TWO new lifts will be installed at Weston-super-Mare railway station to improve its accessibility.

A planning application to install the two 13-person lifts with associated lift equipment room and new stairs and ramps to both platforms 1 and 2 has recently been approved.

The application also included the proposed demolition of the eastern external relief stairs on platform 1, partial demolition of the internal stairs and intermediate landing, and partial demolition of northern external relief stairs and the internal stairs and intermediate landing on platform 2.

A Network Rail spokesperson said: "We're pleased that planning permission has been granted for the installation of two new lifts, plus new stairs and ramps, at Weston-super-Mare station.

“We will now take the plans forward to the detailed design stage and look forward to enhancing accessibility at the station."

The proposal is to provide step-free access in and around the station as part of Network Rail’s programme of station accessibility enhancements under the Government’s nationwide Railways for All Strategy, which is supported by an Access for All (AfA) fund.