Accessibility

ScotRail’s newest railway station in the Highlands is celebrating its first anniversary this week, with more than 50,000 passenger journeys being made at the Inverness Airport interchange. The £14 million station, constructed by Network Rail and situated between the Highland...

A new footbridge has been installed in Dore & Totley as part of the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade It’s the latest milestone reached at Dore & Totley station which will see improvements for rail passengers travelling between Manchester and Sheffield. Six...

Work has started on a multi-million pound project to improve accessibility at Alfreton station. The station, which reopened in its current guise in the 1970s, will see two new lifts attached to the existing footbridge, making journeys easier for all...

Northern has appointed an accessibility campaigner to chair its independent user group which focuses on empowering people to use public transport – no matter their circumstances. New chair Mark Cutter, from Lancaster, has been a member of Northern’s Accessibility User...

Deaf customers who travel with East Midlands Railway (EMR) will be able to get help to communicate with railway staff after the operator signed up to a new British Sign Language service. The service, which is being operated by InterpretersLive,...

Budding railway enthusiasts from a specialist school for autism in Lancashire became station assistants and signallers for the day at Manchester Piccadilly station. On Wednesday 24 January, eight students from Hillside Specialist School and College, near Preston, got a behind...

Work has started on a multi-million pound project to improve accessibility at Beeston station. The project will see two new lifts installed, providing unobstructed, step-free access between platforms 1 and 2 at Beeston station, allowing for easier passenger journeys. As part...

The impressive new buildings at Birmingham's University station will open their doors to passengers for the first time on Sunday (28 January). With new wider entrances, stairways and exits serving the neighbouring University of Birmingham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, more...

The National Autistic Society has recognised Great Western Railway (GWR) for providing an autism-friendly environment. The award recognises GWR for a host of autism-awareness initiatives being trialled at stations in the west of its network. Since June last year GWR has...

Network Rail will shortly begin construction of the new East Kilbride station building. The 16-month programme will take place from 5 February 2024 until June 2025 and is a key milestone in the East Kilbride Enhancement project. It’s all part of...