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<strong>Barking</strong> Station Interchange<br />
2.3.2 General Compliance with LUL Station Planning Standards<br />
Section 2.3.1 indicated that high pressure and conflict is currently experienced on the platforms’<br />
overbridge. In addition to this, some specific aspects of interchange may not comply with LUL<br />
standards in terms of general dimensions and requirements:<br />
• Staircase run offs (tops and bottoms) are less than 4m, as required by LUL standards; and<br />
• Based on demand levels indicated by 2006 RODS data and LUL standards, 7 ticket gates are<br />
required to cope with the busiest period during the morning peak (assuming a standard<br />
throughput of 25 passengers per minute for each gate).<br />
Any future development of the interchange would need to tackle the above issues.<br />
Adjacent bridges<br />
A desktop study of the latest Bridge Examination Reports, Bridge Structure Assessments and<br />
historic correspondence available at Network Rail Plan Arch office at Waterloo, London in October<br />
2008 and a review of Archive Drawings stored at the Network Rail National Records Centre, York<br />
has been undertaken. The most current Bridge Examination Reports and Bridge Structure<br />
Assessment Reports available were circa 2005. However, there is likely to be more recent<br />
information available from the Network Rail East Anglia Structures Maintenance Engineer, which<br />
could not be obtained at the time of writing this report.<br />
From the west, 1 No. footbridge (F/B) and 2 No. overbridges (O/B) (road over rail) support the<br />
platform access, station booking hall, station buildings, station forecourt, footpaths and<br />
carriageway of Station Parade, a parade of shops and an access road. All 3 No. bridges are<br />
owned and maintained by Network Rail.<br />
O/B No. TLL/21, supporting the station forecourt and footpaths and carriageway of Station Parade<br />
is significantly overloaded (the carriageway has a declared assessed capacity of 3 tonnes while<br />
certain areas of the east footway fail under 5KN/m^2 pedestrian crowd loading). Although Bridge<br />
Examination Reports indicate that the overbridge is in fair condition with no signs of distress, the<br />
latest bridge structure assessment concludes that the bridge has reached the end of its life<br />
expectancy and requires major strengthening or reconstruction. It is recommended that no<br />
redevelopment/alterations of the existing road alignment supported by this overbridge is<br />
undertaken until major strengthening or reconstruction work is undertaken by NR and the Local<br />
Authority. There is no available information to indicate what NR/Local Authority’s aspirations are<br />
for the bridge, although it is likely that there are plans for strengthening/reconstruction in short to<br />
medium term.<br />
Unfortunately there was insufficient archive information available to determine the live load<br />
capacities of F/B No. TLL/20 (supporting the platform access and station booking hall) and O/B<br />
No. TLL/21A (supporting a parade of shops and an access road). Bridge Examination Reports<br />
indicate a medium to long-term life expectancy for these bridges.<br />
It is likely that there is sufficient capacity for minor redevelopment to the station building<br />
and the parade of shops and access road, east side of Station Parade. However, it is<br />
recommended that the latest Bridge Structure Assessments are obtained or independent<br />
assessments undertaken to determine if there is available spare capacity to support any<br />
proposed redevelopment.<br />
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