Scottish Rail Accessibility Forum

The Scottish Rail Accessibility Forum was established to bring together representatives of the Scottish rail industry and disability organisations to discuss and advise Transport Scotland on:

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• the implications of proposals arising from Department for Transport on issues relating to disabled access
• how the rail sector in Scotland is able to support disabled people to use its services and how Transport Scotland can promote this
• developments relating to the Code of Practice on Train and Station Services for Disabled Passengers and Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (RVAR)
• the continuing roll-out of the "Access for All" funding stream including the selection of stations for future development
• the development of the Transport Scotland programme of work relating to disabled access to rail services.

Membership

The Forum currently comprises:

• Transport Scotland
• First ScotRail
• East Coast
• Virgin Trains
• First Transpennine Express
• Cross Country Trains
• Network Rail
• Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland (MACS)
• Passenger Focus
• Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC)
• Scottish Accessible Transport Alliance (SATA)
• Scottish Disability Equality Forum
• Inclusion Scotland
• DeafBlind Scotland
• Douglas Gilroy (Consultant, National Federation of the Blind)

If you want to know more please contact:

Chris Clark
Transport Scotland
Buchanan House
6th Floor
58 Port Dundas Road
Glasgow G4 0HF
Email: chris.clark2@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: 0141 272 7559

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