wisby on Feb 23, 2013

   Comments: A lift at this station would be very useful.

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4. 154
   Name: Anonymous on Feb 23, 2013

   Comments: Long overdue and would be of great assistance especially to disabled and elderly travellers.

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5. 155
   Name: Karen Hanford on Feb 23, 2013

   Comments: isn't this essential?

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6. 156
   Name: Trevor Tolliday on Feb 23, 2013

   Comments: As a supporter of HMSTC, I think lifts should go ahead at the earliest possible time

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7. 157
   Name: Carolyn Bond on Feb 23, 2013

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8. 158
   Name: Jan Grant on Feb 24, 2013

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9. 159
   Name: Anonymous on Feb 24, 2013

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10. 160
    Name: Angie Garling on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: Imperative hat this lift is installed

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11. 161
    Name: Bev Billington on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: Every station should have lift or flat surface so that any person can access, especially disabled/wheelchair users

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12. 162
    Name: Oliver Christopherson on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: My family are visually impaired and our daughter is confined to a wheelchair. We could easily reach Letchworth if it has step-free access to the station. It's ironic that Stevenage (our station) is getting new lifts when it's already accessible, whereas Letchworth which once had lifts has lost them.

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13. 163
    Name: Sue Hawkins on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: Please install lifts. It would make a huge difference to older folk, mothers with buggies and disabled travellers.

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14. 164
    Name: Mrs. Jane DEAZLEY on Feb 24, 2013

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15. 165
    Name: Philip Davies on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: I often travel by train from Luton Parkway to London St.Pancras. For a Disabled traveller independent travel is impossible without a lift. I support better access to trains.

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16. 166
    Name: Kevin Macan-Lind on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: Much needed. Thoroughly support.

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17. 167
    Name: Linda Macan-Lind on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: Why wasn't this done years ago?!

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18. 168
    Name: Angela Stroud on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: Although I live in south Herts, I travel to Letchworth Garden City for weekly physiotherapy at the Herfordshire MS Therapy Centre. When it is more convenient for me, I use tthe train from Hertford to LGC. The provision of a lift at LGC station would be an added improvement, and when my MS progresses, this will ensure that I can carry on attending the HMSTC - the lack of a lift will in due course adversely affect me.

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19. 169
    Name: Chris Jones on Feb 24, 2013

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20. 170
    Name: Richard McDowell on Feb 24, 2013

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21. 171
    Name: Karl Martin on Feb 24, 2013

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22. 172
    Name: Mr Geoffrey Coan on Feb 24, 2013

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23. 173
    Name: Paul Freeman on Feb 24, 2013

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24. 174
    Name: Paul Freeman on Feb 24, 2013

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25. 175
    Name: Janet Leadley on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: My husband has MS and Letchworth station is a nightmare to navigate without a lift.

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26. 176
    Name: Maurice Bickerstaff on Feb 24, 2013

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27. 177
    Name: Anna Maria Raleigh on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: How have they managed without a lift? I thought a lift was a necessity now.

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28. 178
    Name: Megan Kirbyshire on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: Pretty poor that it doesn't already have one!!

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29. 179
    Name: Lucy Kelly on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: For years as a commuter I watched people with disabilities struggle down the stairs at Letchworth station. Lifts should be installed ASAP.

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30. 180
    Name: Lucy Kelly on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: For years as a commuter I watched people with disabilities struggle down the stairs at Letchworth station. Lifts should be installed ASAP.

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31. 181
    Name: Janet Turner on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: Necessary equipment required. Support M S therapy centre

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32. 182
    Name: Rod Maughan on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: This is long, long overdue

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33. 183
    Name: Emma Baber on Feb 24, 2013

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34. 184
    Name: Hollie Saunders on Feb 24, 2013

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35. 185
    Name: Lisa Pirie on Feb 24, 2013

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36. 186
    Name: Julie Baugh on Feb 24, 2013

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37. 187
    Name: Claire Milburn on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: It's ridiculous in this day and age that there are still no lifts in places like LGC station. I hope Network rail get on with this, there isn't any reason to defer if funding has been secured!!

