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Government silence over missing £65 million of rail access funding

By John Pring on 8th August 2024 Category: Transport

Government silence over missing £65 million of rail access funding
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Both the government and Network Rail have refused to say what will happen to £65 million of funding that was allocated to improving access at rail stations over the last five years, but was never spent. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed […]

Network Rail apologises after failing to spend £65 million put aside to improve access at stations

By John Pring on 1st August 2024 Category: Transport

Network Rail apologises after failing to spend £65 million put aside to improve access at stations
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Network Rail has today apologised after admitting that it failed to spend £65 million of funding allocated to improving access at rail stations. The admission came after Disability News Service (DNS) secured figures through a freedom of information request which showed […]

Network Rail delays releasing station access funding figures until after election

By John Pring on 3rd July 2024 Category: Transport

Network Rail delays releasing station access funding figures until after election
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Network Rail has delayed releasing figures until after the general election that would have shown how much funding the government has allocated to improve access at train stations. The delay means it will not be possible to hold the government to […]

‘Levelling up’ Tory MPs defeat bid for legal duty to make all rail stations accessible

By John Pring on 27th October 2022 Category: Transport

‘Levelling up’ Tory MPs defeat bid for legal duty to make all rail stations accessible
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Campaigners have questioned why Conservative ministers and MPs rejected a proposal that would have forced the government to take “reasonable steps” towards making all rail stations in England accessible to disabled people. The proposed amendment to the government’s levelling-up and regeneration […]

Rail regulator’s access recommendations welcomed, ‘but do not go far enough’

By John Pring on 18th July 2019 Category: Transport

Rail regulator’s access recommendations welcomed, ‘but do not go far enough’
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Accessible transport campaigners have broadly welcomed a series of recommendations for improvements to the accessibility of the rail system. Among the 17 recommendations made by the regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), is a call for a drastic reduction […]

Two-thirds of disabled passengers face at least one problem when travelling by rail

By John Pring on 11th July 2019 Category: Transport

Two-thirds of disabled passengers face at least one problem when travelling by rail
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Two-thirds of disabled passengers experience at least one problem when travelling by rail, according to research commissioned by the government. The research was carried out in 2017 but was only published this week when the Department for Transport (DfT) marked a […]

Government reveals the 73 rail stations to benefit from £300 million access funding

By John Pring on 4th April 2019 Category: Transport

Government reveals the 73 rail stations to benefit from £300 million access funding
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The government has revealed the 73 rail stations that will benefit from major improvements under its Access for All accessibility programme over the next five years. The Department for Transport (DfT) also confirmed the announcement made in last July’s Inclusive Transport […]

Disabled shadow minister calls for government to fund access to all rail stations

By John Pring on 18th October 2018 Category: Transport

Disabled shadow minister calls for government to fund access to all rail stations
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A disabled shadow minister has called on the government to do more to improve its “inadequate” record on improving access to rail travel, and to provide enough funding to ensure all train journeys are accessible “from end to end”. Marsha de […]

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 […]

Minister lauds £600,000 for rail access… after her department confirms £47 million in cuts

By John Pring on 28th June 2018 Category: Transport

Minister lauds £600,000 for rail access… after her department confirms £47 million in cuts
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A transport minister has announced £600,000 funding for seven digital projects to help disabled passengers access rail travel, days after her department confirmed another minister had rubber-stamped tens of millions of pounds in cuts to a separate rail access scheme. Nusrat […]

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