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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Rolling Stock: Disability (10 January 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what deadline his Department has set for making all train carriages fully accessible.

Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

Answer

It is extremely disappointing that some train carriages were not made fully accessible by the December 31 2019 deadline.

The Department has reluctantly granted dispensations for some carriages that have not yet met modern accessibility standards, these are time limited and on a case by case basis. If all non-compliant trains had been removed from service on December 31 2019 there would have been a disproportionately negative effect on the provision of services for passengers.

A full list of rolling stock and their associated exemption expiry dates is publicly available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exemptions-from-rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-and-their-expiry-dates


Answered by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
15 January 2020

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