Just nick the wheels off all the redundant buffet cars and sleeper stock that is sitting around in sidings.
I can understand taking the bogies of all the buffet cars (and this may be another reason why TOCs are taking these out of service as the number of spare BT10 bogies reduces)
However the BT10 bogies under sleepers are unsuitable as they are much heavier and a different design
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Have you got any links that actually state what the requirements are, because I am quite curious
No as they are internal documents, referring to existing rolling stock
The wording basically means that ALL coaches must be accessible to disabled persons, however this is very vague
The RoSCo and TOC are of the opinion this means, that where a train is in fixed formation, that the train must be accessible and a disabled person can move anywhere within it
For example, take a Class 156
This would mean modifications need to be made to the gangways
Clearly this is impractical
Therefore one coach on that train will be upgraded for disabled access, and as far as I am aware this already applies
Extend that to HSTs and the policy being put into place makes sense
The main point of the update on 01 January 2020 is to convert rolling stock which still does not comply
With regards to Mark 1 and Mark 2 coaches, this would then mean a small number would be upgraded (rather than EVERY coach)
I know in the past (and it may still happen now) where a disabled person was placed in the guards van as access to the seated coaches was not possible
The list of exempted vehicles can be found here :
ttp://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access/rail/vehicles/pubs/rva
