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Railway Stations: Wheelchairs

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 12700, tabled on 20 October 2015

Question

Steve Rotheram
Labour
Liverpool, Walton
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that all railway stations in (a) Liverpool Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool City region and (c) England and Wales are wheelchair accessible.

Answer

Claire Perry
Conservative
Devizes
Commons

Answered on

23 October 2015

Whenever the rail industry carries out infrastructure work at stations it is required to meet the latest UK and EU accessibility standards.


We have also extended the Access for All programme, which will have provided step free access at over 200 stations by 2019. In Liverpool Walton both Fazkerley and Orrel Park have been completed. In the wider Liverpool City area Liverpool Central, Sandhills, Birkenhead North, Formby, Hooton, Meols and Waterloo have also been included in the programme.

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