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Campaigners celebrate their Crossrail access win as line finally opens, eight years on

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Transport

Campaigners celebrate their Crossrail access win as line finally opens, eight years on
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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 […]

Crossrail step-free promise looks set to be broken

By John Pring on 30th November 2018 Category: Transport

Crossrail step-free promise looks set to be broken
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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 […]

Government funding means Crossrail campaign success

By John Pring on 21st November 2014 Category: News Archive, Transport

Government funding means Crossrail campaign success
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Every rail station on the major new Crossrail project will now be step-free, following a successful two-year campaign by disabled and older people. Transport for London (TfL) had already announced in September that Crossrail would be step-free from street-level to the […]

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