While the notion of the reopening of Millthorpe station is generally welcomed by the village’s community, the designs submitted by Transport for NSW (TFNSW) during a meeting last Wednesday July 25 were not.
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But to build anything else would just look false and from the platform itself you won’t even see it.
- Sam Yeates
The design consists of a simple steel framed base that sits adjacent to the current platform and will bridge the gap between the platform and the train line.
President of the Millthorpe Village Committee Sam Yeates said that although the design of the platform was not universally accepted by the thirty or more people who attended the meeting, in the end the design was probably the best option for the heritage listed station.
“Some of the purists believe that the design is not in keeping with the village,” he said.
“But to build anything else would just look false, and from the platform itself you won’t even see it.”
It was not only the design of the platform that was contentious, it was the concept of keeping the current fencing that was considered the elephant in the room.
Mr Yeates said that the community just needed to get on with the platform and deal with the fence at a later date.
“At the moment the fence will need to remain and we can look at funding for something better further on,” he said.
A spokesperson for TFNSW said that the fence created a courtyard for the coffee shop currently operating on the platform.
“The fence will be retained in its current location and will be adapted to provide an opening to the platform extension,” she said.
“The retained fenced provides a usable courtyard space for the coffee shop which operates from the station building.”