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£5m funding available in competition to improve rail passenger experience

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April 8, 2025
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The Department for Transport will make £5m in funding available in a competition to improve passenger experience using pioneering technology.

Watch: Operator and charity team up to promote independent travel for adults with learning disabilities in the North West

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April 5, 2025
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Avanti West Coast is working with a local branch of a national charity to promote independent travel for people with a learning disability.

Eurostar signs New Charter on World Autism Awareness Day

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April 3, 2025
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Eurostar sign new charter to offer accessible neurodivergent-friendly rail travel

Cutty Sark station to get four brand-new escalators during temporary closure

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April 2, 2025
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Cutty Sark DLR station is set to get four new state-of-the-art, energy efficient escalators, providing customers with easier and more reliable access to and from the station. To complete the complex installation in the safest and most efficient way, the station will close until next spring. During the closure use nearby Greenwich station, which is […]

More than a third of Northern network stations are now mobility scooter-friendly

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March 31, 2025
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Train operator Northern has made eight more of its stations accessible to passengers using mobility scooters.

Preston to Colne trains set to begin trial this April

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March 28, 2025
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To help older and disabled people when they use trains, Northern is running a trial to give them greater confidence when they use the rail network.

Lancashire trial aims to increase travel confidence of older and disabled passengers

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March 28, 2025
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A trial set to take place in Lancashire aims to bring greater confidence to older and disabled people who use the rail network across the North of England. In April, the train operator Northern will test a new scheme that enables people on its services between Preston and Colne to alert the conductor of their […]

Sight loss exhibitions open at Greater Anglia rail stations

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March 23, 2025
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Train operator Greater Anglia is marking the bicentenary of the modern railway and of the Braille reading system for blind people with art exhibitions at three of its stations.

Rail accessibility improvements continue across Yorkshire

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March 22, 2025
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Dewsbury, Scunthorpe and Grimsby Town stations to receive upgrades by the end of April

Stannah appoints specialists to support Network Rail lift and escalator contracts

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March 12, 2025
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Lift company Stannah has announced that it has appointed two industry specialists to play what it calls “a key role” in delivering the work set out in the company’s lift and escalator contract with Network Rail.