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Train companies could face court over inaccessible rail replacement buses

By John Pring on 13th September 2018 Category: Transport

Train companies could face court over inaccessible rail replacement buses
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Train companies are facing possible legal action over their failure to ensure that replacement bus services are accessible to wheelchair-users and other rail passengers with mobility impairments. A leading disabled campaigner believes that access and equality laws mean most rail replacement […]

Campaigners raise thousands in days for #TransportJustice legal fund

By John Pring on 6th September 2018 Category: Transport

Campaigners raise thousands in days for #TransportJustice legal fund
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A new campaign that will fund legal actions on behalf of disabled people who have faced discrimination on public transport has raised thousands of pounds in just a week. The #TransportJustice campaign has secured the backing of leading disabled activists and […]

Train company faces calls to rip up scooter policy after latest ‘shameful’ episode

By John Pring on 9th August 2018 Category: Transport

Train company faces calls to rip up scooter policy after latest ‘shameful’ episode
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A rail company is facing calls to change its “reprehensible and unsupportable” attitude to disabled passengers, after one of its guards threatened to throw a woman off a train because she was using a mobility scooter. Sara Harvey was on the […]

Government repeatedly ignores its own advisers on ‘toxic’ train access

By John Pring on 2nd August 2018 Category: Transport

Government repeatedly ignores its own advisers on ‘toxic’ train access
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The government has repeatedly ignored concerns raised by its own accessible transport advisers about the “toxic” impact on disabled people of running trains without a member of customer service staff on board, official documents have revealed. The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory […]

Figures finally show how government slashed spending on rail access scheme

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Transport

Figures finally show how government slashed spending on rail access scheme
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New figures released through the Freedom of Information Act have exposed how the government has slashed spending on its rail station access improvement programme over the last five years. The figures show spending on the Access for All scheme fell from […]

Disabled passengers question watchdog’s rosy view of airport assistance

By John Pring on 19th July 2018 Category: Transport

Disabled passengers question watchdog’s rosy view of airport assistance
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Disabled people who use UK airports have questioned a report which found significant improvement in the provision of assistance to passengers over the last year. The Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) third annual report into the assistance provided at the UK’s 30 […]

Councils that part-own Manchester Airport ‘must address embarrassing assistance’

By John Pring on 19th July 2018 Category: Transport

Councils that part-own Manchester Airport ‘must address embarrassing assistance’
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A leading disabled people’s organisation has called on the local authorities that part-own Manchester Airport to address the “embarrassment” of it being found to be the worst airport in the country at providing assistance for disabled passengers. The Civil Aviation Authority […]

Disabled comedian reduced to tears after public humiliation by train guard

By John Pring on 19th July 2018 Category: Transport

Disabled comedian reduced to tears after public humiliation by train guard
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A disabled comedian has described how she was reduced to tears after being publicly “shamed” by a train guard who forced her to move her mobility scooter to make way for a mother with a baby buggy. Tanyalee Davis was on […]

‘Scandal’ of new rail station set to be built without step-free access to trains

By John Pring on 12th July 2018 Category: Transport

‘Scandal’ of new rail station set to be built without step-free access to trains
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A new rail station being built as part of a multi-billion pound regeneration programme will not enable wheelchair-users to board trains without the help of staff and a ramp, disabled campaigners have warned. Brent Cross West Thameslink is being built as […]

Trio of coach companies agree wheelchair rule changes after legal warnings

By John Pring on 12th July 2018 Category: Transport

Trio of coach companies agree wheelchair rule changes after legal warnings
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Three national coach companies have agreed to change their rules so they no longer prevent wheelchair-users enjoying a “turn-up-and-go” service, thanks to a disabled campaigner. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has even threatened to refer National Express, Megabus, Scottish […]

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