Portsmouth's Station Street reopened after loose lift platform removed
![The Crown Place student accommodation tower in Station Street - with the detached lifting platform visible, with blue netting. Done picture: Phillip Bramble](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_105900090.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![The Crown Place student accommodation tower in Station Street - with the detached lifting platform visible, with blue netting. Done picture: Phillip Bramble](/img/placeholder.png)
Station Street was shut to motorists and pedestrians on Tuesday afternoon after a lift at the Crown Place student accommodation tower became ‘partially detached’.
Currently under construction, the fault at the 23-storey site led to the road’s closure at its junction with Commercial Road.
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Hide AdHowever, after two nights, the road was reopened early this morning after cranes removed the platform.
![The Crown Place student accommodation tower in Station Street - with the detached lifting platform visible, with blue netting. Done picture: Phillip Bramble](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_105900090.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![The Crown Place student accommodation tower in Station Street - with the detached lifting platform visible, with blue netting. Done picture: Phillip Bramble](/img/placeholder.png)
In a statement, Osborne – the construction company responsible for the site – said: ‘We, along with our stakeholders safely and successfully reopened the road ahead of schedule this morning – it was due to open at 9.30am but was opened near 5am. Our teams worked tirelessly through the night.’