Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 76930

Railways: Disability

Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal DemocratWest Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to require train operating companies to guarantee that rail replacement services will be accessible for disabled passengers.

Answer

Keir Mather
Rail replacement services operated by train operating companies must meet the needs of disabled passengers. This includes using vehicles compliant with the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (PSVAR). The train operators can only use no...

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