rail Archives - Access & Mobility Professional

UK’s first ‘dementia friendly’ rail line launches

Transportation by Joe Peskett on February 6, 2019

Initiative includes making stations and services dementia friendly and training staff to be more aware of dementia and how best to serve people living with the disease

Rail firm apologises for denying mobility scooter access

Travel & transport by Joe Peskett on January 15, 2019

Speed Restrictions Imposed On National Rail Due To Hot Weather

Northern Rail ‘sorry’ after video of mobility scooter user being challenged by train guard because of her equipment goes viral

First wave of £2m rail improvement fund put into accessibility at Insch

Travel & transport by Joe Peskett on August 24, 2018

Local Rail Development fund designed to improve rail connections and is being used by some stations to improve access for disabled and less mobile passengers

£300m set aside for accessibility upgrades and motorway Changing Places

Travel & transport by Joe Peskett on July 26, 2018

The Department for Transport has outlined plans to put £300m into improving disabled access across the rail network and motorways

Train operators shunted on accessibility as data reveals third of disabled people face ‘rail misery’

Access Transportation by Joe Peskett on June 27, 2018

A campaign has been launched calling on the government to make sure that all train operators provide accessible end-to-end journeys.

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Seven projects win government backing to boost accessibility on railways

Access Travel & transport by Joe Peskett on June 26, 2018

A series of innovative, high-tech schemes, including an augmented reality project to support people who use sign language on train journeys, will be developed after winning a government-funded competition. The app, Signly, will use the

Controversial train plans scrapped after being slammed for ‘accessibility failures’

Travel & transport by Joe Peskett on June 18, 2018

A train operator has backtracked on its plans to introduce new trains on one of its routes that are inaccessible

Railway station’s push to install lift solution fails to gather steam

Travel & transport by Joe Peskett on May 29, 2018

An initiative to improve disabled access at a train station in Wales has failed to gather the momentum campaigners hoped

Arriva Trains Wales to overhaul entire fleet with accessibility upgrades

Access Travel & transport by Joe Peskett on May 16, 2018

Wales’ train operator, Arriva, along with the Welsh Government and Transport for Wales, is investing in an 18 month programme

Train operator estimates £50m spend on accessibility upgrades

Access Travel & transport by Joe Peskett on April 3, 2018

New accessibility regulations coming into play at the end of next year will cost one train provider around £50m in

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