Waitara, Warrawee, Normanhurst and Pymble train stations get a lift
Four upper north shore train stations will get lifts as part of easy access upgrades promised before the State Election.
The State Government is trying to woo upper north shore commuters with a pledge to install lifts at four train stations.
Waitara, Normanhurst, Pymble and Warrawee stations will receive upgrades under the $1.3 billion Transport Access Program.
Bill and Carmel Aitken, who campaigned to have a lift at Waitara on behalf of elderly parishioners at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Cathedral, welcomed it as a win for all the community.
“That’s excellent,’’ Mr Aitken said.
“There was a campaign for parishioners to get to Mass but there’s a lot of elderly people on the leagues club side.
“It’s a basic need when you look at how many people are handicapped and how many people have sticks.
“A lot of them were trying to walk over to Mass and the problem they’ve got is if they wanted to go to Hornsby and they don’t have a car a lot of people couldn’t walk the distance.”
Ku-ring-gai state Liberal MP Alister Henskens said people with disabilities and the elderly were the biggest winners.
“We are committed to making public transport accessible for customers with a disability, seniors or families using a pram,” Mr Henskens said.
A time frame has not yet been provided but Mr Henskens said Waitara would get more than one lift.
“At least two lifts because of the configurations of Waitara,’’ Mr Henskens said.
“One level is street level, one level isn’t.”
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