{"id":317717,"date":"2025-11-17T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/?p=784559"},"modified":"2025-11-17T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:30:00","slug":"publicly-owned-train-operators-take-steps-to-improve-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=317717","title":{"rendered":"Publicly owned train operators take steps to improve accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/two-customers-boarding-a-Northern-train_cropped-1278x720.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two passengers boading a Northern train \/\/ Credit: DfT\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/two-customers-boarding-a-Northern-train_cropped-1278x720.jpg 1278w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/two-customers-boarding-a-Northern-train_cropped-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/two-customers-boarding-a-Northern-train_cropped-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/two-customers-boarding-a-Northern-train_cropped-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/two-customers-boarding-a-Northern-train_cropped-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/two-customers-boarding-a-Northern-train_cropped-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/two-customers-boarding-a-Northern-train_cropped-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/two-customers-boarding-a-Northern-train_cropped.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The Department for Transport has revealed how train operators in public ownership are improving the accessibility of their services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department for Transport has revealed how train operators in public ownership are improving the accessibility of their services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2821,146,2597,4572,13766,12651,2407,3763,2315,2655,6803,14581,759,3326,106,2309,2577,4539,47,6806,2428,3314,2616],"tags":[12406],"class_list":["post-317717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access-for-all","category-accessibility","category-audley-end","category-c2c","category-changing-places","category-daisy-hill","category-department-for-transport","category-great-yarmouth","category-greater-anglia","category-greater-manchester","category-herne-bay","category-hither-green","category-london","category-london-north-eastern-railway","category-manchester","category-network","category-norwich","category-passenger-assistance","category-rail-news","category-shortlands","category-south-western-railway","category-southeastern","category-transpennine-express","tag-rail-advent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.10 - 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