I am new to this forum and I have signed up to ask this question as I cannot seem to get a definitive answer anywhere.
Scotrail are known for the practice of 'stop skipping'. Stop skipping is when a train deliberately fails to stop at a station that it is scheduled to stop at. This is done if a train is running late and needs to 'make up time'. Scotrail were supposed to put an end to this process years ago, but it still goes on regularly:
https://www.thenational.scot/news/1...stations-2000-times-in-one-year-report-finds/
The problem is that it risks leaving disabled people such as myself stranded. If I am returning home by train and I have my car parked at a certain station and the train fails to stop for this scheduled station, then I am left at another station without my car to get back home! This would cause me to suffer a potentially huge panic attack.
My question is: Would it be acceptable for a person with a disability to hit the emergency alarm IF the train failed to stop for a station that it was scheduled to stop at AND there had been NO prior warning BEFORE the train set-off that it would not be stopping at that station?
Sorry if this is a ridiculous question. I just want to know where I would stand legally as I wouldn't want to get into trouble. I am on the autistic spectrum and I have a disabled railcard.
Scotrail are known for the practice of 'stop skipping'. Stop skipping is when a train deliberately fails to stop at a station that it is scheduled to stop at. This is done if a train is running late and needs to 'make up time'. Scotrail were supposed to put an end to this process years ago, but it still goes on regularly:
https://www.thenational.scot/news/1...stations-2000-times-in-one-year-report-finds/
The problem is that it risks leaving disabled people such as myself stranded. If I am returning home by train and I have my car parked at a certain station and the train fails to stop for this scheduled station, then I am left at another station without my car to get back home! This would cause me to suffer a potentially huge panic attack.
My question is: Would it be acceptable for a person with a disability to hit the emergency alarm IF the train failed to stop for a station that it was scheduled to stop at AND there had been NO prior warning BEFORE the train set-off that it would not be stopping at that station?
Sorry if this is a ridiculous question. I just want to know where I would stand legally as I wouldn't want to get into trouble. I am on the autistic spectrum and I have a disabled railcard.