Rail Working Group
Updated 5 June 2025
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The Rail Working Group advises on all matters relating to rail accessibility.
Members
Members are:
- Bryan Matthews (Chair)
- Mike Brace
- (Anthony) Mark Cutter
- Carly Danesh-Jones
- Niki Glazier
- Mari Martiskainen
- Ruth Murran
- David Sindall
- Mary Doyle
Supplementary meeting 14 April 2025聽
The issues discussed included:聽
- rail reform consultation聽
- Transport Committee report on accessibility聽
- Integrated National Transport Strategy聽
Meeting 9 April 2025聽
The issues discussed included:聽
- Rail Delivery Group Passenger Assist phase 5 update聽
- Disabled Persons Railcard eligibility聽
Meeting 12 March 2025聽
The issues discussed included:聽
- Disabled Persons Railcard聽
- Passenger Standards Authority聽
- rail reform consultation聽
- Office of Rail and Road Passenger Assist performance consultation聽
- accessible information regulations聽
- welcome point trials聽
- Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations exemptions聽
Meeting 12 February 2025
The issues discussed included:聽
- DPTAC rail work programme items聽
- Disabled Persons Railcard聽
- rail reform consultation聽
- Office of Rail and Road Passenger Assist performance consultation
Meeting 22 January 2025聽
The issues discussed included:聽
- DPTAC바카라 사이트檚 work programme and associated items for the Rail Working Group (RWG)聽
- Rail Delivery Group바카라 사이트檚 welcome points trials update聽
- Office of Rail and Road consultation on benchmarking operator performance in passenger assistance
- Disabled Persons Railcard eligibility
Meeting 25 September 2024
The issues discussed included:
- passengers assist
- Disabled Persons Railcard
- station바카라 사이트檚 code of practice definitions聽working group update
- rail replacement services exemptions
- Research Institute for Disabled Consumers passenger assist mystery shopping exercise
- Rail Delivery Group welcome points trials
- the Office of Rail and Road accessibility update
- memorandum of understanding between DPTAC and the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland
Meeting 8 March 2024
The issues discussed included DfT Rail updates on the national rail accessibility strategy, accessibility audit phase 2, disabled persons railcard and accessible stations: code of practice.
Meeting 8 December 2023
There was a discussion on the design standards for accessible railway stations: a code of practice consultation.
Meeting 1 September 2023
The issues discussed included:
- Passenger Assist
- review of station code of practice
- updates on DPTAC/DfT activities 바카라 사이트� Disabled Persons Railcard review, DPTAC response to ORR바카라 사이트檚 draft determination consultation, and DPTAC publication scheme
Meeting 2 June 2023
The issues discussed included:
- accessibility audit dashboard overview
- update on current DPTAC/DfT activities 바카라 사이트� DPTAC바카라 사이트檚 response to Office of Rail and Road (ORR) consultations, National Rail Accessibility Strategy, Disabled Persons Railcard review and Accessible Station Design Code of Practice review
Meeting 3 March 2023
The issues discussed included:
- printed information on accessibility at stations
- National Rail Accessibility Strategy
- rail activities updates 바카라 사이트� Disabled Persons Railcard review, accessibility audit and roll-out of tactile platform edges installation