Petitioner: Alex Scott MBE
Status:
Closed
Date Lodged:
24 August 2015
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to take more steps to make the ScotRail fleet accessible to the visually impaired, including standardising buttons on ScotRail's fleet and providing high visibility clothing for its station workers.
Summary:
24 November 2015: The Committee took evidence from Beverley Bambrough, Director of Education and Equalities, and Robert Mooney, National Executive Committee member, Community. The Committee agreed to write to Transport Scotland, Abellio, Angel Trains, Porterbrook, Eversholt Rail Group, the Scottish Accessible Transport Alliance and the European Commission. Link to Official Report 24 November 2015
26 January 2016: The Committee agreed to close the petition, under Rule 15.7, on the basis that that high visibility clothing has been rolled out to ScotRail’s frontline staff, all rolling stock on the ScotRail network is due to be compliant with the UK Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations by 2020 and any purported amendments to the UK Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations would need to be addressed to the UK Parliament. Link to Official Report 26 January 2016
Written Submissions:
These measures are socially inclusive and for the benefit of everyone.