No ease of access: Birkbeck tram stop will be more difficult to reach for people with mobility issues

There will be no step-free access ramp available at Birkbeck tram stop for three months, beginning next Tuesday, July 29, Transport for London has announced.

Trams will be running “as normal”, TfL says (presumably apart from all those “essential” engineering works they conduct periodically, such as is on-going right now over much of the network), but the access ramp at Birkbeck will be unavailable “due to planned maintenance works”.

The tram stop sits atop of a railway bridge over Elmers End Road, the tracks running parallel with the mainline railway.

The maintenance works will continue until to Friday October 24.

TfL says: “If you require ramp access, please use the Elmers End tram stop which is approximately 800metres away from Birkbeck tram stop and can be reached via bus route 356 from bus stop BA. From Elmers End, take bus route 356 from bus stop B.”

Seems that the trams at Birkbeck will be unaccessible for a fair few people for a considerable period of time.

“We are sorry for any disruption this may cause,” says TfL, in a non-apology apology, well aware that it will cause considerable disruption.

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