Accessible train station design for disabled people: a code of practice (version 03)

Publication Year

2011

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Aims to assist those operating passenger trains and stations in making railway travel easier for disabled passengers. Sections covered include: staff training, information and pre-travel information, station location, car parking, set-down and pick-up points, unobstructed progress, doors, lighting, floors, furniture, walls and transparent obstacles, signs, announcements, help points, ticket sales points, seating, toilets, crossing the track including subways, lifts, ramps, steps and stairs, platform lifts for boarding trains, escalators, platforms, waiting rooms and shelters, substitute transport, connecting transport.

Document History

Superseded by Design standards for accessible railway stations (DFT, 2015). Version 03: Valid from 1st November 2011. A joint publication by Department for Transport and Transport Scotland. Supersedes Version 02.

ISBN

9780115532108

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