Senseless vandals 'kicked in' the doors of a lift at a Middleton train station - just 15 months after it was first installed. Network Rail only opened the new accessibility facilities in January last year, but the lift is already out of service from the attack.
The passenger lift was built to make the platforms more accessible for all passengers, with millions also being plunged into improvements across the network for disabled people, passengers with pushchairs and those with heavy luggage. However, vandals have kicked the doors off its mechanism and it can no longer be used.
The inside and outside doors are no longer aligned, meaning the lift cannot operate and those with access issues have to rely on ramps to reach the platform. The glass in one of the doors has also been left smashed and will cost in the region of £10,000 to fix.
