Mex@feddit.ukM to UK Rail and Trains@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 months agoPassengers seriously injured boarding Elizabeth line trains at west London stationwww.standard.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkPassengers seriously injured boarding Elizabeth line trains at west London stationwww.standard.co.ukMex@feddit.ukM to UK Rail and Trains@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarezerakith@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoAbsolutely maddening a brand new line like this wasn’t made level-boarding for the sake of some penny pinching. Cheap to do as you design and expensive to retrofit in after.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 months ago“the pensioner said the step was 12-14 inches high” wtf? Any inches high is just removedty design.
minus-squarezerakith@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoIt took a lot of campaigning by disabilities rights groups to get what accessibility there is on the Elizabeth line. https://www.transportforall.org.uk/news/disabled-campaigners-are-to-thank-for-accessibility-on-the-elizabeth-line/ Imagine spending £19billion on a project and argueing over £33million to make it more accessible.
Absolutely maddening a brand new line like this wasn’t made level-boarding for the sake of some penny pinching.
Cheap to do as you design and expensive to retrofit in after.
“the pensioner said the step was 12-14 inches high” wtf? Any inches high is just removedty design.
It took a lot of campaigning by disabilities rights groups to get what accessibility there is on the Elizabeth line. https://www.transportforall.org.uk/news/disabled-campaigners-are-to-thank-for-accessibility-on-the-elizabeth-line/
Imagine spending £19billion on a project and argueing over £33million to make it more accessible.