On the thread … Baby in her arms, a woman climbs in the Ter Direction Nice, followed by a breathless passer -by carrying her empty stroller.
This Monday morning, the mutual aid scene is played out in Villefranche station, quai n ° 2.
However, work, launched at the end of August 2024, was to make the station accessible eight months later, we read on a sign at the entrance to the station.
“To date, the enhancement and renovation of the two platforms are completed, as is the renovation of the underground passage and access to the Promenade des Marinières. Due to certain administrative procedures and the delay in the work of deviation of the electrical networks, the commissioning of the elevators has been shifted in September”specifies SNCF Gares and connections, project manager of the site.
What about the 43 steps leading to the beach from the station?
But for Monique, Villefranchoise and reader of Nice-Matin (which took the trouble to write to us), the account will not be there, including once the brand new elevators are working on …
“From the quays, they avoid 9 steps at (users) To access the underground tunnel. But at the end of it [pour se rendre plage des Marinières]there are 43 steps to go down or climb in a wheelchair or with a stroller “she points out.
An on -site visit does not prove it wrong. Property of the SNCF, this staircase, leading to the entrance to the Marinières car park, was indeed refreshed, with a new railing.
“But the realization of direct access since (the beach) To the platforms (…) is not part of the accessibility work program “says SNCF Gares and connections.
Contacted, the town hall of Villefranche reports that people with reduced mobility wishing to join the shore from the station can do so via the old town.
“It remains certain that with the topography of Villefranche [très en pente]it is advisable that people in wheelchair are accompanied to move there “concedes the city.
