Railways: Access

(asked on 13th October 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the accessibility of railways for passengers.


Answered by
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 20th October 2023

We are committed to ensuring all passengers can use public transport confidently. Since 2006, the Access for All programme has provided step free accessible routes at over 200 stations, with smaller-scale enhancements, such as accessible toilets, at more than 1500 stations. We are currently assessing nominations for the next round of Access for All funding and hope to be in a position to announce successful nominations later this year. We have also provided £75m to Network Rail to install tactile paving on all remaining railway station platforms by 2025 to improve the accessibility of public transport for people with sight loss.

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