Published on: Monday, 10 August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Rail passengers using Shenfield railstation are to benefit from a better waiting environment thanks to animprovement scheme being carried out by Abellio Greater Anglia.
The work begins today, Monday 10th August, toupgrade the waiting room with DDA compliant push button automatic doors, atrain departure summary screen and energy-efficient heating, as well as newflooring and seating and redecoration in Abellio Greater Anglia colours. Itwill also offer passengers the opportunity to charge laptops and mobile phonesand work while they wait with a specially-made wall mounted work top with plugsockets and three bar stools.
The work is due to be completed later thissummer and the waiting room will be out of use until the work is complete.
Flavio Lopes, Area Customer ServiceManager, said, “This is an exciting project for the station which will delivera much-improved, more comfortable waiting environment for our passengers. Investing in upgrades to stations across thenetwork is extremely important to Abellio Greater Anglia, demonstrating ourcommitment to providing excellent facilities and service to our customers. Iwould like to thank customers for their patience while the work is beingcarried out and apologise for any inconvenience caused.”