HISTORIC Crystal Palace station is now fully accessible to wheelchair users thanks to the opening of three lifts and connecting glass walkways.
The opening completes a £7.5m refurbishment at the station, which includes improved CCTV, customer information screens, a PA system and new signs.
Transport minister Norman Baker said: "Improvements like these make a real difference to those using the railways.
"Opening up access at stations and providing step-free routes can make a real difference to wheelchair users and others with limited mobility, as well as parents with buggies.
"Everyone feels the benefit of taking a train from stations with improved facilities and layout."
The station was originally built in 1854 to serve visitors to the nearby spectacular Crystal Palace building relocated from the Hyde Park Great Exhibition of 1851.
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