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Action is being demanded as new figures reveal that only one station in Falkirk district is fully accessible to disabled people.
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Perth and Kinross Council officers have recommended councillors approve the Network Rail plans at a meeting this week much to the concern of locals and tourists who feel their views have not been heard.
(Permalink) Accessibility Footbridge Network Rail Perth and Kinross Council Pitlochry |
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John Lauder, former CEO of Sustrans thinks so.John, now in post permanently with Scotland's Railway following a 12-month secondment, is now leading the development of 'A Railway for Everyone', an accessibility strategy to be published later this autumn. A Railway for Everyone straddles accessibility and sustainable transport and focuses on how people get to, and move around in, stations.
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Network Rail is holding an information session on Tuesday 7 November to highlight plans for a new footbridge and lift system at Uddingston station.
(Permalink) Accessibility Uddingston  Uddingston: An artist's impression of Uddingston with a new fully accessible footbridge. It will be an uncovered footbridge made of steel and is to be located approximately 25m to the west of the existing footbri ...  Uddingston: The first of the new Mk 5 Caledonian Sleeper stock passing through Uddingston on the delivery run on 16th January 2018. These are due to be introduced in to service from October 2018. |
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The process to decide which stations were to benefit from funding to improve access was supposed to have been concluded by the end of March this year.
(Permalink) Accessibility Footbridge Insch  Insch: A quiet moment at Insch on 16 October 2012 in a view west under the footbridge and across the level crossing on the double track section to Kennethmont.  Insch: A view of the level crossing, signal box and former water tank (with totem) at Insch from the 'Inverness' end of the station. This is perhaps the best example of a close to intact smaller GNoSR statio ... |
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A fresh bid has been made to improve access at Burntisland Station.
(Permalink) Accessibility Burntisland  Burntisland: EWS 67 025 rolls into Burntisland on 29 May 2009 with the evening EWS-stocked Fife Outer Circle service.  Burntisland: Renovation of the 1847 terminus building at Burntisland is complete. It has been sympathetically restored and converted into office suites. Behind the scenes however things look a little less formal. ... |
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Disability campaigners have hailed the approval of a new accessible bridge for Nairn train station.
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The proposal from Network Rail would see the old 'decorative' cast-iron bridge removed
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ScotRail has vowed to explore any possible options that would improve accessibility at Barrhead railway station after concerns were raised by an MSP and disability campaigner.
Politician Neil Bibby and Savio DSouza are both calling for the internal door at the ticket office to be replaced with an automatic one. (Permalink) Accessibility Barrhead |
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Network Rail has submitted an application for listed building consent for a new bridge to make Pitlochry station fully accessible for passengers.
(Permalink) Accessibility Pitlochry  Pitlochry: Network Rail has submitted an application for listed building consent for a new bridge to make Pitlochry station fully accessible for passengers.
The proposal for a footbridge with lifts within th ...  Pitlochry: A southbound Scotrail HST calls at Pitlochry on 16th April 2019
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The £5m project to improve accessibility for passengers at Port Glasgow station has reached a major milestone as a ramp at the Princes Street entrance is now complete.
(Permalink) Accessibility Port Glasgow  Port Glasgow: New accessible ramp access at Port Glasgow station's main entrance.  Port Glasgow: Main entrance to Port Glasgow station from the junction of Station Road ad Princes Street seen on 2 April 2010. |
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Network Rail plans to improve accessibility for passengers at Anniesland station by installing a new lift system.
(Permalink) Accessibility Anniesland Footbridge Lifts  Anniesland: 318264 departs from Anniesland on 7th September 2019 with a service to Dalmuir.  Anniesland: Network Rail plans to improve accessibility for passengers at Anniesland station by installing a new lift system.
Lifts will be installed at street level on either side of the railway bridge on Gre ...  Anniesland: Although superseded when Scottish Regions were abolished in 1996 the
now rather dated-looking lettering of the early 1980s Strathclyde
Transport logo on Strathclyde 'Red' can still be seen on quit ... |
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Network Rail has applied for listed building consent to make the station easier to access for passengers.
(Permalink) Accessibility Dumfries  Dumfries: Network Rail has applied for listed building consent to make the station easier to access for passengers.
Network Rail has submitted a planning application to make Dumfries station more easily acce ...  Dumfries: Dumfries, northern end of station showing proposed bridge.
