Disability Discrimination Act and stations

[work-traveller]

A test of reasonableness would seem eminently reasonable.

For example, at Corrour station the sole platform access is a steep ramp off the end of the platform. However, given that the only means of access to the station is a private, unmetalled road full of holes that is about 15 miles from the nearest public road - little good would be served by spending money on an ungraded platform access.

By contrast, Lichfield Trent Valley station has three platforms, only one of which is accessible without the use of a big set of stairs. Given this station is reasonable well used and on the edge of a medium/small town, this would seem to be a good contender for ungrades in platform access.

 

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How many passengers does a railway station need to have before upgrade work is undertaken? For example Corrour had 12,224 in 2011/12.

 

[work-traveller]

How many passengers does a railway station need to have before upgrade work is undertaken? For example Corrour had 12,224 in 2011/12.

I'd suggest that a test of reasonableness would result in no upgrade at a location such as Corrour regardless of passenger figures. The reasonableness (unusually in this instance) would be based on the fact that when you leave the curtilage of the railway infrastructure you're confronted with wild terrain in all directions. As such, gradient compliant ramps etc would be valueless.

It would be akin to putting an Inclusive Mobility compliant access from a car park to the start of a footpath up a Munro.

 

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I'd suggest that a test of reasonableness would result in no upgrade at a location such as Corrour regardless of passenger figures. The reasonableness (unusually in this instance) would be based on the fact that when you leave the curtilage of the railway infrastructure you're confronted with wild terrain in all directions. As such, gradient compliant ramps etc would be valueless.

It would be akin to putting an Inclusive Mobility compliant access from a car park to the start of a footpath up a Munro.

Excluding places such as Corrour, is there a minium number of passengers? There again one area might have a higher level of disable people. For example a residential home near by. I guess many factors need to be taken into account when deciding.

Clearly somewhere like Clapham Junction would have needed to have lifts installed and they did so. Do stations with ramps leading up & down to platforms need lifts though? They are step free providing you can get up the gradient. I was thinking of Guildford in this case but others also exist.

 

[northwichcat]

Excluding places such as Corrour, is there a minium number of passengers? There again one area might have a higher level of disable people. For example a residential home near by. I guess many factors need to be taken into account when deciding.

Clearly somewhere like Clapham Junction would have needed to have lifts installed and they did so. Do stations with ramps leading up & down to platforms need lifts though? They are step free providing you can get up the gradient. I was thinking of Guildford in this case but others also exist.

Short answer - no. Stations in or near main cities e.g. Deansgate station in Manchester will always get priority over similar sized stations in the middle of a rural county.

 

[Bushy]

Excluding places such as Corrour, is there a minium number of passengers? There again one area might have a higher level of disable people. For example a residential home near by. I guess many factors need to be taken into account when deciding.

Clearly somewhere like Clapham Junction would have needed to have lifts installed and they did so. Do stations with ramps leading up & down to platforms need lifts though? They are step free providing you can get up the gradient. I was thinking of Guildford in this case but others also exist.

The ramps from overbridges and subways to platforms are not compliant with standards.

Accessible Train Station Design for Disabled People
5. No individual flight of a ramp should have a going of more than 10 m or a rise of more than 500 mm. BS 8300:5.8.2.
6. No series of ramps to a building should rise in total more than 2 m. BS 8300:2001, 5.8.2

They would however be considered when assessing whether it is reasonable to make alterations.

Regards

Bushy