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Rail platform safety risks set to continue for seven more years, despite inquest findings

By John Pring on 5th May 2022 Category: Transport

Rail platform safety risks set to continue for seven more years, despite inquest findings
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The government has refused to promise to accelerate the long-delayed installation of tactile paving on railway platforms across the country, despite an inquest finding that the lack of safety markings played a part in a disabled man’s death. The government has […]

Delay in platform safety markings ‘will put lives at risk for years to come’

By John Pring on 12th August 2021 Category: Transport

Delay in platform safety markings ‘will put lives at risk for years to come’
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The government has been accused of backtracking on one of the key pledges in its new National Disability Strategy, after it admitted that it is likely to take eight years to provide tactile safety markings on every rail platform in the […]

Rail companies apologise after Prince Philip ‘mark of respect’ leaves websites inaccessible

By John Pring on 15th April 2021 Category: Transport

Rail companies apologise after Prince Philip ‘mark of respect’ leaves websites inaccessible
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Rail companies have apologised after their blundering attempts to make a gesture of respect following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh left their national rail information website inaccessible to many disabled people. National Rail Enquiries was just one of several […]

‘Why did it take disabled man’s death to lead to rail safety action?’ campaigners ask

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Transport

‘Why did it take disabled man’s death to lead to rail safety action?’ campaigners ask
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Investigators who examined the death of a visually-impaired man who fell from a railway platform that had no tactile strip to warn him he was approaching the edge say only half of UK mainline stations have such markings. The Rail Accident […]

Margaret Hickish: Tributes paid to ‘unstoppable roller-coaster for inclusion’

By John Pring on 28th January 2021 Category: Transport

Margaret Hickish: Tributes paid to ‘unstoppable roller-coaster for inclusion’
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Tributes have been paid to Margaret Hickish, an “unstoppable roller-coaster for inclusion” who played a significant role in “waking up the transport industry to the benefits of accessible transport and inclusive design”. Although Hickish’s name was not widely-known among disabled people, […]

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 […]

Regulator sets out ideas for better assisted rail travel

By John Pring on 15th November 2018 Category: Transport

Regulator sets out ideas for better assisted rail travel
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The rail regulator has revealed a series of draft measures designed to force the industry to improve the assistance it provides to disabled passengers. Many of the proposals suggested by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) yesterday (Wednesday) aim to […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

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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