Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 4219

Railways: Mobility Scooters

Tabled: 4 September 2024

Answered: 13 September 2024

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring passenger rail franchise operators to accommodate mobility scooters.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

Train and station operators are required by their operating licences to establish and comply with an Accessible Travel Policy (ATP) which must be approved by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).  An ATP sets out, among other things, the arrangements and ass...

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