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Transport for London (TfL) has secured the right to close more than half the ticket offices along the new Elizabeth line cross-capital rail system, a new document has confirmed, in a move that would discriminate against many disabled rail passengers. Concerns […]
London’s transport authority is refusing to provide details of how it could potentially close nearly every ticket office along the new Elizabeth line cross-capital rail system. The Elizabeth Line only opened three years ago but extracts from a contract – seen […]
Disabled activists and allies who fought off rail industry plans to shut hundreds of ticket offices across England two years ago say they fear train companies are quietly finding new ways to push through closures. They spoke out this week after […]
Disabled campaigners were this week marking the long-awaited opening of London’s new Crossrail scheme by celebrating their historic success in forcing the authorities to provide step-free access to all 41 of its stations. But they have also warned that a proposed […]
The promise to disabled people that every station on London’s much-delayed, £15 billion Crossrail project would be step-free from the moment it opens looks increasingly likely to be broken. Four years ago, a two-year campaign by disabled and older people led […]