Lifts for Leatherhead!
It's now far easier to switch between platforms at Leatherhead thanks to a new footbridge with lifts
Categories: accessibility
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£5.4m Tooting station accessibility scheme completed
Platform lifts are now open at Tooting station giving wheelchair users and other passengers of restricted mobility access for the first time
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Accessibility upgrades to restart at Biggleswade station this January
Work is set to restart at Biggleswade station this month to make it more accessible, with the construction of a new footbridge and lifts
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GTR offers free use of innovative sign language app to assist deaf rail passengers
The UK’s largest train operator is offering free use of an innovative sign language app to remove barriers for passengers who are deaf or have hearing loss – and help them travel with confidence across its 11 county network
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New 3D maps give disabled Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express passengers more independence at stations
Three-dimensional maps of key stations in London, Sussex and Bedfordshire have been created by the country’s largest train operator to help passengers, and particularly those who are disabled, gain more confidence in navigating its stations with ease.
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New app revolutionises accessibility for blind and partially sighted rail passengers on Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is extending the free use of a groundbreaking smartphone app, designed to enhance accessibility for blind and partially sighted passengers, to all 236 of its Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink-managed stations
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Blind passenger helps Thameslink write audio guide to its trains
Thameslink has released an audio guide that describes its vast fleet of 115 trains, written with the help of a blind passenger
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Community-owned solar scheme wins GTR and Energy Garden top award in railway ‘Oscars’
Govia Thameslink Railway and London-based Community Benefit Society Energy Garden have won this year’s Environmental Excellence Award at the National Rail Awards – the railway’s answer to the Oscars – for a pioneering community-owned solar scheme that is set to transform energy generation on the UK’s railways
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Finsbury Park facility for customer comfort
Rail passengers using Finsbury Park station who need an accessible toilet can now find relief. Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), who operate Great Northern and Thameslink trains, have installed the new facility on Platforms 7 and 8.
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UK's largest railway puts 'bins for boys' in every male toilet on its network
Govia Thameslink Railway, the UK's largest rail franchise, is supporting a campaign by Prostate Cancer UK by placing sanitary bins in all male staff and customer toilets across its vast 11 county networ
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Thameslink makes dream come true for train-mad Alfie
Thameslink made dreams come true for one train-mad eight-year-old when they gave him a ride in the cab of one of their services and helped him make passenger announcements
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Great Northern and Thameslink help SEND teens prepare for adulthood
Cambridge and Peterborough-based teenagers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have been shown the ins and outs of train travel
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Blind and partially sighted people set to benefit from free app at 8 more GTR stations
To make the region’s rail network more accessible for blind and partially sighted passengers, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is working with Sight Loss Councils to extend the free use of an innovative guiding app to eight more stations
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Blind villager helps Great Northern and Thameslink promote assistance service at Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton stations
A blind villager from Melbourn is helping Thameslink and Great Northern promote a new service for disabled passengers and other customers who need assistance at Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton stations
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Leatherhead station in Surrey will soon benefit from two new 16-person capacity lifts and a new footbridge which will make the station fully accessible
Rail users in Surrey will soon benefit from step-free access at Leatherhead station as Network Rail announces accessibility upgrades starting this January.
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Balham's new station facilities bring relief
Customers at Balham station now have new Ladies’ and Gents’ toilets, thanks to train operator Southern Railway’s station improvement programme.
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Blind and partially sighted passengers to gain confidence in train travel through joint initiative by GTR and Thomas Pocklington Trust
Blind and partially sighted people are on track to gain insight and confidence in train travel thanks to a joint initiative by Govia Thameslink Railway and Thomas Pocklington Trust
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Streatham becomes latest fully accessible station in south London following accessibility upgrades
Network Rail has completed a £5m upgrade of Streatham station providing Southern and Thameslink passengers with step-free access to all the platforms
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Ticket gates added to help ease crowding at London Victoria station
To enhance the passenger experience, improve safety and speed up people’s journeys at London Victoria station, the number of ticket gates is being increased from 88 to 125, with eight new accessible wide gates also being installed.
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Great Northern and Thameslink can now further support disabled passengers at three Bedfordshire stations
Great Northern and Thameslink have launched another new mobile team in a trial to further support disabled passengers and other customers who need assistance
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