Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 30726

Rolling Stock: Disability

Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Euan Stainbank

LabourFalkirk

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing the use of tricycles as mobility aids in the Persons with Reduced Mobility National Technical Specification Notice for passenger rail services.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Persons with Reduced Mobility National Technical Specification Notice (PRM-NTSN) sets out the dimensions, weights, and capabilities of wheelchairs so that users can travel across the rail network. No assessment has been made to bring tricycles into sc...

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