First look at bold vision earmarked for town station |
Improved facilities feature as part of proposals to create a quality multi-use concourse space that could see a roof return to Lowestoft station for the first time in more than 30 years.
The images show how the town's railway station could look with a reinstated concourse roof enabling better facilities for rail passengers and creating of what is hoped will be a tourist attraction.
A view from the platforms of what the proposed station roof could look like at Lowestoft. Image: Wherry Lines CRP/Lowestoft Central Project (Image: Wherry Lines CRP)
The Lowestoft Central Project and Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership (CRP) commissioned leading railway architects to produce the designs which draw upon the station's Victorian heritage and similar railway structures in the region.
The designs show a double apex roof over the main station concourse with additional canopies situated over the station's three platforms.
A view of how a canopy on platforms 3 and 4 could look at Lowestoft rail station. Image: Wherry Lines CRP/Lowestoft Central Project (Image: Wherry Lines CRP)
For a number of years the Lowestoft Central Project and Wherry Lines CRP have worked with rail industry partners to........