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Network Rail admits: ‘We have no idea how many inaccessible bridges we’re building’

By John Pring on 21st September 2023 Category: Transport

Network Rail admits: ‘We have no idea how many inaccessible bridges we’re building’
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Network Rail has been forced into a “deeply troubling” admission that it has no idea how many inaccessible footbridges it is planning to build across Britain, while claiming it is too time-consuming and expensive to find out. The public body, which […]

Watchdog appears set to approve mass ticket office closures

By John Pring on 14th September 2023 Category: Transport

Watchdog appears set to approve mass ticket office closures
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One of the two watchdogs tasked with running the huge public consultation on proposals to shut hundreds of rail ticket offices appears to have suggested to MPs that it will probably approve many of the planned closures. Transport Focus appears set […]

‘We don’t trust government to listen to ticket office consultation,’ MPs are told

By John Pring on 14th September 2023 Category: Transport

‘We don’t trust government to listen to ticket office consultation,’ MPs are told
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A disabled people’s organisation has told MPs it does not trust the government to listen to the hundreds of thousands of concerns raised during a consultation on proposals to close hundreds of rail ticket offices. Members of the Commons transport committee […]

Questions for Network Rail as plans emerge for yet another inaccessible footbridge

By John Pring on 14th September 2023 Category: Transport

Questions for Network Rail as plans emerge for yet another inaccessible footbridge
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New information suggests Network Rail has under-stated its plans to build more inaccessible footbridges, after proposals emerged for a new stepped bridge in the heart of west London. Network Rail claimed in July in a freedom of information (FoI) response that […]

Government refuses to reveal equality impact of ticket office closures

By John Pring on 7th September 2023 Category: Transport

Government refuses to reveal equality impact of ticket office closures
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The government has refused to release its own analysis of how the proposed closure of nearly 1,000 rail ticket offices will impact on disabled people and other groups protected under the Equality Act. On the day before the end of a […]

Train company assessments provide fresh evidence of ticket office closure concerns

By John Pring on 7th September 2023 Category: Transport

Train company assessments provide fresh evidence of ticket office closure concerns
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Documents published by train companies show how their plans to close hundreds of ticket offices across England will risk the safety of disabled passengers and make it harder for them to obtain assistance and buy tickets. Information contained in equality impact […]

Watchdog warns ticket office closures could breach Equality Act and UN convention

By John Pring on 7th September 2023 Category: Transport

Watchdog warns ticket office closures could breach Equality Act and UN convention
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The equality watchdog has warned that the proposed closure of nearly 1,000 rail ticket offices across England could breach both the Equality Act and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) […]

New evidence shows government is ‘sacrificing’ right to ‘turn up and go’

By John Pring on 17th August 2023 Category: Transport

New evidence shows government is ‘sacrificing’ right to ‘turn up and go’
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New evidence about the closure of hundreds of ticket offices shows the government is “sacrificing” disabled people’s right to enjoy spontaneous travel on the rail network, says a leading campaigner. A detailed government questionnaire that rail companies must fill in as […]

Right to ‘turn up and go’ for disabled rail passengers ‘under serious threat’

By John Pring on 10th August 2023 Category: Transport

Right to ‘turn up and go’ for disabled rail passengers ‘under serious threat’
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The right of disabled people to enjoy spontaneous travel on the rail network is under “serious threat” because of the planned closure of nearly 1,000 ticket offices across England, campaigners warned this week. One disabled activist warned that the time for […]

Ticket office closures ‘could lead to huge price hikes’ for disabled Londoners

By John Pring on 10th August 2023 Category: Transport

Ticket office closures ‘could lead to huge price hikes’ for disabled Londoners
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Tens of thousands of disabled people could face a huge increase in rail fares for many of their journeys outside London, if government-backed plans to close ticket offices across England are approved, campaigners have warned. The research by the Association of […]

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