Ickenham station in northwest London, on the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines, has become the 84th station on the tube to have step-free access added to the station, including two new sets of lifts on each platform.

Rail Technology Magazine reports that as well as the new lifts, there is improved signage guiding customers to step-free access from street level to the station platforms, and manual boarding ramps will continue to be available to assist passengers to get from rain to platform, and tactile paving covering the length of both platforms.

The station now has two new lifts and improved signage giving customers step-free access from the street to the station platforms. Alongside the upgrades, manual boarding ramps will still be available to assist customers to get from train to platform, as well as existing tactile paving covering the full length of both platforms.

A new street-level walkway has been built above the platforms, that leads to a new overbridge and there two sets of wheelchair-accessible passenger lifts to each platform. A separate plan to rebuild the ticket hall to include lift shafts had been ruled out due to the expense for a relatively quiet station - the 10th quietest hub station on the TfL network.

The current car park for the station is at rail level, which requires customers to walk up a staircase to get the ticket office, or via the narrow pavement on the road bridge, which is less than ideal for passengers who require the lifts, so a new, smaller car park has been included next to the ticket hall, with three wheelchair-accessible car parking spaces. 

The new car park has yet to open, but a condition of the planning approval requires it to be completed within a year of the lifts being added to the station.

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