Midland Main Railway Line: Rolling Stock

(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that all rolling stock on the Midland Mainline will be compliant with disability discrimination legislation by 2020.


Answered by
Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 5th September 2017

It is the responsibility for the operator of the East Midlands franchise to ensure the trains which are currently operated on the Midland Mainline meet modern accessibility standards by 2020. Any trains being introduced on to the line must also be built or modified to be compliant with those standards.

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