| When will all stations be "fully accessible"? Posted by grahame at 12:56, 21st December 2019 |     |
From The Railway Hub
A target to make Britain’s railway stations fully accessible by 2030 is set to be missed by 40 years, according to a disability charity.
Leonard Cheshire claimed all stations will not be step-free until 2070 if the current rate of enhancement work continues.
It warned that inaccessible stations are stopping people such as wheelchair users from travelling by train.
Leonard Cheshire claimed all stations will not be step-free until 2070 if the current rate of enhancement work continues.
It warned that inaccessible stations are stopping people such as wheelchair users from travelling by train.
| Re: When will all stations be "fully accessible"? Posted by GBM at 19:54, 21st December 2019 | |
Does it mention lack of staff (especially at unmanned stations)!
| Re: When will all stations be "fully accessible"? Posted by broadgage at 20:03, 21st December 2019 | |
I very much doubt that all stations will EVER be fully accessible, or indeed that that all trains will ever be accessible.
If there is any risk of most stations becoming accessible by todays standards, then the standards will have to be updated to require a greater degree of accessibility than is the case today. Trains ditto.
"step free access" could be replaced by a requirement for completely level access from street to interior of train for example. And of course accessibility could be extended to include not just physical access but also announcements and information. More signs for the hearing impaired and more announcements for the visually impaired. And ever changing standards for both.
| Re: When will all stations be "fully accessible"? Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:40, 16th March 2025 | |
Catching up (rather belatedly, for which I apologise) with this topic here:
I, too, doubt that they will ever be 'fully accessible'.
Using Nailsea & Backwell station as my local example: here we have a rather steep slope up to platform 2, but that has to be accessed from some distance along the road, Station Close.
There is no disabled access slope up to (or down from) platform 1. There simply isn't anywhere to build it, on the embankment below our elevated station.
The solution would be to build a new set of lifts - but that was last costed at around £1million, so that isn't ever going to happen, purely for the 'cost benefit ratio' numbers.
Chris from Nailsea.
