South London’s Petts Wood station to get step-free access

A scheme costing nearly £11 million to make Petts Wood railway station fully accessible for the first time is about to get underway.
At the moment, the station splits the town in half, so the station has a public footbridge across the railway which also allows entry to the station from either side. However, both sides need stairs up to the footbridge, and naturally down to the two island platforms.
Aerial view of Petts Wood Station (c) Google
To enable step-free access, four lifts are bein