The renovated and improved railway station includes an improved station entrance with a light and bright open-plan retail area, a refurbished ticket office, improved signage, a new information point, a refurbished concourse and overbridge along with renewed station platforms.
Making the station more accessible, attractive and welcoming, the improved station also includes the newly refurbished toilets, better seating arrangements, refurbished waiting rooms and improved customer information boards.
Resembling a contemporary station, the improvement also includes a new and improved passenger drop off and short stay car park as well as a new taxi rank. By retaining the heritage feel of the station, the new look ‘Porte Cochere’ has created a bright and welcoming new covered entrance.
The renovation and refurbishment work on the station started in October 2011. More than £6 million ($9.66 million) has been invested in the redevelopment and improvement project. The revamp was funded jointly by Network Rail, the Department for Transport’s National Stations Improvement Project (NSIP) and East Midlands Trains.
