rail BUsiness awards
dfT rewarding improved
sTaTion accessiBiliTy
The Department for Transport is sponsoring the Station
Excellence Award at the HSBC Rail Business Awards 2009.
T
he Government is committed to
providing transport that works for
everyone, while balancing the needs
In recognising the best overall station improvements, the judges
of the economy, the environment and society.
The DfT works in partnership with the rail
will be looking for improved access,
industry to secure the railway that passengers
want, at a price they can afford. In the last
particularly for the disabled decade it has been successful in making
railway stations accessible for passengers with
mobility restrictions, and work continues.
Stations are gateways to local communities
and the destinations they serve, and play a
central role in passengers’ overall experience
of the railways. The government is especially
keen to make travel on the railways easier
for passengers with registered disabilities.
Around 10 million people in the UK have a
registered disability and it’s estimated that
around one in three people will be disabled,
elderly or both by 2030. Several government
initiatives aim to improve stations.
The two main schemes are the £370m
Access for All scheme – providing
accessibility improvements that benefit
disabled people specifically, scheduled to
run until 2015 – and the National Stations
Improvement Programme (NSIP), which has
been running for two years with the aim of
improving facilities at 150 stations across the
country.
Lord Adonis.
32 rail professional : JANUARY 2010
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