railway Archives - Access and Mobility Professional

Network Rail lift installations underway in £5m station access upgrade

Lifts Travel & transport by Joe Peskett on November 28, 2018

Kidsgrove station is latest to benefit from Access for All upgrade plan which aims to transform the railways for people with mobility needs

Scottish ministers under pressure to make over 100 stations accessible

Access Travel & transport by Joe Peskett on July 23, 2018

Speed Restrictions Imposed On National Rail Due To Hot Weather

The Scottish Government is being pressured to launch a ‘major upgrade programme’ across the country’s rail network to improve disabled

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.

Seven projects win government backing to boost accessibility on railways

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

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A series of innovative, high-tech schemes, including an augmented reality project to support people who use sign language on train

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

Accessibility top of the agenda for Aberdeenshire station

Access by Joe Peskett on February 28, 2018

Improving access for disabled passengers at Insch Station, Aberdeenshire, should be a priority for the Service Quality Incentive Regime (SQUIRE fund), which measures First ScotRail performance at its stations. That’s according to the Minister for

New lifts set to transform previously inaccessible train station

Access Mobility Solutions by Emma Calder on January 3, 2018

A train station in the west of England is set to become wheelchair-friendly with the introduction of lifts on its

Manchester mayor seeks powers to impose access improvements on rail stations

Transportation by Joe Peskett on November 8, 2017

Andy Burnham Delivers A State Of The Leadership Race Speech

The Mayor of Greater Manchester is after new powers from the government so that he can make railway stations in

£600k offered to firms who can improve access on railway network

Design Operators Projects Transportation by Joe Peskett on October 4, 2017

The Department for Transport (DfT) is offering £600,000 worth of grants to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), universities, charities, infrastructure

Lifts planned for Bexley station as part of £12m Network Rail access scheme

Transportation by Joe Peskett on September 20, 2017

New plans have been submitted for lifts to be installed at Bexley railway station as part of what could be

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