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(asked on 11th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of trains on the UK network with built-in ramps which extend to platforms.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 16th December 2020

There are 378 carriages forming 58 trains currently in, or being introduced into, service with Greater Anglia that have in-built ramps.

On order are a further 133 carriages forming 35 trains for Transport for Wales and 208 carriages forming 54 trains for Merseyrail, all of which will have in-built ramps.

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