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The equality watchdog has taken action under the Equality Act against both the Department for Transport (DfT) and the rail regulator over concerns that cuts and reforms to train services are making the network ever more inaccessible. So far, the Equality […]
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 […]
A disabled woman – who is risking her health by working in a pharmacy during the coronavirus pandemic – was refused assistance to board a train three times by rail staff as she tried to travel to and from work. Rail […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) is falling “a very long way short” with its plans to ease the “toxic” impact on disabled people of running driver-only trains through unstaffed stations, according to the government’s own accessible transport advisers. A letter from […]
A train company which issued discriminatory guidance to its station staff should be stripped of its rail franchise, say disabled trade unionists. The TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference in Bournemouth – attended by representatives of 22 unions – heard from a string […]
Union activists are planning a high-profile campaign against London Underground after it refused to introduce an employment policy on autism and neurodiversity. Janine Booth, a member of the RMT transport union, told the TUC’s annual Disabled Workers’ Conference in London that […]
Disabled activists have called for an end to the “creeping” use of driver-only operated (DOO) trains, which they say put the safety of disabled passengers at risk. The call was headed by a union activist who was once saved from falling […]