Access for All Fund

DfT has allocated £41m from 2006 to 2014 to Transport Scotland for increasing the number of step free railway stations in Scotland.

Lift at Mount Florida station

The aim of this programme is to create an unobstructed and obstacle free 'accessible route' within each station, from at least one station entrance, to each platform, and between platforms served by passenger trains.

The improvements at these stations are being delivered by Network Rail and further details can be found on their Access for All website.

Since the launch of the fund in 2006, Network Rail has made Barrhead,Cupar, Dalmuir, Easterhouse Kirkcaldy, Motherwell, Mount Florida and Rutherglen stations step free by installing DDA compliant bridges and lifts or ramps.

Network Rail plan to begin work to install a lift at the Glasgow bound platform at Linlithgow and for a new footbridge and lifts at Montrose before the end of 2011

Network Rail is completing outline designs for Hyndland, and Perth. In partnership with disability organisations and the rail industry, and anticipates work will begin in 2012.

Transport Scotland will continue to work closely with the rail industry and the Scottish Rail Accessibility Forum when considering which stations should be given priority for the final phase of the programme.

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