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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Penistone line stops at three stations in my constituency—Stocksmoor, Denby Dale and Shepley—and currently runs an hourly service, hampering the connectivity of those villages. There is genuine cross-party support for having the whole of the line upgraded so that it runs half-hourly services, levelling up all our communities. A …..."
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Written Question
Railways: Disability
Thursday 12th March 2020

Asked by: Mark Eastwood (Conservative - Dewsbury)

Question to the Department for Transport:

What steps he is taking to improve the accessibility of railway stations for disabled people.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris

As I mentioned to my hon. friend in the chamber this morning, the Government has recently made £350 million available to add another 209 stations to the Access for All programme. The stations he mentioned (Dewsbury, Shepley and Mirfield) were not successful in that round of money, but I would be delighted to meet and work with him to ensure that those stations get the funding they deserve, because our rail network needs to be accessible for everybody. Furthermore, Dewsbury and Mirfield stations are part of the TransPennine Route Upgrade programme which includes options to improve accessibility.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"In my constituency, we have major issues with disabled facilities at Dewsbury railway station, where there is no tactile paving for the blind and partially sighted, and at Shepley and Mirfield railway stations, where there is a lack of wheelchair access. What assurance can the railways Minister give to my …..."
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