Category: Transport accessibility

Cambridge council’s U-turn on taxi disability rights

Cambridge Council’s August taxi licensing newsletter (pdf) has this correction. In the March 2017 edition of the Taxi newsletter we published an article entitled ’Important Changes to Equality Law’. The article concerned the recent changes to equality law and the duties imposed on drivers of wheelchair accessible vehicles. Following publication of the newsletter it came…

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Scotrail’s 1st Class “wheelchair spaces” & attack on me

I’m going on a trip up the Far North line to Orkney. As this is somewhat of a special trip, I decided to go First Class where possible (I booked 3 months in advance with split ticketing to make it affordable.) As ever with the rail industry, my need for wheelchair access meant booking was…

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Cornish Rivera sleeper wheelchair accessibility

I fancied a trip so I thought I would try booking the above Sleeper. I’d read that whilst their old stock has no accessible sleeper accommodation, their new stock does, with an adapted cabin and shower. Their standard cabins are not accessible for wheelchair users, as the following from Matt and Vicki demonstrates So I…

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