No Disabled Access At Shropshire Train Station
Disabled visitors to a Shropshire air show are being warned that the local station does not have wheelchair access, despite a recent £2m refit.
Cosford station reopened in April after a six month rebuilding project.
The organisers of the Cosford air show said they “cannot recommend” the station for disabled people or those who cannot manage steps.
Network Rail said it is not funded to “provide accessibility enhancements” at stations.
It said funding for this comes directly by the Department for Transport through their Access for All scheme.
A spokesman from the Department for Transport said the government would not provide the funding in this case because, under the code of practice, building around disabled access should already be factored into the redevelopment plans.
The reopening of the station was delayed by five weeks after the rail firm said it lacked “some very basic customer facilities”, including a shelter and information screens.
Network Rail said the refurbishment involved demolishing the existing timber platforms and access stairs and replacing them with new platforms, waiting shelters, and lighting.
The platforms are reached by steel staircases, a spokesman said.
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A missed opportunity at Cosford Station, with no sign of the Railway building a lift for disabled or older people to get to the platform. I would have thought the government would have insisted they go back to the drawing board and fix the matter. The station plans must have been seen by the public so why no outcry? Perhaps disabled people don’t live in Cosford, why should they if they don’t have the basic facilities to get around!
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The network of railways in Plymouth, Devon, England, was developed by companies affiliated to two competing railways, the Great Western Railway and the London and South Western Railway. At their height two main lines and three branch lines served 28 stations in the Plymouth area, but today just six stations remain in use. The first uses of railway in the area were wooden rails used during the construction of docks facilities. ;
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