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Title: When will all stations be "fully accessible"? Post by: grahame on December 21, 2019, 12:56:14 From The Railway Hub (https://www.therailwayhub.co.uk/9368/britains-railway-stations-will-not-be-step-free-until-2070/)
Quote A target to make Britain’s railway stations fully accessible by 2030 is set to be missed by 40 years, according to a disability charity. Leonard Cheshire claimed all stations will not be step-free until 2070 if the current rate of enhancement work continues. It warned that inaccessible stations are stopping people such as wheelchair users from travelling by train. Title: Re: When will all stations be "fully accessible"? Post by: GBM on December 21, 2019, 19:54:51 Does it mention lack of staff (especially at unmanned stations)!
Title: Re: When will all stations be "fully accessible"? Post by: broadgage on December 21, 2019, 20:03:01 I very much doubt that all stations will EVER be fully accessible, or indeed that that all trains will ever be accessible.
If there is any risk of most stations becoming accessible by todays standards, then the standards will have to be updated to require a greater degree of accessibility than is the case today. Trains ditto. "step free access" could be replaced by a requirement for completely level access from street to interior of train for example. And of course accessibility could be extended to include not just physical access but also announcements and information. More signs for the hearing impaired and more announcements for the visually impaired. And ever changing standards for both. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |