RIA launches strategic vision for 2050 rail network

⁦RIA⁩ said:

'It is vital that the government now makes some decisions on infrastructure and rolling stock”

⁦Campaign for Level Boarding⁩ is a vital strategic vision ⁦Department for Transport⁩ theengineer.co.uk/content/news/r…

Level boarding, badly designed trains and platforms long overdue corrective works are being talked about on here again...

For the (mostly) definitive story of the platform train interface, #Railnatter Episode 31 has you covered. Watch here: youtube.com/live/TWFCYCRD1…

. Department for Transport need to guarantee any future rolling stock procurement is low floored with retractable gap filler enabling Campaign for Level Boarding

Well done Trafnidiaeth Cymru Trenau Transport for Wales Rail

Sustainability and Campaign for Level Boarding

The Department for Transport must specify ALL future rolling stock procurement is low floored with retractable gap fillers that enable Campaign for Level Boarding and is more accessible and safer for everyone

Enabling wheelchair users and mobility scooter users to travel independently

Going into Cardiff today. Train manager asked me if I was OK getting off. YES I AM because it’s level boarding

Thank you Tanni Grey-Thompson for raising Campaign for Level Boarding in House of Lords

Will HMG commit to primary legislation to deliver Campaign for Level Boarding + accessible step free station deadlines, as by govt’s OWN figures it’ll take 100 years for stations to be step free at current rate of AfA funding

Apparently the tender for low floored ScotRail trains with retractable gap fillers will enable Campaign for Level Boarding and will be safer for everyone

Thank you Stephen Morgan MP for hosting Accessibility roundtable

Listening to disabled people’s lived experiences of barriers accessing the railways and the solutions including;

Campaign for Level Boarding + step free stations and how to deliver an inclusive railway that’s fit for purpose

Nicky (She/Her) ♿️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Campaign for Level Boarding solution exists

Just need DfT to specify low floored trains with retractable gap fillers for future procurement and a rolling programme to set platforms to the UK standard

Here's what the combination of a low-floored train fitted with gap fillers and platform/track set (very roughly!) to the GB standard position looks like. Curvature doesn't matter.

It isn't perfect, but it's a much better starting point than the status quo 📐

OMG - PTI is dangerous

Department for Transport needs to commit to Campaign for Level Boarding + specify low floored trains for future procurement + invest in a rolling programme of platform modifications to UK standard

LB is safer for everyone and enables independent travel for wheelchair users

Disappointed West Midlands Railway new trains don’t enable Campaign for Level Boarding + bakes in inaccessibility for decades

Campaign for Level Boarding is safer for everyone, enables independent travel for wheelchair users

TOCs rolling out new trains not enabling Campaign for Level Boarding isn’t listening to customers

Disappointed - New train fleet doesn’t enable Campaign for Level Boarding + bolts in inaccessibility for decades

Campaign for Level Boarding is safer for everyone, enabling independent travel for wheelchair users

TOCs rolling out new trains that don’t enable Campaign for Level Boarding isn’t listening to customers

South Western Railway's new Arterio trains four years late and fail to enter service in 2023

£1 billion fleet of new trains for South Western Railway won’t enable ⁦Campaign for Level Boarding⁩ when they do enter service - bolting in inaccessibility for decades fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2024/01/02/sou…

Old front ends and New level boarding doors.
Merseyrail trains are definitely changing for the better!
Railway Symmetry

THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMIT TO @levelboarding which is safer for everyone

step free from platform to train enabling independent travel which is safer for everyone

Of course, they wouldn't need space for a ramp if we had Campaign for Level Boarding, instead disabled people would be able to travel with dignity