Dumfries residents were given a first look at the plans during a community event in the town earlier this month, where it was revealed th ...  Dumfries: A Carlisle to Glasgow service pulls out of the well-kept Dumfries station on 25 June 2019. A more or less hourly service is provided to and from Carlisle with alternate trains terminating on this plat ... |
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Network Rail has worked with architects and a number of stakeholders to produce the design which introduces a new footbridge and lifts to provide step-free access across both platforms.
(Permalink) Accessibility Dumfries  Dumfries: The filled-in bays at the north end of Dumfries station in May 2002 with a Carlisle - Glasgow Central service about to restart from through platform 1. |
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A Longniddry dad says that poor facilities at the village's station have made it 'virtually inaccessible' for his disabled 12-year-old son.
Gary Fegan has written to ScotRail to express concern about the disabled access at Longniddry Railway Station. (Permalink) Accessibility Longniddry  Longniddry: A North Berwick to Edinburgh service pulls into Longniddry on 25th July 2020. Until the 1920s Longniddry was nothing but a 'clachan', as it was described, and the John Menzies on the station was the o ... |
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Access for All project will benefit passengers at Dumfries station.
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The installation was part of a multi-million-pound investment on the Argyle line.
(Permalink) Accessibility Anderston Argyle line Lift |
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The provision of level boarding between platforms and trains improves accessibility for all passengers, while cutting station dwell times and reducing safety risks. Gareth Dennis looks at the challenges and considers the best way to solve them.
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Driver only trains and unstaffed stations mean people needing help to board cannot turn up and travel at nearly 300 stations. More than one in 10 railways stations in Britain do not allow disabled passengers to turn up and go on some or all train services, according to research by campaigners.
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Network Rail has begun work to make Scotlands Railway more accessible by installing tactile paving on platform edges at 148 stations.
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Work on a £5m project to improve accessibility at Port Glasgow station in Inverclyde is set to commence next month. [Announced in 2022.]
(Permalink) Accessibility Port Glasgow  Port Glasgow: Work on a £5m project to improve accessibility at Port Glasgow station in Inverclyde is set to commence next month. [Featuring a Class 170 interestingly ...] |
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Linda Bamford says the facilities at the station were not 'built with wheelchair users in mind'.
(Permalink) Accessibility Glasgow Queen Street  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Frontage of Queen Street High Level on 7th June 2021.
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Northern has extended the deadline for a £250,000 scheme launched last month to enhance accessibility and improve train travel across Cumbria and the north.
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Mobility scooter users can now travel to and from more stations than ever before across the Northern network.
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The disabled access improvements at Carstairs railway station are expected to be completed by next summer.
(Permalink) Accessibility Carstairs  Carstairs: The 0758 ex-North Berwick stands at Carstairs on 11 September 2009. The class 322 EMU will eventually depart as the 0917 service to Glasgow Central |
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Proposals to build a new community hub and cafe in Parklea and improvements to disabled access at Port Glasgow station feature in this month's round up.
(Permalink) Accessibility Port Glasgow  Port Glasgow: Looking west along the platform at Port Glasgow station on 29 April 2007. |
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Croy station's new, fully-accessible footbridge and lifts are now open for passengers.
(Permalink) Accessibility Croy Footbridge  Croy: The new Access for All footbridge, and associated lifts, nearing completion at Croy in July 2022.
 Croy: Croy station's new, fully-accessible footbridge and lifts are now open for passengers.
Following a £3.1m investment, access to the North Lanarkshire station has been transformed with a new footb ...  Croy: 'Stand back - fast train approaching.' Non stop HST running throgh Croy on its way to Glasgow Queen Street High Level on 16th April 2019. |
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Commuters and train users are calling for a step-free footbridge to be put in place at Falkirk High Railway Station after learning about a drive to improve facilities at other stations in the area.
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Johnstone stations new, fully-accessible footbridge and lifts are now open for passengers.
(Permalink) Accessibility Footbridge Johnstone  Johnstone: Royal locomotive 67006 Royal Sovereign on not-so-Royal duties passing through Johnstone on 31st May 2012 with train load of tanks heading for Dalry. |
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Support for disabled passengers at East Renfrewshires train stations has been slammed as woefully insufficient after it was revealed none of them has step-free access at all times across all platforms. New figures from ScotRail show stations such as Barrhead and Neilston do not offer full access, whilst Williamwood does not have step-free access to any platform.
