IT is hoped a £750,000 footbridge will further boost a 90 per cent increase in rail passengers at a refurbished station.
The structure will complete Thornaby's redevelopment by replacing the existing 125-year-old footbridge, which is in poor condition and totally inaccessible to wheelchair users.
Stockton Borough Council has been successful in securing funding and the bridge will feature access ramps on all three approaches, together with security cameras and improved lighting.
The news follows major improvements to the station in 2002. A staffed ticket office, waiting room, car park, improved lighting and real-time passenger information displays have increased passenger numbers by 90 per cent in four years.
A £250,000 grant from the Department for Transport's Access for All programme is the final piece in the funding jigsaw, complementing funding of more than £400,000 already secured from Network Rail and a contribution of £100,000 from the boroug council.
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