Northern: Rolling Stock

(asked on 6th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of compliance with disability legislation of railway rolling stock operated by Northern in Lancashire and Cumbria.


Answered by
Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 16th January 2017

All new trains being introduced to the Northern franchise will be compliant with modern accessibility standards. Existing trains which are operated by Northern are required to meet these standards by 2020.

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