Category: Trains

Interactive Map: British Driver Only Operation and Station Staffing

A co-campaigner has produced the following map from “my” Driver Only Operation and station facilities data. It shows the DOO/DCO status of British rail stations, their staffing, the presence of call points and their step-free status. Zoom in and select a station for more detail. Driver Only and Staffing status of UK Stations. With thanks…

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Station accessibility across Britain mapped

This map takes step free access data for each of Great Britain’s 2,572 main-line railway stations as listed in Knowledgebase (the rail industry’s station information database) on 3rd February 2018. (There are actually 2,563 stations – the extra 9 in the database are bizarre anomalies such as including Elephant and Castle underground station.) There are…

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100% of Scotrail’s stations are accessible – official

Great news! It’s official! Scotrail’s assisted travel helpline told me so it must be true – All Scotrail’s stations are 100% accessible to all passengers, including wheelchair users! Here’s the transcript – Scotrail’s in bold, I’m not: All stations we deal with are all accessible for wheelchair users. All Scotrail stations? That’s impressive. Yes that…

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