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Activist’s legal threat set to lead to more generous compensation for rail passenger assistance failures

By John Pring on 8th May 2025 Category: Transport

Activist’s legal threat set to lead to more generous compensation for rail passenger assistance failures
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Rail companies are likely to be forced to provide more generous compensation when they fail to assist disabled passengers, thanks to the actions of an accessible transport campaigner. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has written to train and station […]

Lukewarm reception for rail company’s plan to improve passenger assistance

By John Pring on 12th December 2024 Category: Transport

Lukewarm reception for rail company’s plan to improve passenger assistance
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A train company’s “action plan” to improve its much-criticised passenger assistance services has been given a lukewarm reception by disabled campaigners. The Office of Rail and Road, the rail regulator, has told Northern that its latest plan for improving the assistance […]

Rail company’s ‘stealth’ ticket office cuts plan is ‘unforgivable’ and ‘horrendous’

By John Pring on 21st November 2024 Category: Transport

Rail company’s ‘stealth’ ticket office cuts plan is ‘unforgivable’ and ‘horrendous’
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Disabled campaigners have described the decision of a publicly-owned rail company to carry out partial closures of ticket offices by “stealth” as “unforgivable” and “horrendous”. Their comments came as the rail regulator contacted Southeastern to ask how it would comply with […]

Rail industry unable to point to single train company ‘getting it right’ on access

By John Pring on 23rd November 2023 Category: Transport

Rail industry unable to point to single train company ‘getting it right’ on access
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Senior figures in the rail industry have been unable to point to a single train company that is even close to “getting it right” when it comes to providing an accessible service to disabled passengers. Iain Stewart, the Conservative chair of […]

Watchdog appears set to approve mass ticket office closures

By John Pring on 14th September 2023 Category: Transport

Watchdog appears set to approve mass ticket office closures
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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 […]

Disabled activists vow fightback as nearly 1,000 rail ticket offices set to close

By John Pring on 6th July 2023 Category: Transport

Disabled activists vow fightback as nearly 1,000 rail ticket offices set to close
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Disabled activists have vowed to fight back against government-backed plans for sweeping closures of ticket offices across England – including at some major city stations – with legal action now almost certain. Even ticket offices at major stations such as Euston […]

Call for ‘urgent intervention’ from regulators to stop rail ticket office closures

By John Pring on 6th July 2023 Category: Transport

Call for ‘urgent intervention’ from regulators to stop rail ticket office closures
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Disabled campaigners and allies have called for an “urgent intervention” from regulators to prevent the closure of nearly 1,000 rail ticket offices across England. In an open letter to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and the Equality and Human […]

Inquiry on accessible transport ‘is a victory for disabled activists’

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Transport

Inquiry on accessible transport ‘is a victory for disabled activists’
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Campaigners have welcomed the decision of a committee of MPs to launch an inquiry to investigate the effectiveness of laws that are supposed to ensure an accessible transport system. The inquiry by the transport select committee – which is believed to […]

Rail ticket office closures mean ‘one last chance to stop mass discrimination’

By John Pring on 22nd September 2022 Category: Transport

Rail ticket office closures mean ‘one last chance to stop mass discrimination’
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Disabled campaigners have raised fresh fears for the future of accessible rail travel, after reports that the government plans to close most train station ticket offices as part of a continuing programme of cuts. A national newspaper reported on Sunday that […]

Widespread rail access failings revealed in regulator’s new report

By John Pring on 14th July 2022 Category: Transport

Widespread rail access failings revealed in regulator’s new report
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An audit for the rail regulator has found failings in the accessibility information provided by a train operator in all but one of 32 stations that were inspected, according to a new report. The audit, commissioned by the Office of Rail […]

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