This page shows the ramps as they were in the 1950s, the steps installed by British Rail in the 1960s, and the campaign to get lifts installed using Access for All.
Access For All (AfA)
Title: Access for All (AfA)
Ramp access to southbound platform
Pre-1960: Note ramp access to southbound platform
Ramp access to northbound platform
Pre-1960: Note ramp access to northbound platform
Stairs providing platform access , featuring Esther McVey MP
Stairs providing platform access: a British Railways legacy from 1960
Access for all gathering
May 2016: Local residents and rail users demand access for all
October 2018: Pages from the GRIP 2 study that made the case for improved Access for All at the station. Sponsored by Cheshire East Council, Handforth Parish Council and Northern Rail.
November 2018: Roger Small (L) and Mike Bishop (R) drafting the application to AFA. Much of the manual work was done in Handforth Public Library, allowing multiple people to be consulted and work together in a suitable environment.
Andrew Jones MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport responsible for the railways - visits Handforth to mark the announcement of Access for All funding. Andrew Jones is flanked by John Smith (leader, Handforth Parish Council) and Esther McVey (local MP)
Andrew Jones MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport responsible for the railways - visits Handforth to mark the announcement of Access for All funding. Andrew Jones is flanked by John Smith (leader, Handforth Parish Council) and Esther McVey (local MP)
Front: two Shenton children, X, Barry Burkhill
Standing: Andrew Jones MP, Mike Bishop, Esther McVey MP, CEC councillor, Aled Brewerton, Becky Styles (Northern), Kim (Northern), X
Standing back: Ian Ball, Andrew Backhouse, GHD chap, Roger Small, X, Mike Thompson, Hugh Everett, GHD chap
Andrew Jones MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport responsible for the railways - at Handforth Station with some members of FoHS and GHD
L to R: Ian Ball, Roger Small, Hugh Everett (kneeling), Andrew Backhouse, Mike Bishop, Andrew Jones MP, Aled Brewerton, Mike Thompson, X, GHD chap, Barry Burkhill
Andrew Jones MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport responsible for the railways - at Handforth Station with Kim and a colleague from Northern Rail.
Andrew Jones MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport responsible for the railways - at Handforth Station with Andrew Backhouse (FoHS Chair, left) and Mike Bishop (FoHS President, right).
January 2021: Outline planning permission is granted for a station car park
February 2021: Network Rail surveyor at work on northbound platform
April 2021: Network Rail engineers drill boreholes adjacent to the northbound platform