BURNHAM station has opened a new building to improve access and create more space ahead of the Elizabeth line opening soon.

Improvements include the opening of a new, spacious ticket office building with a ticket window, ticket vending machines, automatic ticket gates, and screens with live travel information.

And on the platform, the existing canopy has been cleaned, repaired and redecorated, and toilets refurbished.

These improvements build on work completed by Network Rail in 2019 that included the installation of a lift, providing step-free access to both platforms for the first time in its history.

And the station now features a new cycle parking area, offering more than 45 spaces to cyclists.

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Howard Smith, chief operating officer for the Elizabeth line, said: “Burnham station has had quite the transformation ahead of the Elizabeth line opening in the first half of this year.

“The improvements, particularly the bright new ticket office building and the new cycle parking area, will help make Burnham station and the surrounding area a far safer and easier place to navigate.”

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Cllr Rob Anderson, cabinet member for sustainable transport and the environment at Slough Borough Council, said it’s great to see these improvements to Burnham station.

He added: “If we as a town and as a Nation are going to protect our climate globally and reduce pollution locally, we have to make public transport more attractive to everyone.

“This is a major step in that direction.”