Disabled passenger left stranded at Liverpool Street

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My favourite bit of the usual rail industry wagon-circling in this thread is "What if the other disabled passengers were annoyed that the train had to delayed for 5 minutes to assist a wheelchair user onto it?" I'm certain that if they heard this was the reason for the delay they'd be delighted that the industry was finally taking its responsibilities to disabled people seriously.

This has already been tested once in Germany. The result was a sxxtstorm of unprecedented proportions because the wheelchair user was (allegedly) blamed for the delay.

 

[Moderating team]

I think now is a good time to leave this one be.

A lot of the issues now being discussed can be discussed in this existing thread about the issue that disabled passengers face in general:

ORR to strengthen guidance on compensation when passenger assist fails

Spotted this article on Disability New Service: Activist’s legal threat set to lead to more generous compensation for rail passenger assistance failures Rail companies are likely to be forced to provide more generous compensation when they fail to assist disabled passengers, thanks to the...

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thanks everyone