Out with the old Accessibility for everyone - Public Transport Authority

March 2012
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MT LAWLEY & MELTHAM
Facts
&figures
Mt Lawley
447 boardings per average weekday
35 Park’n’Ride car bays
9 CCTV cameras
3 Park’n’Ride disabled bays
4 bike lockers
8 bicycle u-rails
1 SmartRider processor
1 ticket-vending machine
Meltham
553 boardings per average weekday
49 Park’n’Ride car bays
10 CCTV cameras
3 Park’n’Ride disabled bays
4 bike lockers
16 bicycle u-rails
2 SmartRider processors
1 ticket-vending machine
Accessibility
for everyone
The PTA sets out to provide passenger transport
services that are accessible for everyone.
While many of our facilities are years ahead of official disability
standards, some older stations still require work to meet
compliance requirements.
Mt Lawley is the latest of a number of stations that the PTA is
upgrading to address disability access issues such as:
• enough room to manoeuvre mobility aids and wheelchairs
• minimising the gap between platform and train
• furniture and fittings to cater for all passengers
• adequate lighting
• tactile paving to define key areas for people with vision
impairment
• placing controls for doors, ticket machines and
communications equipment at accessible levels
• levelling the platform surface to prevent the likes of prams
from rolling to the platform edge
Meltham Station is next on the list, with work expected to start
in April.
Out with the old
As you may be aware, much of the heavy work has
been completed since work started at Mt Lawley
Station in November.
All the old platform bitumen and some earth from the middle
section have been removed to level the new platform. While
it was dug up, a new drainage system was installed under the
platform. The old shelter and its footing have been removed.
Two-week closures in December and January, and some night
work meant our contractor (LKS Constructions) could move
machinery onto the platform to progress the work quickly.
All the platform-edge paving was completed first so that the
station could re-open in time for the start of the school year.
This was important as nearly a quarter of the people who use the
station are Perth College students.
The concrete panels and steel structure for the new shelters
have been lifted in by crane.
Work still to be done includes:
• installation of the remaining components of the shelter
• relocation of light poles and audio loops
• paving around the new shelter
• seating and signage
• repositioning the information and communication module
• installation of artwork
The ramp to the platform has been resurfaced and will not be
altered under this upgrade.

Moving on to Meltham
Meltham Station will receive
surface treatments similar to those
taking place at MtLawley, but the
station building will remain.
Significant work will be done to the
pedestrian access at the southern end of
the station and it will be closed for about
nine weeks from mid-April. For five weeks
of this time (scheduled between May 19 and
June 24), the station will be closed so that
the platform edges can be replaced.
While the station is closed a bus will shuttle
passengers to and from Maylands Station.
Pick-up and drop-off points will be located
on both sides of Meltham Station. The stop
at Maylands Station will be on the Railway
Parade side.
The footbridge between Whatley Crescent
and Railway Parade will remain open.
Once the platform edges are done, the station
can re-open with work contained in the
middle of the platform – similar to Mt Lawley.
We will also be increasing the number of
car parking bays at the station.
Art in the community
You might be surprised to find that there is a wide range of public and
urban art across the rail network. (The PTA’s art catalogue is located
on the PTA website under Our System.)
Renowned Perth artist, designer and sculptor Gordon Mitchell is creating some public
artwork for Mt Lawley and Meltham.
Talking about Mt Lawley, Gordon said he enjoyed designing a work that will give the
station a special identity connecting people in a light-hearted and uplifting way.
“The sculpture aims to enrich the experiences of passengers and create a talking
point for them on the platform and in the train,” he said.
Attendees of Sculptures by the Sea (2009) at Cottesloe may be familiar with Gordon’s
sculpture Crab in the Works (below) or the Mirvac-commissioned entrance statement
at Meadow Springs.
Gordon is now toiling away in his hills
studio designing and sculpting artworks
that will add a sense of life to the
stations’ precincts.
Below: Gordon Mitchell (left) with LKS
Constructions site manager Vern King.
Above: Meltham Station closure - shuttle bus
service between Maylands and Meltham Stations.
Further information
Further information on the
upgrade project is available from
projects@pta.wa.gov.au
For timetable, route planning
or passenger assistance, visit
Transperth’s website at www.
transperth.wa.gov.au or phone
13 62 13.
To look at the PTA’s Disability
Access and Inclusion Plan,
visit the PTA website and go to
Publications and Policies.
pta.wa.gov.au