Rolling Stock: Disability

(asked on 5th May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department permits train operating companies to take rolling stock into service without a functional accessible toilet.


Answered by
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 11th May 2023

Where a train is fitted with an accessible toilet, the Persons with Reduced Mobility - National Technical Specification Notice (PRM-NTSN) allows a train operator to operate a train in service without a functional accessible toilet, provided it is repaired or replaced within 6 working days of the occurrence being reported.

The Office for Rail and Road are responsible for monitoring and enforcing the requirements set out in the PRM-NTSN.

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