Question follow-through · 4291
Railway Stations: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that stations without step free access are made accessible for all.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 13 Sept 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that stations without step free access are made accessible for all.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Sept 2024
Answer published
We are carefully considering the best approach to accessibility at stations across Britain. This Government is committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognise the social and economic benefits this brings to communities.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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