Life is full of comprimises, does the man expect SWT to put an order an order in for bigger trains, does he expect Network Rail to increase all the UK lines loading gauges. How does he think all of the above will be paid for? At the end of the day the UK's rail infrastructure was mostly built in Victoria times. What if there was a train fire or other emergency event where people had to urgently evacuate the carriage/train. They would struggle to get around the 4 wheeled oversized scooter. It seems he has a chip on his shoulder with his disability but trains will be designed primarily for the non disabled person. But with a small area dedicated to wheelchair users. I can't see what else the TOC could do? as discussed earlier very expensive modifications to the carriages layout to the detriment of the overall seating amount. Would this be fair to the default user to have to stand for a considerable distance? where there were previously seats!
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They're a bloody nuisance, all too often Captained by extraordinarily ignorant women who seem to think that they and the twenty others lined up on the platform are all going to get onto a two car Sprinter. Watch the face of doom they pull when confronted with the most offensive request in the world, "Would you mind folding that up please as you are blocking the aisle/gangway/doors/ability of other people to go about their business without breaking their necks on your pi55-poorly parked baby chariot..." :roll::roll::roll: