Railway Stations: Visual Impairment

(asked on 17th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, what work his Department has carried out to date with Network Rail to develop proposals for the accelerated upgrade of rail station platforms with tactile paving.


Answered by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 21st January 2022

Network Rail estimate that around 60 percent of British mainline station platforms are fitted with tactile surfaces. We are committed to making this 100 percent and Network Rail has received an initial £10 million to install tactile paving at priority stations not already funded. Tactiles have since been installed at a number of stations including Chiswick, Cosham and Whitchurch with more to come. I will make further announcements on future rounds of funding in due course.

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