19 May (Part 2) - Strangely exciting, and all over a train!
The
Crossrail excitement persuaded me to take
another look around Abbey Wood station with my camera.
It is a week since the 472 bus was diverted to Abbey Wood station providing the
first sight of a double decker in Wilton Road since the 180 was blocked by the closure of the railway level crossing.
Outside the station men were cleaning the four year old seats and inside there
are new display booards and direction signs. The mid-platform footbridge needs
only five minutes of work to get it opened and the escalator was working but
not yet accessible.
The western footbridge is still well and truly blocked off but trains were
arriving every five minutes
exactly as the timetable promises.
The station staff are expecting queues next Tuesday morning and for the first
time my disabled daughter will be able to visit me step free; but I won’t hold my breath!