The state of plans to reduce long queues and crowding at Maidenhead train station is set to be revealed next week.

Officials from Network Rail will update councillors on the construction work, which has meant some lifts have had to close – meaning there’s temporarily no step free access for passengers travelling west.

A Network Rail spokesperson has previously apologised ‘inconvenience’ caused during the construction work – but said the station will be more accessible when completed.

Network Rail is installing a new lift and staircase to platforms two and three at Maidenhead train station.

It says it needs to do this because an increase in passengers has caused crowding at the station during peak times. It says this means passengers ‘are sometimes forced to queue on platforms and staircases’.

Work has been taking place since November last year and Network Rail says it is expected to be completed this autumn.

But in the meantime it has had to remove the lift to platforms two and three. That means passengers needing step free access travelling into Maidenhead from London, or outwards heading west have to start or finish their journeys in Taplow, Burnham, Slough or Twyford.

Councillors on the Maidenhead Town Form were set to be updated on the scheme’s progress at a meeting on Tuesday, September 3.