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Disabled activists and disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have been celebrating this week after a four-month campaign forced the government to abandon plans it had previously backed to close nearly 1,000 rail ticket offices across England. Transport secretary Mark Harper announced on […]
The legislation around accessible transport is unclear and “ridiculously complex”, with the rules protecting disabled people from discrimination not enforced by regulators or the government, MPs have been told. Disabled campaigners and legal experts told the Commons transport committee yesterday (Wednesday) […]
Allowing Network Rail to build an inaccessible footbridge in north Yorkshire would set “a bad and dangerous precedent” for its plans for other parts of the country, a disabled activist has told a public inquiry. Flick Williams was one of several […]
Transport secretary Mark Harper has dismissed concerns that plans to close hundreds of ticket offices across England will have a negative impact on disabled people’s right to “turn up and go” rail travel. Even though the proposals are set to lead […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]