The Department for Transport has announced that the new Access for All scheme is providing an extra £35m per year from 2008 until 2015 to enable provision of an obstacle free, accessible route to and between platforms at stations. The investment means that this money will be ring-fenced to help a total of 92 stations in England and Wales, and 8 in Scotland to be targetted for Access All funding.

West Hampstead Thameslink railway station in our constituency has been selected as one of these stations abd wiklk vbe receiving its obstacle-free accessible route between the period 2012 - 2015.