(Permalink) Accessibility Barrhead Neilston Williamwood  Williamwood: A Glasgow Central - Neilston service photographed at Williamwood on 22 May 2009. Unit 314207.
 Neilston: 314 215 pulls up at the departure platform at Neilston after reversal on 28 July 2008. |
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Disability access at railway stations in Inverclyde has been described as 'woefully insufficient'.
(Permalink) Accessibility Bogston Greenock Central Greenock West Woodhall  Greenock West: Gourock bound 334 012 leaving Greenock West on 15 October and about to enter Newton Street Tunnel, Scotlands longest, running to Fort Matilda.  Woodhall: Glasgow Road entrance to Woodhall station on 29 April. Short on well-kept flower beds, no comfy waiting room, but at least there is a ticket office.  Bogston: This station has probably never seen so many passengers!! The tall ships event at Greenock brings countless passengers to this normally quiet station. As a 6 car special waits to depart for Gourock, p ... |
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A businessman was left humiliated after ScotRail failed to assist with his electric wheelchair at Kilwinning railway station - despite several promises he would be able to get onto the replacement buses.
(Permalink) Accessibility Kilwinning Replacement bus ScotRail |
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The Scottish rail operator announced this morning that Glasgow Central will have no step-free access to Platforms 16 and 17 later this month.
(Permalink) Accessibility Glasgow Central Glasgow Central Low Level Lifts |
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Four Clydebank railway stations will be included in an upcoming accessibility audit, the Scottish Government has confirmed.
(Permalink) Accessibility Clydebank Dalmuir Drumry Singer  Clydebank: A Dumbarton Central service calls at the onetime Clydebank Central on 24 August 2019.  Singer: It's not fully light on the morning of 1 December 2018 as a Larkhall to Dalmuir service calls at Singer, while an opposite working retreats.  Drumry: Scene at Drumry on 23 February 2008 with 320 309 on an eastbound service to Airdrie. |
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As Britain's rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road plays a vital role in improving the passenger experience in compensation, passenger information and accessibility.
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A Drumchapel veteran is backing calls for accessible and affordable local transport networks for visually impaired people.
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As ScotRail moves into public ownership, taking action to create accessible and affordable rail travel for blind and partially sighted people and their companions must sit as a priority for decision makers.
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The government has reached the milestone of its 1,000th station accessibility audit as part of an ongoing programme to improve...The post Accessibility audit reaches 1,000th station milestone appeared first on Community Rail Network.
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The Guide Dogs charity warned it could cause problems for the visually impaired.
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Plans for 2.2 million of improvements at one of the least-accessible train stations in Scotland may soon be on the right track.
(Permalink) Accessibility Insch  Insch: An unusual view across the platforms at Insch station. A mixture of old and new. Insch: A quiet moment at Insch on 16 October 2012 in a view west under the footbridge and across the level crossing on the double track section to Kennethmont.  Insch: View east from the level crossing at Insch on 16 October 2012 with the signalbox and water tower standing guard on either side of the track. A station totem has appeared on the west side of the water ... |
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UK-based train operating company Northern has announced that a new Serious Game virtual reality (VR) simulation is currently being developed.
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Pupils from three Birmingham schools and colleges dedicated to providing support for students with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND), have presented their ideas for how the design of HS2s stations and trains can meet the needs of passengers with a disability.
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James Purdie, 74, says he got on the train twice with his scooter before being told it was too big for the train.
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Transport secretary Graeme Dey met Dunkeld and Birnam locals last week.
(Permalink) A9 A9 dualling Accessibility Dunkeld and Birnam Low platforms  Dunkeld and Birnam: A morning Edinburgh - Inverness service calls at Dunkeld in November 2003. |
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A Rosyth man feels like a 'prisoner' in his own town and is dreaming of a day out with his wife.
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The Office of Rail and Road's (ORR) annual rail consumer report shows that it has worked constructively across industry to deliver improvements for passengers, particularly on refund rights and accessibility, despite the challenges of the past year. The regulator also sets out its focus for the coming year on locking in these improvements through monitoring and enforcing adherence to its accessibility requirements.
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