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38. 188
    Name: Jackie McDowell on Feb 24, 2013

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39. 189
    Name: Wendy Fields Abondolo on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: I've written many letters over the past 20 years to the train companies and station owners trying to get a lift or ramp at this station, all to no avail. I am thrilled to see a public official taking a stand on this.

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40. 190
    Name: Kate Thomsett on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: Oh my goodness, this is surely a no brainer. Why this hasn't been done decades ago I'll never know. Please stop excluding swathes of society from accessing basic transport facilities in our town! This is not going to cost that much and is utterly essential. Thank you for setting up this petition. x

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41. 191
    Name: Bridget Poulter on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: My sister has MS as did my grandmother, so I know how the condition affects mobility. Not being able to get to places which should be accessible like public transport IS discrimination. I love LGC and as a town that was so forward-thinking at its inception, it seems unthinkable that it is so backward now in looking after the concerns of all its citizens and visitors.

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42. 192
    Name: Colin Thompson on Feb 24, 2013

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43. 193
    Name: Anonymous on Feb 24, 2013

    Comments: I live in Letchworth & use a wheelchair. Travelling by train is at present very difficult. The nearest station with step free access to the platform is Stevenage. To use the train at the moment I need to phone disabled assistance at least 24 hours before I want to travel & specify the exact trains I want to use. They then arrange for a wheelchair friendly taxi to take me from Letchworth to Stevenage Station & I transfer to a train there. My return journey is the same process in reverse. This makes using the train very difficult and time consuming. Stevenage station want me to arrive by taxi no later than 30 minutes before my train is due. This is to make sure they have staff available to operate the lifts as they are not automatic. The taxi companies say to allow 45 minutes to get from Letchworth to Stevenage station. I am also supposed to be at Letchworth 15 minutes before the time my taxi is booked for. The journey from Letchworth to Kings Cross by train only takes 35 minutes but I have to add another 90 minutes for the taxi service from Letchworth to Stevenage. I use the trains mostly for leisure trips to London. It is easy to specify a train for the journey into London but the return is much more difficult. If the return train is delayed or cancelled the taxi has to be rearranged at short notice, which is not always possible & leaves me stranded at Stevenage. If the show I have gone to see runs late & I miss my designated train then it is not possible to rearrange the taxi transfer. I would also like the flexibility to decide on the day when to return home from London. The result of all this is that I hardly ever use the trains or go into London. If I do go to London I usually have to drive to my destination or most of the way, find parking then get a wheelchair friendly bus or tube service. It depends on where & when I am travelling which option I use. If I am travelling north I just drive. In theory I could drive to Stevenage & get a train from there but there is not enough parking available at the station to do this. I tend to travel off peak & the car park is full with commuters cars. Putting lifts in at Letchworth would solve my problems but not everyone's, due to the hours the station is staffed. At stevenage, the platform staff provide a ramp so that I can get my wheelchair on and off the train. Letchworth is not staffed into the evenings so no ramp would be available. Fortunately I can walk short distances & transfer out of my chair. If there is no ramp available I would therefore be able to get on & off the train; providing the lifts from platforms to street level were still available when the station is not staffed. I know that the lack of a ramp is not an issue for many of my disabled friends. The reason they can't use Letchworth Station purely because there are too many steep steps to get to & from the platforms. Fitting lifts would therefore make Letchworth station accessible to most people.

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44. 194
    Name: Anonymous on Feb 24, 2013

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45. 195
    Name: Mr A Wilding on Feb 25, 2013

    Comments: My son who lives in Letchworth is disabled and requires a wheel chair. He is unabled to use his local station and has to goto Hitchen or Stevenage.

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46. 196
    Name: Daniel Abondolo on Feb 25, 2013

    Comments: Improvement to access has been postponed for at least twenty years.

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47. 197
    Name: Rachel Canning on Feb 25, 2013

    Comments: As a Physiotherapist working with disability I would deem this essential!

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48. 198
    Name: Jen Robson on Feb 25, 2013

    Comments: hope you succeed!

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49. 199
    Name: Suki Goodier on Feb 25, 2013

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    Name: Mrs Gillian Lucas on Feb 25, 2013

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